Two days ago I went to Walmart with my oldest child (she’s 23) and Sid, my baby. Well not baby, he’s 4 but, you know…always be my baby. Walmart here is an absolute shit show. I try and avoid it as much as possible.
Our city has it’s share of social issues, addictions and homelessness to name the top 2. In my province, alcohol cannot be sold in grocery stores or gas stations, it’s only available in government owned liquor stores, the MLCC.
Some idiot decided to build a huge brand new liquor store right adjacent to our Walmart. Which caused a huge influx of people who have addictions to hangout right outside of Walmart to try and get the loonies the store charges for carts, to then buy alcohol. They also just outright ask you for money as you’re leaving the store.
I think some people feel they are getting “harrassed” by these homeless people and there have been fights. It’s a bit crazy. There is security but it doesn’t seem to help.
After hiring security didn’t work, most recently the powers that be decided to blast opera music outside of the store. They thought it would drive away the people who loiter outside the front of the store. It’s weird. It’s a little unnerving and it gives Auschwitz, I don’t know why, but I don’t like it. It feels like psychological warfare to me.
It’s so loud, I swear I can almost hear it from my house.
None of this is my pet peeve, just the backstory to what our Walmart is like. Which really has nothing to do with my pet peeve so I’m not sure why I even told it.
As we were in line at the checkout on Saturday, and the place was a typical Saturday-in-Walmart-madhouse, this guy decides to completely ignore the “lane closed” sign and walk right on up to some lady’s checkout as she was finishing with the supposed last customer.
This last customer turned to the guy and said, oh this lane is closed. Jerk face just nods but ignores the comment and stays in line. I turned to Bella and said like omg can you believe the nerve of some people?
She was like Mom, shhhhh, you’re so loud. I said I don’t care. Like who does he think he is? This poor checkout lady has maybe been standing there since 8 am and is either wanting to go on a break or go home for the day but shit head here is going to plough his way through and act like he was the last one in line or put up a stink if she turns him away.
I couldn’t help but be a Karen and make comments, hopefully loud enough he’d hear me. Bella was so embarrassed lol.
This is one of my pet peeves, people who act so important. He didn’t want to get into one of the big lineups so he went right to a checkout with a non-existent line, non-existent because the checkout lane was CLOSED. He obviously felt he was above waiting, his time more important than everyone else’s. Just brings out the Karen in me.
One of my other pet peeves is small minded, ignorant and/or racist people.
Also when my family doesn’t replace the toilet paper roll. But I’m used to that.
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