If I don't like Wal-Mart, why do I always go?
The other day, I was waiting in the 20 items or less line (yes, Susan, I know that it should be 20 items or fewer, but c'mon, this is Wal Mart) and the woman in front of me had a FULL cart of 50 or more items.
This is one of the unforgivables in my book, right up there with peeing on the seat in public restrooms. There's simply no reason to cannonball through the express line so you can get through faster, but everyone has to wait for your ass. Seriously, unless your transportation says Air Force One on it, you ain't important enough to do that.
Not only was I peeved that this woman was wheeling her monthly groceries through the express line, but what came next was SO much worse. She didn't have enough cash on her to pay for both her groceries and her cigarettes, so she made her little kid put back all the cereal in the cart so she could get enough of the cheap, Wal-Marty brand of cigarettes.
Seriously. The kid went without cereal so momma could have a smoke. And trust me, that cereal was the healthiest thing in the cart.
And then the mom starts telling the cashier how she's making such a sacrifice by going for the Wal-Marty brand cigarettes rather than her regular Marlboros.
Ugh. I would rather she have peed on the seat.
Posted by Jen at October 12, 2006 9:14 AM