Today, I had to run out of the office to a not so nearby Wal-Mart (because they are cheap and have my info) to get emergency contact lenses.
Since I was there, I decided to pick up a brush and proceeded to pay for it (I already paid for the contacts at the eyewear department). There was a fat woman in front of me with three kids.
After the woman in front of her paid, I asked the fat cow politely if she would mind letting me go ahead as I only have one item.
She then said “Yeah. Wait in line”!!!
And then she then proceeded to produce coupons and write checks!!!
Well, my roommate in college put it best one night when he said “This is America.”
It made me see things in a new light. If you’re used to hanging out on a college campus surrounded by young, fit, somewhat intelligent people you lose touch with the majority of souls inhabiting the populous middle of the bell-curve.
There are two Wal-Marts near where I live. There’s “Da Hodd” Wal-Mart and the “White Trash” Wal-MArt. I always feel safer going to the “Da Hood” one because there are always cop cars out front.
If someone asked me if they could butt in line I would tell them the same thing. Even though it would be polite for that person to offer, you don’t have a license to cut in line just because you have 1 item.
We live near a decidely “Hood” Wal-Mart. There are also “Trailer” Wal-Marts which are just as bad.
It’s interesting to look around while you’re in there. I loved the fact that the 100-foot long line (honestly not an exaggeration) I was in this past Saturday night was being held up by an obese woman using food stamps to purchase a cartload of simple carbs. That was nice.
I was there shortly before midnight, and the people and their little children were still coming in. Very nice. Almost as nice as the 7-year-olds that sat behind me in Bad Boys II last weekend at the 10:40 showing. And that was a long movie.
As far as letting shoppers with fewer items in front, I would never ask to be let in front, but I would always offer if I had the larger load. The biggest problem with lines at Wal-Mart is that people are only thinking of getting themselves out of there as quickly as possible and don’t give a fuck about anybody else. Being polite isn’t being nice when you have to, but watching out for occasions when you can.
Another problem with Wal-Mart is their cash register setup. As a former grocery store cashier, it’s easy to see that these setups suck ass for large loads. But I guess that’s the point - the longer you wait in line, the more likely you’re going to pick something else up to buy (candy, magazine, etc.).
I’m with A7 on this one. It would just piss me off if I only had one item and asked to go in front of someone. If the situation was reversed I would not even hesitate to let someone go in front of me. I mean get real, this dumbass had lots of shit, coupons, check writing, kids… Get real bitch and show a little courtesy. Like I said if the roles were reversed, I would not hesitate to quickly and politely reply with a “sure, go ahead”. I swear, sometimes I think people that are unhappy with themselves, their position in life, whatever… think they should just be bitches or dickheads to everyone else because they are miserable/pissed off at themselves in the first place.
Oh, and get this. The cashier was ringing up a notebook and ASKS THE FAT COW “four for a dollar, that’s a quarter each right?”. To which the fat cow replied “No, it’s dime.” AND SHE RANG IT UP!!!
I just got back from Wal-Mart 2 minutes ago. I went up there to grab a few things, but mostly to get the new Daredevil DVD which comes out on Tues but they released tonight at midnight. I buy DVDs at midnight there all the time and they always price match with Best Buy. I go back to the electronics section, pick up Daredevil, the guy at the counter price matches it, 16 bucks, but I have more shopping to do so he tells me just to take it to the front when I’m ready. So I skip up to the front, and tell the check-out lady that best buy has it for 16 and the manager in the electronics manager said it was good to go. She grabs a stack of ads and tosses them in front of me: “show me”. I laugh as I flip through them at how rude this bitch is. I find it and she calls over her rude bitch manager. They say they can’t do it becuase they can’t tell where the price is pointing to. They say its pointing to Spider and I say its pointing to both. They were old so I didn’t put up much of a fight, but they talked down to me like I was a moron. It wasn’t all that important and I’m not the type to argue, so I didn’t get it. I should have just asked her to watch my stuff while I went back to the electronics section and got it for 16. I’ll just get it tommorrow at Best Buy, I’d rather spend my money there anyway.
