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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 15:52:27 GMT -5
Shopping is shopping. A chore to accomplish so I can go on to the next thing. I'm not expecting some kind of "experience" when I go. Perhaps that is part of the problem. Some people expect that getting their groceries should, somehow, be entertaining. Or...they expect when they go to be the only person is the store - sort of like Elvis or something. Get your groceries, realize there are people not like you and get out if people not like you are such a bothersome thing
That being said, I did have a disturbing experience at WM last night after work. I needed a bread machine mix that was not available at my regular grocery and I knew WM also carried it. I'm waiting in the checkout line right behind a young woman and a child, who appeared to be about 3 or so. The child was obviously not happy. She was screaming this tooth-vibrating staccato scream while, perfectly in rhythm, kicking the back of my cart, the side of the conveyer belt...whatever she could get her little feet to reach. Yep. It was annoying, but I didn't expect to be the only person in the store.
So her mother is busy putting her groceries on the belt and all of a sudden, she tells the little girl very loudly, "See that lady right there? (me). If you don't stop it right now, she will beat your butt!" I was kind of stunned. I'm thinking what kind of person threatens her kid with some stranger? Then I remembered my mom used to threaten me with Santa so I guess it wasn't much different. I just sort of smiled and winked at the little one, but it was a bit disturbing. Who does that?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 15:58:34 GMT -5
I'm the mean aunt my in laws threaten their kids with, so I'm used to being the bad guy. People are weird, maybe she figured you'd go along just to shut the kid up.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 16:06:23 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not looking to be entertained shopping either. I'm not sure why people act offended when someone says they hate shopping at Walmart? I did just find out our Hyvee shops for you for free! You just tell them when you're coming to pick it up and they have it ready. Sweet. With that and Amazon I may never have to step in a store again.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 16:20:22 GMT -5
I'm not offended, I'm perplexed. I've never seen the horrible Walmart phenomenon in person. I've had decent experiences all around. I have, however, avoided the one tiny one (in comparison) we have locally. That probably is miserable just because you can't move around in it.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jan 7, 2016 16:34:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not looking to be entertained shopping either. I'm not sure why people act offended when someone says they hate shopping at Walmart? I did just find out our Hyvee shops for you for free! You just tell them when you're coming to pick it up and they have it ready. Sweet. With that and Amazon I may never have to step in a store again. I haven't stepped foot in a grocery, Target, Walmart, etc. in years. It is a wonderful thing. Now if I could just get the liquor store to start delivering!
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 16:35:52 GMT -5
I'm the mean aunt my in laws threaten their kids with, so I'm used to being the bad guy. People are weird, maybe she figured you'd go along just to shut the kid up. LOL!! Can you imagine if I'd started toward the kid like I was going to beat her butt? I decided I shouldn't since I don't look good in orange.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jan 7, 2016 16:36:25 GMT -5
I am one that wants to be entertained while shopping. I don't do it often, so when I do I don't want it to be in a huge, horribly lit store with disorganized merchandise, angry workers and angrier customers. Give me Whole Foods any day of the week. Beautiful store, nicely organized, employees willing to help, customers that look presentable, nice experience.
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Post by lexxy703 on Jan 7, 2016 16:37:41 GMT -5
I'm not offended, I'm perplexed. I've never seen the horrible Walmart phenomenon in person. I've had decent experiences all around. I have, however, avoided the one tiny one (in comparison) we have locally. That probably is miserable just because you can't move around in it. It really does depend on the store. I have one 20 minutes from me in one direction that is the epitome of all Walmart jokes. About 20 minutes in the opposite direction is a big new one that according to my Mom is clean & beautiful with normal people shopping there. She loves that place & goes at least once a week for something or another.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 16:38:20 GMT -5
I'm too busy trying to find the f'ing HONEY that they move once a week. And you don't find saltine crackers in the aisle marked "crackers". You find them in the soup aisle....dummy.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 16:38:38 GMT -5
I'm the mean aunt my in laws threaten their kids with, so I'm used to being the bad guy. People are weird, maybe she figured you'd go along just to shut the kid up. LOL!! Can you imagine if I'd started toward the kid like I was going to beat her butt? I decided I shouldn't since I don't look good in orange. And how offended the mom would have gotten? Even though she started it? My SIL brought her BF's kids over once and the 8 ? year old was already scared when he got there. lol
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 16:42:35 GMT -5
I'm too busy trying to find the f'ing HONEY that they move once a week. And you don't find saltine crackers in the aisle marked "crackers". You find them in the soup aisle....dummy. Honey is with the peanut butter and jelly. The crackers here are in the cracker aisle.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 16:47:09 GMT -5
I laugh the same way, especially when I read that some of the people being the most vicious about how others are dressed are the people who lovingly post about their racks of 30 year old clothing that they prefer to wear. I hope you're not putting me in the "vicious" category, but today I'm wearing a pale peach Pringles cashmere turtleneck sweater. I'm sure you could find the same thing in the shops today if you shopped long enough but I guess that since mine is 25 years old, it's dowdy. Whatever.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 16:49:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm not looking to be entertained shopping either. I'm not sure why people act offended when someone says they hate shopping at Walmart? I did just find out our Hyvee shops for you for free! You just tell them when you're coming to pick it up and they have it ready. Sweet. With that and Amazon I may never have to step in a store again. I haven't stepped foot in a grocery, Target, Walmart, etc. in years. It is a wonderful thing. Now if I could just get the liquor store to start delivering! That would be awesome! Grain and bedding for the horses and goats would be my downfall. I don't know that I could have that shipped for free.
