Buy groceries and shit I don’t need, because Walmart has run off all the small grocery stores and variety stores. Three Walmart Supercenters and three Neighborhood Markets in a town with a population of 50,000. Convenient, yes, but a little part of me dies every time I go to a Walmart.
My favorite (least favorite?) story is when I was in the checkout line with a can of chicken noodle soup and a 2-pack of (old-fashioned incandescent) light bulbs. After scanning them, the cashier matter-of-factly pronounces “That will be $672.84”. I plead that there obviously is a mistake, but she defiantly turns the electronic display towards me as “proof”. (“I don’t make the prices, sir”). Further attempts to explain the unlikelihood of the “real” price of the soup being in excess of $600 are fruitless and I eventually give up and leave the store without my purchase.
Avoid getting run over. See kids beg for stuff they do not need and mom cannot afford. Check out the Cougar women, and nice babes that hardly bothering to cover their ins and outs. (not many “nice” ones) Notice how employees come and go, and how the survivors must be that desperate. Go to the service counter to return something and see who is returning what, while looking at pictures of the employees on the wall that have died, presumably at home ? Thank god there is a casino to go to 24 hours instead.
Marvel at the checkout people. I had about a pound of fresh apricots, but the clerk had never heard of them, refused to look at the cheat sheet, and said they were durian. She rang up durian, over my objections, to a total of about $15. Fortunately I hadn’t put my chip card in, so I asked her to call a manager. I told the manager they were apricots, and walked out without them, or the other things in my cart. Here’s a picture of durian.
@OldCatLady not to mention durian are huge and stink like rotting corpses.
I marvel that someone would of heard of durian, but not apricots… And if you’ve heard of durian, how do you not remember what it looks like!
@OldCatLady@RiotDemon I ate a durian popsicle to atone for something I’d done to upset my wife. Despite my colorful history, it was one of the worst experiences of my life.
@Pantheist@OldCatLady there was an Asian grocery store that opened up locally that served things like boba tea. When I visited, the owner was very chatty, and offered me a steam bun. I ate that and marveled at the marshmallow texture of the bun. Then she offered me some durian. She took it from the fridge, wrapped in several bags, and brought it outside. It tasted fine… But the stench was so off putting. I can’t imagine bothering with the smell to eat it. There’s plenty of other fruit that tastes good and doesn’t smell disgusting. She was really sweet and we probably chatted for 20-30 minutes about her store. It’s too bad the store didn’t last.
Fast forward to six years later and I’ve bought some durian hard candies. They were ok. After a few, they went in the trash. My brother wasn’t impressed either.
Get the store brand club soda and Kerrygold butter for my wife.
Fiesta blend shred cheese; it has a nice flavor and melts well.
Fishing tackle on sale and clearance (can’t have too many treble hooks)
name brand frozen veggies and meat (brats and sausages).
Christmas lights and decorations
Halloween lights and candy.
Check out the clearance aisles for the occasional 75% or more off cool item.
Got confronted by a crazy person. He thought I went to highschool with him 10 years prior… I would’ve been 12 if that were the case. He decided that I had graduated, gone into the military and either become a Mexican Federali or a US Marshal. His friend thought I could teach him how to set the time on a clock. After a short conversation, he decided to show me his knife which as he put it “could cut the stink off of shit”. After finally ditching the guy I picked up a softball bat from sporting goods and carried it around while finishing my shopping.
TL:DR - 3am Wal-Mart trip in Knoxville, met a guy who thought I was a Fed, got a knife pulled on me.
oh, and Wal-Mart bingo. dunno if the app still exists, but you can print off cards. great fun.
Shop, perhaps. People-watch.
Leave
Question your life choices.
Get in, get out, get on with my life.
laugh at people in their pajamas!!!
Buy groceries and shit I don’t need, because Walmart has run off all the small grocery stores and variety stores. Three Walmart Supercenters and three Neighborhood Markets in a town with a population of 50,000. Convenient, yes, but a little part of me dies every time I go to a Walmart.
