Monday, April 5, 2010

Anarchy in Walmart

Doesn't it seem that, no matter what time of day, week, or year, Walmart never has more than 4 or 5 registers open? Two of those are for the moms who buy 3 weeks worth of groceries at a time, and the other two are for  people (like me) who have maybe 3 small items. However, it never fails that I get stuck in the line that takes the longest. Either the register lady is 85 years old and doesn't know what she's doing, or the person in front of me has an item without a price tag, or some high-school-aged kid takes 15 minutes to find the exact change that they're sure is hiding somewhere in the black hole of their pockets or purse.  Also,  for those of you who think "ten items or less" is just a friendly suggestion: it's not. If you have 25 items, please go to the appropriate check out with the soccer moms. 

I empathize with those unlucky people who always get the grocery cart with the obnoxiously loud, lazy wheel, and the people who never get the parking spot they want because they're too nice to fight the bitchy people for it. They're not alone.

Yes, you people without the lucky gene for shopping--I identify with you.

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