Friday, July 29, 2005
Wal-Mart Feud
I was at Wal-Mart yesterday and had been gone from the house most of the afternoon, going to cosmetology at the college to get my hair cut and then grocery shopping at W-M. So, I was trying to hurry, looking for the shortest line when I was finally ready to check out. So...I get in this line that looks pretty good. One woman has checked out and the other has her things on the front of the conveyor belt. I start putting my things out on the back when I realize the lady who has already checked out is questioning something. I hear 30 cents mentioned and realize that this woman wants to be sure she got her bargain. Now I'm a bargain hunter from way back, but I'm thinking, "I hope I'm not going to be standing her for 30 minutes while this woman argues over her, what I think is 30 cents!" Finally, after this lady and the cashier look through the sale paper and whatever and she calls for an associate to come help, the customer is impatient (as well as the lady in front of me who was waiting beside her groceries on the conveyor belt) and marches off to find whatever it is in the store that she has questioned. I ask the Wal-Mart associate how much money was involved (wanting to confirm that I'd heard 30 cents) and she and the lady in front of me say, 30 cents! So I jokingly suggest that maybe we could chip in and give her the 30 cents and be on our way. Well, the lady in front of me starts in and is really giving the other lady a hard time, saying that she had on jewelry store jewelry and could afford the 30 cents and that she shouldn't be holding up the line. At this point, I'm thinking that lady is going to be back any second and perhaps she should lower her voice, but on she goes. Now the lady comes back with a cake mix in her hand and smiles as she goes by, and so do I, and she mumbles something about being wrong. Then she passes the next lady, who starts in with something like, "I'll bet you're surprised about being wrong about anything!" And comments about holding up the line. Then the other lady shouts back something at her like, "Why don't you mind your own @*#$* business!" So they're going back and forth with their insults, the cashier has turned beet red, and I'm hoping I stay out of the crossfire! Well, at least they didn't come to blows and I didn't see a fight in the parking lot, so thank goodness for that!
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2 comments:
so funny! you must have the same prob. i do. i think i always pick the line where there's some holdup! at least it wasn't just another boring trip to the store!
haha...thats a pretty funny story. i remember how mom was gone for nearly 7 hours, and i was thinking, that even for mom, thats ALOT of time in walmart shopping! at least you didnt get involved in the distrubance...well...at least not too directly...lol!
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