I was just about to say I HATE
WAL-MART!!! Words that I never thought I
would utter ever. I mean the love I have
had for this store has been DEEP!! I
first fell in love in Petersburg VA when I started school at the good Virginia
State University in August 1991 (I don’t know the exact date LOL). So it goes back a ways for me. Over the years I have seen stellar customer
service just dwindle. I have seen people
come to MY store looking any kinda ways and I do mean ANY WAY; both with my own
eyes and on the great site The People of Wal-Mart. And I have taken it all in stride. I still go, and defend the store. Last fall I filled my prescription and it was
significantly less than when I had it filled at the Rite-Aid. So I am usually a happy camper when I go. BUT… here lately I have been going a lot more
lately to the pharmacy because I have to fill my mother’s prescriptions. Some adjustments had to be made with all of
the things she takes and I’m there. The
pharmacist sees me coming. SO here is my
issue. Wal-Mart pharmacists are the busiest
most disgruntle looking people in the world.
They NEVER smile, they only look up occasionally and then look like they
are shooting daggers and it trickles down to the cashier/techs. They move with the speed of just under the
flow of molasses. Today I go there and
thankfully was no one was there in line but that means NOTHING! They still move slow. SO I stand there and say HELLO everybody,
anybody… The little girl, OH LAWD where
do I start, so she has this weave that has burgundy and blonde. She has this too bright red-orange lipstick. Now you know, I like a good red lip, but that
was just wrong. Then she had those damn
eyelashes. BAD BAD BAD!!! I don’t think she could even see me. It
really did look like a caterpillar crawled up on her eye (someone on FB said
that) and died! So what sets me off more
than anything is when I am attempting to be nice and I am dismissed. This chick says last name. HUH?!?
Oh no niceties, no hello? oh ok… I give her my info and she proceeds to
look for the bag with the meds. So
ANOTHER thing that brought me almost to the edge is when I went there last
week, they tech says to me oh we don’t have the other prescription in
stock. EXCUSE ME?? So how was I supposed to know that? I called the day before for it to be filled,
so if it was out of stock can I get a call or text or something?? Why am I getting penalized for you not having
my drugs? She looked at me like it was
ME. So today I walk in there pumping
myself up like EVERYTHING WILL BE OK!! I
walk into the store as several police and security are escorting some woman
out. OH GREAT!! So I size the situation up real fast because there was just a
shooting at Columbia Mall this weekend and folks are just… well you never know. The have her in handcuffs and I don’t see a
gun so I proceed. I have on regular
shoes but I can run if need be. I am not
the chick that stands around to see stuff going down. She is fussing about them pushing her out the
door, but I have NO IDEA what she did.
There is nothing that costs enough at Wal-Mart for me to want to steal
and then get caught. I get to the
counter… and see above so I was just about as pissed as I could get. BUT THEN… I need cat food for my cat. She is just about on the verge of starving
(not really) so I go into the outdoor dept and the little guy with dreds (I still
love dreds) comes out of his department and points me in the right direction
and then proceeds to walk me almost there.
AND THEN... I need a cart because I aint carrying no cat food and the
cashier had one and gave it to me. Then
the regular (non-pharmacist) cashier says “Hello! How is your day going?” Really?!?! Thanks for asking!! Balance is restored in Wal-Mart land.
Real Random…
I am listening to the Low End
Theory - Tribe Called Quest. This was my
shiznit freshman year at VSU!!! I’m sitting here tripping at how many lyrics I
know!! ‘I never ½ step cause I’m not a ½ stepper’ ‘I never walk the streets
thinking it’s all about me even though
deep in my heart IT REALLY COULD BE!’ ‘MIC PLEASE’ ‘how far must go to gain respect
…. UUUMMMM’ ‘Industry rule #4080 record company people are SHADY... so kids
watch ya back cause I think they smoke crack I don’t doubt it LOOK AT THEY ACT!!’
‘Boomin in ya boomin in ya JEEP’ ‘SO LOW KEY that you probably missed it!!’ ‘HERE
WE GO YO!’ ‘I could give a damn about an ill subliminal’ ‘RAWR RAW like a dungeon
DRAGON!!’ I swear I just don’t know
what the hell these kids are saying today!! OK so not to be outdone I am now
listening to Midnight Marauders. ‘Ludicrously
speedy or infectious with the slo mo’ ‘Back
in 89 I simply slid into place’ ‘Lyrics anonymous never hear me copy’ ‘I’m like
em brown yellow Puerto Rican and Haitian’
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