/giphy Walmart sucks
@melwin in this town, we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song.
strangely appropriate giphy…
Is your user name a tie-in to the question?
@pitamuffin I wondered that too
Hunt Pokemon.
Get angry at the employees.
My favorite (least favorite?) story is when I was in the checkout line with a can of chicken noodle soup and a 2-pack of (old-fashioned incandescent) light bulbs. After scanning them, the cashier matter-of-factly pronounces “That will be $672.84”. I plead that there obviously is a mistake, but she defiantly turns the electronic display towards me as “proof”. (“I don’t make the prices, sir”). Further attempts to explain the unlikelihood of the “real” price of the soup being in excess of $600 are fruitless and I eventually give up and leave the store without my purchase.
@DrWorm lol, wut.
@DrWorm @RiotDemon
It should have been more than that. It must have been on sale.
@DrWorm I wonder if those registers have a limit. You should have gone and loaded a cart full of soup cans and have them scan them.
Avoid getting run over. See kids beg for stuff they do not need and mom cannot afford. Check out the Cougar women, and nice babes that hardly bothering to cover their ins and outs. (not many “nice” ones) Notice how employees come and go, and how the survivors must be that desperate. Go to the service counter to return something and see who is returning what, while looking at pictures of the employees on the wall that have died, presumably at home ? Thank god there is a casino to go to 24 hours instead.
eat cheap Amish potato salad from the Deli.
Marvel at the checkout people. I had about a pound of fresh apricots, but the clerk had never heard of them, refused to look at the cheat sheet, and said they were durian. She rang up durian, over my objections, to a total of about $15. Fortunately I hadn’t put my chip card in, so I asked her to call a manager. I told the manager they were apricots, and walked out without them, or the other things in my cart. Here’s a picture of durian.
@OldCatLady not to mention durian are huge and stink like rotting corpses.
I marvel that someone would of heard of durian, but not apricots… And if you’ve heard of durian, how do you not remember what it looks like!
@OldCatLady @RiotDemon I ate a durian popsicle to atone for something I’d done to upset my wife. Despite my colorful history, it was one of the worst experiences of my life.
@Pantheist @OldCatLady there was an Asian grocery store that opened up locally that served things like boba tea. When I visited, the owner was very chatty, and offered me a steam bun. I ate that and marveled at the marshmallow texture of the bun. Then she offered me some durian. She took it from the fridge, wrapped in several bags, and brought it outside. It tasted fine… But the stench was so off putting. I can’t imagine bothering with the smell to eat it. There’s plenty of other fruit that tastes good and doesn’t smell disgusting. She was really sweet and we probably chatted for 20-30 minutes about her store. It’s too bad the store didn’t last.
Fast forward to six years later and I’ve bought some durian hard candies. They were ok. After a few, they went in the trash. My brother wasn’t impressed either.
get the cheapest pre-paid telephone plan. $30 a month for unlimited access to text and surf. No need to buy a phone there, just the plan.
Get the store brand club soda and Kerrygold butter for my wife.
Fiesta blend shred cheese; it has a nice flavor and melts well.
Fishing tackle on sale and clearance (can’t have too many treble hooks)
name brand frozen veggies and meat (brats and sausages).
Christmas lights and decorations
Halloween lights and candy.
Check out the clearance aisles for the occasional 75% or more off cool item.
I guess that makes me a walmart shopper.
Got confronted by a crazy person. He thought I went to highschool with him 10 years prior… I would’ve been 12 if that were the case. He decided that I had graduated, gone into the military and either become a Mexican Federali or a US Marshal. His friend thought I could teach him how to set the time on a clock. After a short conversation, he decided to show me his knife which as he put it “could cut the stink off of shit”. After finally ditching the guy I picked up a softball bat from sporting goods and carried it around while finishing my shopping.
TL:DR - 3am Wal-Mart trip in Knoxville, met a guy who thought I was a Fed, got a knife pulled on me.
oh, and Wal-Mart bingo. dunno if the app still exists, but you can print off cards. great fun.