Wal-Mart Ghetto Trash Sightings

[Kogarashi]

And I don't think certain too-small clothes are bad. Case in point, I love skin-tight jeans. But I hate muffin tops, so I specifically look for jeans that are super stretchy - that way, I get a tight fit in the butt and legs but no muffin top or lack of circulation in my waist.

Ah, but see, you're still taking care to find clothes that fit. There's just a specific look you're going for. I'm sure your skin-tight jeans don't make you look like a 14 who decided she was going to shoehorn herself into an 8 because the number makes you feel better. You do what my heavier-than-me sister does and buy clothes that fit and are flattering no matter your size/build.

[XCashier]

Me, I want the numbers to not be arbitrary....And on the mythical day when I'm well enough to run my own clothing company, I'm damn well DOING that. If anyone buys something from my shop that doesn't fit them on at least those measurements (assuming they measure themselves correctly) ... well. I'll be rechecking the measurement of the garment and finding out why the hell it happened, that's what I'll do. Because it'll be faulty!

I so wish clothing manufacturers would do this! Yes, it's more work, and likely would cost more, but it'd be so much easier for a customer to find what fits her!

Especially considering with the current sizing system, one company's 10 is another company's 8 and a third company's 12. Seriously, get it together, people!

[EricKei]

I saw a lot of beggars when I lived in Pittsburgh and the only one I ever gave to was this guy who would play his saxophone now and then downtown. He was willing to at least do more than stick his hand out expectantly for money and he was pretty good at playing too.

Same thing downtown here. If you're willing to paint/play/dance/tell fortunes for the money (it's hard to go out at night downtown without hearing street-based live music drifting up from somewhere), nobody seems to mind a little bit of panhandling. But if you're just standing around asking for money, you get exiled to the interstate overpasses.

[Misanthropical]

One of the stupid girls I worked with at my last job crammed her size 20 ass in a size 10 jeans, the same thing with her tops. She looked ridiculous and couldn't figure out why men weren't falling all over themselves for her. She was only looking for some baby daddies, so she could live off welfare but couldn't find any that liked the cheap whore look. Her story was that men were intimidated by her.

There is a lot of begging in Philadelphia and one night when I was out with Mr. Mis this man came charging up to us, which caused me to dive behind Mr. Mis since I thought the man was going to rob us or worse. He was just panhandling and buggered off when we told him we didn't have any money, but he scared the bejessus of us.

A friend of mine was a medical student in Philadelphia and she told a woman begging that she wouldn't give her money but would pay for her to get food at the store. The woman demanded name brand everything. Yes, she was DEMANDING saying her kids wouldn't eat anything but the name brands. So my friend told her to bugger off she wasn't paying for anything for the woman, since as a medical student she couldn't afford the name brand for herself let alone some woman she never met before.

Mr. Mis told me when he lived in San Fransisco, a man was always panhandling outside a McDonalds that Mr. Mis would get his coffee from every morning. Mr. Mis gave him money on a few occasion until one day when the man was in front of him in line at the McDonalds and pulled out a huge ass wad of money to pay for his food. Mr. Mis never gave him any money after that.

[greensinestro]

[*]A crotchety old fart, somewhat less than fully stocked in the teeth and brains departments, standing in the self-checkout line with a cart full of groceries, bellowing "I danno how to work these things! I wanna cashier, gawdammit!" Apparently not comprehending that in order to have a cashier check out his groceries, he'd have to move to a different line.[/LIST]

The problem is, many folks like this, at least in my opinion, go to the self check out lines because they are shorter than the regular lines. Plus, they know someone will come along and help them anyway, not caring about how they're holding up everyone else behind them that knows what they are doing.

[daleduke17]

I so wish clothing manufacturers would do this! Yes, it's more work, and likely would cost more, but it'd be so much easier for a customer to find what fits her!

Especially considering with the current sizing system, one company's 10 is another company's 8 and a third company's 12. Seriously, get it together, people!

This is why I hate shopping for my wife. When I go to any store in the mall and look for jeans, I'm fairly certain that 34x30 (or recently 36x30) will be really, really close for me since each number is an actual measurement in inches. But, if I shop for her, you're right. How much difference can there be between sizes in different stores? Even stores owned by the same company (ie Old Navy, Gap) don't have the same size comparison.

I was ready to give my wife a map of the local mall and say "Okay, write down what size you are at each store so I know what to get you"

[Food Lady]

I wish women's clothes were sized like Seshat wants to make them. I'm shaped like a tree trunk. But yet I still manage to find decent-looking outfits. Losing 25 lbs has made it easier. And I don't show as much skin as I see daily in the summer. It's hot out, but be decent, people.

[XCashier]

This is why I hate shopping for my wife.

I'm sure your wife hates The Size Game as much as you do. Believe me, we don't like to have to guess either.

[Kitten in the box]

I love people at walmart.

About 2 weeks ago I was there with my friend getting something for our barbeque we were having and while leaving this woman kept pestering us for spare change. Now we saw she had gotten a decent amount from other patrons of the store that were going in or exiting. Normally I would have given it to her but I told her not this time. She got pissed off and kept bugging and bugging until I simply looked at her and yelled "will you PLEASE back the fuck off?!? I said NO!! DAMMIT MY FUCKING DOG LISTENS MORE THAN YOU DO! HE AT LEAST KNOWS WHAT THE WORD NO IS...AND HE'S JUST A 12 WK OLD PUPPY!!" Woman backs off cursing and snarling in a language i can only assume is "not of this world"

[Andara Bledin]

Especially considering with the current sizing system, one company's 10 is another company's 8 and a third company's 12. Seriously, get it together, people!

Oh, hell yes... So tired of this bullshit.

I once had a pair of size 13 jeans that I could have buttoned and zipped and then pull them on over a properly sized pair of size 15 jeans. >_<

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[BeenThereDoneThat]

If y'all haven't seen this yet...well, it's time you did.

[blas]

Ok, I need a new pair of undies. Remind me not to laugh that hard when I have to pee.

At any rate, as I've always said, I do my Wal-Mart grocery shopping after work on payday, early in the morning, save for if I took the day off before, I'll do it later in the day and in different clothes, or sometimes I forgot something and have to go back, but I prefer to go after work because hardly anyone is there at 7 am.

Anyway, it just started getting chilly here, so instead of ditching my frock like I normally do, I was still wearing it over my hoodie and tshirt, and it's so funny when everyone else from work is there, you just see random people walking around in their bright frocks.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Ok, I need a new pair of undies. Remind me not to laugh that hard when I have to pee.

Just make sure you get all dressed up, since you're going to Walmart and all.

[blas]

My work frock is clean and ready for another long week.

[Cai1987]

My wife had to ask someone at Wal-Mart to leave when she worked there, because the (female) customer was wandering around topless.

The woman's response: "No, it's okay! I'm pregnant!"

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