Thursday, March 15, 2007

From Ben's Gaming Blog: "Thrown Out of Wal-Mart"


This is reposted from Ben's gaming blog. I just couldn't get over it. Wow. One more reason to avoid Wal-Mart like the plague...anyway, hear it from Ben:

Things have been busy lately. My daughter got tubes in her ears on Monday, and fortunately, my Mom was able to come down and help out during that time. So I had to have her at the airport at 5 this morning for her flight out. I really don't need to be at work until 6:30 or 7, so I go to Wal-Mart to pick up some frozen meals for lunch and wander over to grab some donuts for the office.

I walk up to the only check out open in the store and the guy in front of me in line says "Do you work here?"

Me: "No."

WM Jerk: "Well, we don't open for another 20 minutes. How did you get in here?"

Me: "Through the door."

WM Jerk: "So you forced the doors open to get in here?"

Me: "No, I came in through the regular door closer to the side of the building."

WM Jerk, into radio: "We need someone on the Food Center doors right away. We have an intruder."

Me: "What? OK, whatever, I'm leaving."

WM Jerk: "You can't just leave that stuff there, it's frozen."

At that point I just walked out. After I was outside, I went over to the front doors and they didn't open, but there were no store hours posted and the regular (not-automatic) doors on the side where they keep all the vending machines were unlocked and propped open. I walked past at least 6 Wal-Mart employees while I was shopping and not a single one stopped me or asked why I was in the store. I should really never go to Wal-Mart. Bad things happen when I do.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I cannot believe that! How horrible. I would call the manager and complain loudly.
Tiff
http://www.xanga.com/neuroticfitchmom

Anonymous said...

an employee goofed and left the doors unlocked. I would call the manager and not only report how rude they were to you but also they need to work on their morning opening procedures. They should be glad...you were one of the good guys. Imagine if a bad guy had gotten in?