There are a lot of freaks out there. But even freaks need to stock up on tube socks and cat food from time to time. Thankfully, the website People of Walmart dutifully documents some of the many freaky people who get their bargains at the Wal. The site boasts photos of mullet enthusiasts, crossdressers, escaped mental patients, casual racists, and even the occasional celebrity. Be afraid, be very afraid.Rating: Blue light special on aisle 5%
(Image from peopleofwalmart.com)
[Full disclosure: I shop at Walmart. My disdain for the company's policies and the freakishness of some of its customers is outmatched by my love of cheap DVDs.]
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Oh, have I got a story for you!
We went to Walmart to try to return a Christmas gift. I was waiting in line at customer service when this awful smell reached my nose. I thought the person waiting behind me had farted. Then, the cashier commented on the bad smell and several other employees in the area were laughing about the stench.
I was feeling bad for the poor person who had I had assumed accidentally let one slip out. They were now the joke of the moment. Then, the cashier said "Is THAT it?" pointing to something behind me.
Sure enough, there on the floor behind me was human poop. Not just a little poop but poop that went all the way down the aisle reaching to the exit of the building. Real human feces!! Who poops on the floor in Walmart?
Instead of putting down a pylon or orange sign saying 'watch your step', the cashier then proceeded to YELL at everyone who walked by "Don't step in that poop."
I love Christmas.
(sorry for the long comment)
Wow.
I can never find a Wal Mart employee that can tell me what I need to know, e.g. where I can find a particular item, whether the item is out of stock, when it will be in stock again, etc. I also have a hard time telling the mentally disabled greeters from the normal staff.
Wal Mart in Texas is a lot more dingy than Wal Mart at home. The ambience is more like Canadian Tire--everything's all mixed up, the shelves are dusty, shit's falling everywhere, the bubble packs are crushed, the cardboard is ripped, etc. Good prices on stuff, though.
Blue light special???
I hope you can at least tell your orafices apart because that endearing trademark belongs to Kmart.
And if ever the outcome of "The Road" comes to fruition, it will be those Wal-mart shoppers who will have ammo/fishing supplies/beef jerky to continue on with the downward spiral of human civilization.
Anyhow, while not being as upscale as Target, Wal-mart has an awesome web site, so you never even have to step into the store at all to enjoy its "cheapness."
orrifice
I also mizspelt cheapiness.
Thanx
That website is the perfect storm of hilarious and depressing. I try to stay away from it because between laughing so hard I can't breath I feel really bad for the people pictured who clearly have legitimate mental illnesses. That's a mindfuck I just can't deal with more than once a month or so.
Like this guy. He's just all sitting there being a poor Howard Hughes in his homemade hazmat suit and nobody is helping him get any kind of mental health aid. And you know the asshole Wal-Mart cop is going to come over and tell him he has to buy something or get out of the store, as if that suit has pockets with money in them. That's just depressing.
Actually it looks as if he has a bag of things he has just purchased. It's still sad, tho.
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