Another Top Ten
I haven't been to this place this week, but it has been on my mind for some reason. Here they are, in no particular order:
The Top Ten Things I Absolutely Hate About Wal-Mart:
10. The oppressive flourescent lighting. That combined with the stark white floors makes me feel compelled to don sunglasses even once I'm inside out of the elements.
9. The people who bring their under-rested, over-stimulated, cranky kids with them to shop at 11:00 pm. (I've only been there at this time a on a handful of occasions, but my oh, my.....where are all these kids coming from?!)
8. The fact that most items are either lacking a price label on the shelf underneath, or are in the wrong place. This forces you to have to lug a 25-pound desk lamp box six rows down to find one of thsoe price scanners.
7. The rude employees at the registers. I am not speaking for all of them (I haven't met all of them), but a majority of the ones in my own town make it totally obvious that they'd rather be hanging off of a cliff by one toe over alligators than working at Wal-Mart on a Tuesday afternoon.)
6. The fact that you have to put your own bags in the cart. This works okay if you just have one or two bags. But if you're like me, you have been known to have the economy packs of both toilet tissue and paper towels as well as two weeks' worth of groceries. There's no way all that is fitting on that revolving bag wheel. And when you don't step it up and get fast with it, the person behind you shoves their shopping cart into your heels "by accident."
5. The fact that you always get behind a customer wanting cigarettes. This means the cashier has to leave his/her post, go to the one register with the locked cigs, and find the exact style the customer requested. If it is the wrong brand or tar percentage, the employee repeats this process until correct.
4. This is almost not worth mentioning because so many other people have before, but the fact that there can be 2,405 people wanting to check out but only 3 registers are open.
3. The fact that they are lacking some of the culinary specialties that I sometimes have need for. I am no gourmet cook by any means, but we do enjoy some foods with some good ol' capers, roasted red peppers, and specialty coffees sometimes. It never fails that I leave with two or three items on my list circled so I can stop by and get them somewhere else on my way home.
2. The fact that you are nothing but a number. In my experience, I can never find anyone to help me if I have a problem or question. I feel like a tiny, tiny speck in a universe of moving objects....I feel so, so tiny.
1. They claim to be the best prices in town....but I beg to differ. I have found some items (namely produce) to be noticeably higher than at other stores, often with less quality in the product itself. I have done my price comparisons, and overall, the dollar or two saved just doesn't make up for the emotional basketcase-ness I find myself in when I return back home.
Sorry for the rant. And sorry if you like Wal-Mart. That's what makes us all interesting....we all love and dislike different things. Wal-Mart just isn't working for me.
The Top Ten Things I Absolutely Hate About Wal-Mart:
10. The oppressive flourescent lighting. That combined with the stark white floors makes me feel compelled to don sunglasses even once I'm inside out of the elements.
9. The people who bring their under-rested, over-stimulated, cranky kids with them to shop at 11:00 pm. (I've only been there at this time a on a handful of occasions, but my oh, my.....where are all these kids coming from?!)
8. The fact that most items are either lacking a price label on the shelf underneath, or are in the wrong place. This forces you to have to lug a 25-pound desk lamp box six rows down to find one of thsoe price scanners.
7. The rude employees at the registers. I am not speaking for all of them (I haven't met all of them), but a majority of the ones in my own town make it totally obvious that they'd rather be hanging off of a cliff by one toe over alligators than working at Wal-Mart on a Tuesday afternoon.)
6. The fact that you have to put your own bags in the cart. This works okay if you just have one or two bags. But if you're like me, you have been known to have the economy packs of both toilet tissue and paper towels as well as two weeks' worth of groceries. There's no way all that is fitting on that revolving bag wheel. And when you don't step it up and get fast with it, the person behind you shoves their shopping cart into your heels "by accident."
5. The fact that you always get behind a customer wanting cigarettes. This means the cashier has to leave his/her post, go to the one register with the locked cigs, and find the exact style the customer requested. If it is the wrong brand or tar percentage, the employee repeats this process until correct.
4. This is almost not worth mentioning because so many other people have before, but the fact that there can be 2,405 people wanting to check out but only 3 registers are open.
3. The fact that they are lacking some of the culinary specialties that I sometimes have need for. I am no gourmet cook by any means, but we do enjoy some foods with some good ol' capers, roasted red peppers, and specialty coffees sometimes. It never fails that I leave with two or three items on my list circled so I can stop by and get them somewhere else on my way home.
2. The fact that you are nothing but a number. In my experience, I can never find anyone to help me if I have a problem or question. I feel like a tiny, tiny speck in a universe of moving objects....I feel so, so tiny.
1. They claim to be the best prices in town....but I beg to differ. I have found some items (namely produce) to be noticeably higher than at other stores, often with less quality in the product itself. I have done my price comparisons, and overall, the dollar or two saved just doesn't make up for the emotional basketcase-ness I find myself in when I return back home.
Sorry for the rant. And sorry if you like Wal-Mart. That's what makes us all interesting....we all love and dislike different things. Wal-Mart just isn't working for me.
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