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Post by kittensaver on Jan 7, 2016 17:00:47 GMT -5
I am one that wants to be entertained while shopping. I don't do it often, so when I do I don't want it to be in a huge, horribly lit store with disorganized merchandise, angry workers and angrier customers. Give me Whole Foods any day of the week. Beautiful store, nicely organized, employees willing to help, customers that look presentable, nice experience. , a hundred times over. We "shop" for animal protein in our freezer (bulk purchases from local farmers and fishermen), many/most staples from bulk purchases (Costco, intermittent sales online or bulk purchases at local grocery stores when it's something we use), and whatever fruits and vegetables we don't grow ourselves from the farmer's market, so I only have to pop into WF occasionally for specialty items like organic/raw dairy (cheeses, butter); grains, nuts and seeds from the bulk bins (if I don't or can't get them from somewhere else); nutritional supplements, natural remedies for minor ailments and the ingredients to make personal care and household cleaning products (I have MCS and can't tolerate many/most commercial products).
When I go into a store, I want to find a clean, well-lit, well-organized shopping experience with helpful people who know what the heck they are talking about. Call me a snob, but I don't care. I work a lot of hours each week and life is too short to be slogging through horrible environments with downtrodden employees and customers.
*flame away*
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 7, 2016 17:03:24 GMT -5
I saw Elvis at our Wal-mart once. I have one 20 minutes from me in one direction that is the epitome of all Walmart jokes. About 20 minutes in the opposite direction is a big new one that according to my Mom is clean & beautiful with normal people shopping there.
Same here. There is the dirty disorganized one in Manawa where I had a man accost me in the wedding aisle. Now there is one on 16th that is clean, organized and the staff doesn't look like extras in the Walking Dead.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:03:44 GMT -5
I'm too busy trying to find the f'ing HONEY that they move once a week. And you don't find saltine crackers in the aisle marked "crackers". You find them in the soup aisle....dummy. Honey is with the peanut butter and jelly. The crackers here are in the cracker aisle. Well....that's what I thought, too. And it was...until they moved it to the baking aisle with the sugar. I know it's done to make me crazy. Next week, it will be back with the jelly. I even looked really well because I needed strawberry preserves also.
Our cracker aisle is strictly for Cheese Its and Goldfish.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:04:07 GMT -5
I saw Elvis at our Wal-mart once. Was he wearing pajamas?
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Post by kittensaver on Jan 7, 2016 17:04:09 GMT -5
I saw Elvis at our Wal-mart once.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 7, 2016 17:05:36 GMT -5
I saw Elvis at our Wal-mart once. Was he wearing pajamas? No, he looked like he just got done performing Jail House Rock He was also Mexican, not sure how that happened. I wish I'd had a smartphone at the time so I had physical evidence. You see some weird stuff if you wander into Wal-mart at midnight.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:06:49 GMT -5
LOL!!
Probably some sort of plastic surgery. I'm sure he didn't want to be recognized and you blew it.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 17:08:48 GMT -5
Honey is with the peanut butter and jelly. The crackers here are in the cracker aisle. Well....that's what I thought, too. And it was...until they moved it to the baking aisle with the sugar. I know it's done to make me crazy. Next week, it will be back with the jelly. I even looked really well because I needed strawberry preserves also.
Our cracker aisle is strictly for Cheese Its and Goldfish.
Gotta love grocery store logic. I think I spent a few years finding mushrooms not with the other veggies but with the spaghetti sauces or something stupid like that. I even had some desperate people ask if I knew where they were. Sadly, I did.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:14:28 GMT -5
I hate mushrooms so I would be of no help.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:16:37 GMT -5
My mom asked me to pick up some instant potato flakes. She uses them to thicken some soup she was making. Guess what? They aren't with the rest of the potatoes.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jan 7, 2016 17:18:54 GMT -5
My mom asked me to pick up some instant potato flakes. She uses them to thicken some soup she was making. Guess what? They aren't with the rest of the potatoes. Were they with the wall spackle?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2016 17:25:28 GMT -5
My mom asked me to pick up some instant potato flakes. She uses them to thicken some soup she was making. Guess what? They aren't with the rest of the potatoes. Which potatoes? The real ones or the other ones in boxes?
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jan 7, 2016 17:31:26 GMT -5
My mom asked me to pick up some instant potato flakes. She uses them to thicken some soup she was making. Guess what? They aren't with the rest of the potatoes. Which potatoes? The real ones or the other ones in boxes? They weren't with the real ones. They were...somewhere. I can't remember but it wasn't with the real potatoes.
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Post by resolution on Jan 7, 2016 19:09:13 GMT -5
Our honey is in the breakfast cereal aisle with the peanut butter and jam. They moved it there from it's old spot in the bread aisle.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 8:56:20 GMT -5
No, they only CLAIM to vote Republican. No. They vote republican. They vote religion. And guns. And anti abortion. I live in central PA. It's not dem country. This reminded me of this post. There's even a Walmart in the video! www.facebook.com/ronaldmjackson/videos/10204263227412360/(I couldn't get the video to play on here, so had to post the link)
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 8, 2016 12:20:17 GMT -5
Our honey is in the breakfast cereal aisle with the peanut butter and jam. They moved it there from it's old spot in the bread aisle. That reminds me! The pancake syrup is in the cereal aisle, but not the honey.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 8, 2016 23:43:30 GMT -5
No. They vote republican. They vote religion. And guns. And anti abortion. I live in central PA. It's not dem country. This reminded me of this post. There's even a Walmart in the video! www.facebook.com/ronaldmjackson/videos/10204263227412360/(I couldn't get the video to play on here, so had to post the link) Holy cow! Thanks for that!
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