Another reason not to shop at Wal-Mart

[blas]

After I nearly went into cardiac arrest after having a bee in my car on the WAY to Wal-Mart, I wasn't in any mood to be messed with.

I was then nearly ran over by an old Cadillac being driven by an old man who looked very much asleep at the wheel. Thankfully he woke up before he ran me over.

On the way out, I noticed a group of six people standing by the Exit door, which will not open unless someone coming OUT trips the sensor. They were just standing there with this dumb look on all of their faces.

So as soon as I tripped the sensor, they started pretty much stampeding into the store, and I had to carefully maneuver my cart around them, as they were not even concerned about anyone but them, and the people behind me also got to struggle to get around them. Suspicion confirmed. They were just waiting for someone coming out to open the door so they could come in. Because it would obviously kill them to walk.

Sometimes being senile and lazy is just inexcusable.

[Amethyst Hunter]

Bees... *shuddershuddershuddershuddershudder* If it stings/bites, and/or is potentially dangerous to me, and comes into the same enclosed space as me and cannot be safely made to exit, it's taking a one-way trip to Squashville. End of story.

I see this ALL the time. At any mallwart I go to. People will purposely walk into the exit doors - if they're open, which they are a good deal of the time due to volume of traffic - because they can't be arsed to take a few extra steps to go into the proper entrance doors.

Now, granted, I'm guilty of this myself. But I don't make a habit of it, and I usually only do it if I'm in a real hurry (weather or time constraints) or with other people who do it simply because it's convenient. I'm sure not going to stand there and deliberately wait for those doors to open!

[marasbaras]

I make very little effort to avoid those kind of people with my cart anymore. Want to shove your way past something with a big heavy cart? Suffer the consequences.

[Bright_Star]

You see idiots drive at Wal-Mart like it's a damn race track! You have to make damn sure that the street is clear before even thinking of walking towards the store cause if you don't watch out then you might get run over. It hasn't happened yet but sooner or later some asshole in a speeding car is gonna hit somebody in the crosswalk.
They used to have speed bumps to make people slow down but were taken out cause too many peoiple complained about the "inconveniance". Maybe they'll put them back in when & IF somebody gets run over.
Funny how they have them next door at Weis Market & it doesn't bother anybody over there.

[smileyeagle1021]

You see idiots drive at Wal-Mart like it's a damn race track! You have to make damn sure that the street is clear before even thinking of walking towards the store cause if you don't watch out then you might get run over. It hasn't happened yet but sooner or later some asshole in a speeding car is gonna hit somebody in the crosswalk.
They used to have speed bumps to make people slow down but were taken out cause too many peoiple complained about the "inconveniance". Maybe they'll put them back in when & IF somebody gets run over.
Funny how they have them next door at Weis Market & it doesn't bother anybody over there.

you know, I want to go to your wal-mart... the walmarts in this part of the country you can't move your car because there are so many damned pedestrians who refuse to look where they're going, I'll blame the Californians who are moving here, after all it was a Californian who stated "i don't have to look ,everyone knows it's pedestrian right of way"
*disclaimer, I know that not all californians are that stupid to think that pedestrian right of way means you don't have to watch for traffic, but could y'all please keep your stupidest under wraps...

[powerboy]

but could y'all please keep your stupidest under wraps...

No we can't. We don't want them here neither.

I hate shopping at Walmart. Where I live, it is just to many people in the store and in the parking lot. Everytime I am in there for more than 1 thing, then I feel that I am a rat in a maze.

[Difdi]

Bees... *shuddershuddershuddershuddershudder* If it stings/bites, and/or is potentially dangerous to me, and comes into the same enclosed space as me and cannot be safely made to exit, it's taking a one-way trip to Squashville. End of story.

I'm doubly blessed in this area. Firstly, that I have only a minimal reaction to bee stings (it hurts, but isn't a big deal). Secondly, that my reaction time is such that the last bee that tried to sting me (on the back of my hand) found itself squashed between the time the stinger went in and the time the poison didn't (heh) get injected. By the same hand it was trying to sting, mind you.

[blas]

That fricken hornet could not be pleased. I had left my windows down after I got home and was taking a shower and getting ready (no a/c, manual windows). He must have been sitting in there or flew in.

Anywho, he was buzzing around right by where you push the lock down on the driver's side door. Except I broke that window crank and couldn't roll it down. I had HOPED he'd go out one of the other two open windows, but he wouldn't. When he did get up to move, he was buzzing around my face and hair, because I had lots of perfume on and product in my hair.

I pulled over once he started scaring me half to death and opened the door, and he flew away.

[Pagan]

People will purposely walk into the exit doors - if they're open, which they are a good deal of the time due to volume of traffic - because they can't be arsed to take a few extra steps to go into the proper entrance doors.

Now, granted, I'm guilty of this myself. But I don't make a habit of it, and I usually only do it if I'm in a real hurry (weather or time constraints) or with other people who do it simply because it's convenient. I'm sure not going to stand there and deliberately wait for those doors to open!

Unfortunately, at the one by me, they can be triggered by someone on either side.

