Ah, Walmart...

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/19/2020 at 18:25 • Filed to: None

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Where social distancing and facemasks are a librul commie plot . And where reasonable behavior when pushing a cart (nor lane discipline) is not understood.

Then again, maybe I’m the asshole. I’m walking down a main walkway , keeping to the right. Some guy pulls out of a side aisle and nearly hits me, then starts complaining to his girlfriend/wife that I didn’t say “excuse me” as I went by. Excuse me? Maybe I’m wrong, but I treat the aisles and walkways in stores like they are roads, and if you’re pulling out from a side road (or aisle) it’s your responsibility to make sure that you aren’t about to run into anyone. In my special little world there is no zipper merge when you’re moving from an aisle to to a main walkway - you wait your turn and then you pull out. And if you nearly hit someone, you apologize, not the guy you almost ran into . It’s not so tough, is it?

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 18:39

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At the start of all the social distancing, the day my state made the stay at home order, I was at a grocery store and someone actually got right up behind me, ph ys ically reached into my cart to “See if I had toilet paper”. Upon seeing I didn’t, they got mad at me, pushed my cart and ra n off. Not 5 minutes lter, some distraught woman was pleading to store employees that someone had just stolen her cart that had toilet paper in it and they made store wide anouncements asking about it .

Not gonna lie, I was 110% prepared to end a person’s life at that moment due to how irate I was and how badly that person needed to not be in the gene pool anymore.  

Svend > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 18:39

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Walking like that (not meaning the hand down the back of the skirt), will have you being asked to leave the store by security. You don’t want to toe the link, but take liberties with your own life, fine, but not other peoples. 

That’s what many Americans misunderstand about why Brits apologise so much.

Quite often it’s sarcasm in the form of, ‘I’ll say it but we both know it’s you who should be saying it’.

Thisismydisplayname > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 18:43

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His hand must’ve been cold.

PyramidHat > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 04/19/2020 at 18:44

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There’s this sentiment that since you have t bought the groceries yet, they can take it out of your cart. I disconcur with that sentiment.   On the wrong day, someone may get hit with the buckle end of the belt...

thatsmr > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 18:45

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Stuck in his thumb, pulled out a plum, and said what a good boy am I

PyramidHat > Svend 04/19/2020 at 18:46

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Truth be told “no no, not to worry” and “terribly sorry” have been my go to phrases whilst shopping.   No reason to be uncivil...

facw > Svend 04/19/2020 at 18:56

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Here the grocery stores have made the aisles one way, but I’d say around 20% of people are ignoring that. There was someone in nearly every aisle going the wrong way. Including store workers of course.

Sovande > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 19:10

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I went to a store today that had a sign on the door that a face mask was required to enter. Cool, no problem. Myself and one other person were the only two out of about 9 people I saw wearing masks . The clerk wasn’t even wearing one. I don’t understand. This has been going in for a month and people don’t seem the least bit concerned.

Urambo Tauro > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 19:45

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I view store aisles as roa ds too. Keeping to the right when there’s oncoming traffic just feels natural (in drive-right countries anyway). And it’s not hard to tell main thoroughfares apart from “side street ” aisles . It makes it feel like there’s an implied right-of-way to tell who ought t o yield to whom.

Svend > PyramidHat 04/19/2020 at 19:49

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We just say, ‘sorry’, but to know how it’s meant, you need to understand how and when we raise or lower the tone in our voice, facial expressions, head movements, etc... to get a truer idea o f what we meant when we said sorry. 

Svend > facw 04/19/2020 at 19:55

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We got those in our store. Some stores brought it in earlier than others, some even have someone who walks around reminding people to keep a distance. There are always a couple that go against the grain. 

We have colleagues on the shop floor during the day to do spot refills and maintain levels, but most of the filling is done at night, and while we are a 24 hour store ( except weekends), we’ve returned to closing at night to allow colleagues free roam to fill the shelves.

The Ghost of Oppo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 20:21

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10/10 belongs on peopleofwalmart.com

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > The Ghost of Oppo 04/19/2020 at 20:39

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Check t he bottom right - that’s where I stole it from...

(It was just used as an example because people tend ignore  those posts with nothing to grab your attention)

fintail > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 21:19

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This is also a thing at Costco, a place some deplorables think is snooty and elitist.

I’ll simply remark “I bet you drive a shopping cart like how you drive a car ”, which usually gets a blank stare. The Stepford demographic here is especially bad about it. Self -awareness is a rare trait.   They back off then, anyway.  And then it’s off to the parking lot battle, where poorly parked premium brand CUVs are like an obstacle course.

dumpsterfire! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/19/2020 at 22:39

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And another reason to not step foot in a Wallyworld.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > fintail 04/20/2020 at 02:20

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I sometimes get that vibe at Costco, although not nearly as often as I encounter the clueless, bitter and angry at Walmart/Sam’s. At Costco I usually stop and give a polite point, like when I was marshalling aircraft on the ramp, as to indicate which way to for the person to go for good traffic flow without having to speak a word. And yes, it’s with my index finger and not the middle . Sometimes, like at a four-way stop, someone needs to take charge and get things moving or we’d all be sitting at around waiting for someone else to do something.

fintail > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/20/2020 at 12:52

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That’s a funny distinction, the clueless at Costco is almost of the proud and gleeful variety. Going there is like a recreational trip for some, and especially when faced with a few tables of samples, their little brains shut off and they are in gormless ecstasy.    I tend to shake my head at people there more than anything else.