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I know, I know, I should have known better than to go to Wal-Mart this close to Christmas.
However, upon leaving my parents house after doing laundry, I realized that I'd left my work badge and some money there, so I decided to go back. And there's a much cleaner, better staffed, better run Wal-Mart where my parents live vs where I live (and much newer as well). I figured well, since I'm down to one can of pop and one pack of Ramen Noodles, I need to get some food. And since when I go grocery shopping I tend to need hair/makeup/medicine/etc, I pick WalMart. I know how bad WalMart is, but I, just like millions of other people, have no choice. WalMart is the cheapest and it has everything.
Now, the past week, on the radio and on the news at night on TV, the meteorologists have been forecasting a "Round 1" and "Round 2" of bad weather. Round 1 was supposed to be yesterday. It was supposed to be a day where it rained like hell all day, then froze to glare ice at night. Well, that sort of happened, but not really. The road was kind of crunchy last night, but I managed just fine. I LOVE how the weather people tend to over dramatize things like that. Not only that, but they forecasted, "Round 2" for today, meaning up to something like 8 inches of snow............hahaha, we don't even have an inch on the ground yet. It's all melting.
But I digress.....back to WalMart now. I don't know if it's Christmas soon approaching or the Round 2 or both or what, but oh my gosh, WalMart was a damn foresaken ZOO today.
Deserted half full carts everywhere. Carts scattered all over the parking lot. People just STANDING next to aisles and freezer doors. People having their class reunions in the middle of the aisles. Children running around screaming in every direction. Old people gathered like a flock of snails, blocking any way around them, pushing their carts at a rate of......really slow. All 30some checkout lines and self checkout lines buried, lines going into the clothing department. All sorts of merchandise where it didn't belong. People not able to maneuver their carts around anywhere!
I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It took me almost an hour and a half to get groceries and shampoo and conditioner. And I didn't even have that much. 10 minutes of that time was spent waiting for a woman to stop staring at the freezer and just pick what she needed (like always, just the door I need!!). I felt rude, I hate when people do it to me, but I kept bumping her cart with mine. It didn't help.
Oh, and the milk and bread thing is true. I needed a half gallon for this coming week......there were only 3 left. Well, almost all the skim milk was still there, lol. But all the 2% and vitamin D milk was obliterated, and the chocolate too! I didn't even try to go in the bread aisle (I don't make sandwhiches very often anyways). What a mess. What a mess.
However, upon leaving my parents house after doing laundry, I realized that I'd left my work badge and some money there, so I decided to go back. And there's a much cleaner, better staffed, better run Wal-Mart where my parents live vs where I live (and much newer as well). I figured well, since I'm down to one can of pop and one pack of Ramen Noodles, I need to get some food. And since when I go grocery shopping I tend to need hair/makeup/medicine/etc, I pick WalMart. I know how bad WalMart is, but I, just like millions of other people, have no choice. WalMart is the cheapest and it has everything.
Now, the past week, on the radio and on the news at night on TV, the meteorologists have been forecasting a "Round 1" and "Round 2" of bad weather. Round 1 was supposed to be yesterday. It was supposed to be a day where it rained like hell all day, then froze to glare ice at night. Well, that sort of happened, but not really. The road was kind of crunchy last night, but I managed just fine. I LOVE how the weather people tend to over dramatize things like that. Not only that, but they forecasted, "Round 2" for today, meaning up to something like 8 inches of snow............hahaha, we don't even have an inch on the ground yet. It's all melting.
But I digress.....back to WalMart now. I don't know if it's Christmas soon approaching or the Round 2 or both or what, but oh my gosh, WalMart was a damn foresaken ZOO today.
Deserted half full carts everywhere. Carts scattered all over the parking lot. People just STANDING next to aisles and freezer doors. People having their class reunions in the middle of the aisles. Children running around screaming in every direction. Old people gathered like a flock of snails, blocking any way around them, pushing their carts at a rate of......really slow. All 30some checkout lines and self checkout lines buried, lines going into the clothing department. All sorts of merchandise where it didn't belong. People not able to maneuver their carts around anywhere!
I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It took me almost an hour and a half to get groceries and shampoo and conditioner. And I didn't even have that much. 10 minutes of that time was spent waiting for a woman to stop staring at the freezer and just pick what she needed (like always, just the door I need!!). I felt rude, I hate when people do it to me, but I kept bumping her cart with mine. It didn't help.
Oh, and the milk and bread thing is true. I needed a half gallon for this coming week......there were only 3 left. Well, almost all the skim milk was still there, lol. But all the 2% and vitamin D milk was obliterated, and the chocolate too! I didn't even try to go in the bread aisle (I don't make sandwhiches very often anyways). What a mess. What a mess.
If I'm gonna have a fight over milk, it'll be chocolate, thank you very much. 
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