And ours has the double doors (door, foyer, door). We have the asshats that feel complelled to stop in between the two doors, smack in the way, and proceed to carry on their cell phone conversation, rearrange their cart, etc. I'd love to get a federal grant to study this!

[wagegoth]

More of the reasons I avoid that place like the plague. The only time I go is when my kids get gift cards, which is usually once a year.

I feel like the entire cast of Idiocracy lives at Wal-Mart.

[chainedbarista]

hornets/wasps are simply evil; bees, i'm good with (it's that honey/pollination thing that works for me ).

i avoid wal mart as much as i realistically can; i head to target when i need something but god forbid if they don't carry it...*shudders.*

wal mart is a serious stupid magnet; leave anything approaching human intelligence and good behavior behind at the door, for you are the mighty customer and are ALWAYS RIGHT.

[repsac]

I think I've posted this before but...

years and years ago I worked at a wal-mart store. While there, one of the training modules they had me take ended up being a pretty interesting one. Now, I don't know WHY I had to take the course, but it dealt with some of the studies the stores had done over the years. One of them still sticks in my mind.


Somewhere in Arkansas, (I think the home office) they did a study of people that trolled for an up close parking space, waited for one, and those that drove further into the lot to park. In the study, they found that the people who looked for a space closer to the store, as well as those who waited for a person to pull out of a nearer space would get into the store later than those who pulled out to the furthest space from the door and walked in.

Meaning, that while they seemed to be saving time by parking closer, in truth they weren't. The closer space didn't save them any trouble getting into the store, nor did it getting out. Wal-Mart found that the closer spaces tended to be harder to pull out of since you had the foot traffic coming from the store, as well as other parkers to deal with.


Second fact: (also interesting.)

In the 90's, the same company did another study. This one dealing with their exit doors. In one store with automatic doors, the store set these doors so they would only open as a person came in one direction or another. In or out, but not both. Over the next several months they watched this, and discovered that when in the singular, (Ie not in a group or family) the average customer had no problem using the specific entry and exit doors. However, when in a group of two or more, bottlenecks would occur. In one case, a group of people waited a full ten minutes for the exit door to open so they could get in, as opposed to using the proper enter which was a few feet away. Interestingly, they found that the single entry, single exit type doors did NOT help with their shrink. Rather it seemed to make it worse. They theorized at the time that since there was no cross traffic of people coming in the exit doors, that it was easier for a shoplifter to slip out of the store. They needn't stop or dodge a person entering, and that aided in their escape.

[Pagan]

In the study, they found that the people who looked for a space closer to the store, as well as those who waited for a person to pull out of a nearer space would get into the store later than those who pulled out to the furthest space from the door and walked in.

Meaning, that while they seemed to be saving time by parking closer, in truth they weren't. The closer space didn't save them any trouble getting into the store, nor did it getting out. Wal-Mart found that the closer spaces tended to be harder to pull out of since you had the foot traffic coming from the store, as well as other parkers to deal with.

Oh, hell, I could've told them that, and saved them the cost of the study to boot! I can't count how many times I've seen someone waiting for a parking space....that's still waiting after I've pulled around them (when they're not blocking the whole damn aisle), parked and am headed into the store. You'd think that with gas prices where they are, they'd decide to park a little further....oh....wait a sec, that would require them not to be lazy hosebeasts. To quote Miss Emily Litella, "Nevermind".

[Amethyst Hunter]

When he did get up to move, he was buzzing around my face and hair, because I had lots of perfume on and product in my hair.

Tip for anyone wanting to avoid Stingy Critters: Ditch the sprays. (Or at least go very light on them) Stingy Critters are attracted to perfumes and the like; they also like bright-colored clothing so try for neutrals or anything that doesn't make you resemble (in their eyes) a giant walking flower.

Also, I know it's VERY hard to resist the urge to flip out and start waving your hands around trying to make a Stingy Critter get the hell away from you (believe me, I *completely* understand that impulse!) - but this is one of the worst things you can do. Waving your arms/hands around is more likely to piss off Stingy and get you, well, stung. Best thing to do is to stay as still and calm as you can manage, and try to walk away (if possible). (Which can be a lot easier said than done if you're cursed with one of those little bastards that likes to FOLLOW you no matter where you go!)

/helpfulness

Back OT: Let us not forget those imbeciles who, when mobile in a vehicular transport, park their butts IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EFFING LOT WAITING FOR SOME OTHER JACKASS TO EXIT THEIR PRECIOUS MOST COVETED PARKING SPOT! I hate these people and want to mow them over. But, because I hear jail food is lousy, I merely go around them (if space permits) and cuss them out under my breath. By the time I've parked and left my car, I'm often well into the store long before those dumbasses are because they had such a hard-on for that one parking spot!

[repsac]

There's a type of wasp we have around here that can make for a ton of fun if someone doesn't know what they're dealing with.

It looks, at first glance, like a big fat hornet. However the females are quite docile. Curious yes, but very docile. The males seem to "guard" the nests, but unlike the females they have no stinger. That doesn't stop them from being just as curious as the females. Anyone gets too close to the nest and they buzz over and around the person. Usually sending them into fits. The bee on the other hand, typically quickly loses interest and flies back to sit on its perch.