A good thing that happened at Wall*Mart last night

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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This day is nearly over for me, it’s my bedtime, but here’s what happened earlier, before the fucking bozos overran my store:

I got to work at 10 pm, took care of some things in the receiving area, and headed out to check if things were ready for all the blitz merchandise to get pulled out.

Walking through toys, I saw a lone shopping cart with nothing but a red Christmas-themed teddy bear in it. Didn’t recognize it, so I checked with the closer in toys.

“Nope, not my stuff, gotta be over with the holiday stuff” (In the Garden Center)

So, just doing my thing to keep things clean, I send the cart up front, and take the bear the other way. Y’all can see this coming, right?

Yeah.

He has down’s syndrome. Dad gave him a quarter to use on the crane machine. He won said huggable critter on that one try. While they were looking at other toys, he wandered off, and his family hadda chase after him. A while later, I walked by and sort of stole the poor kids trophy.

Once we found out what had happened, I went through the store, after letting the folks at the doors to keep an eye out. It took 20 minutes, but I found 'em.

He got his oso rojo de navidad, and I think maybe I won’t go to hell for quite as long, I hope.

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Good job, friend. Nice work.

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Yeah, fuck it, I’m drunk now. Thanks back at ya.

It’s only a matter of days 'til India and Pakistan start throwing nukes at each other.

I hope every fucking early morning blitz shopper got their $49 Hummer RC car. Keep washing, no blood on your hands, right?

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Thanks for doing a little bit of good this season, something that we need more of regardless of the time of year.

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Easy does it, sweetie. Come back after your nap and see how many people think you did a good thing today. :slight_smile:

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Good job, Darth.

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Aww, that’s sweet. We needed some nice Christmas stories around here. It was getting downright grim. Thanks for the story.

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I hope he’s sleeping it off, but I don’t think he meant that post to be about this thread, but the one about the Wal-Mart stampede and death of an employee(not at his store.)

Darth, you did good, and hundreds, nay, thousands of your coworkers did well today, and millions of customers left happy, with gifts that will make more people happy, without inadvertently killing anyone. I don’t mean to diminish what happened at the Long Island store at all, but YOU did good. Well. You did well.

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Don’t worry about those fuckers. Do what you can. Peace.

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That’s all well and good, but when are you gonna fix the economy?

Sheesh, people want a medal for every little thing nowadays.

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/me gives Rigamarole the official “Fix the Economy” medal.

It’s up to you now, hot stuff.

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Very nice :wink: Smoochies to you

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Sheesh, I can’t win anything on those claw machines no matter how bad I want it!

A few months ago, my local machine had what can only be described as a red shiny skin-like-a-strawberry Voodoo doll. I soo wanted it. And I don’t even like stuffed toys. Alas.

Little guy deserved his trophy. You done real good!

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Well done, Saviour of Teddies! :slight_smile:

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Really ? Am I? With your permission, I have a new sig. I’ve been dealing with “BASTARD TOY THIEF” in my head for long enough.

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I once took a temp job to help promote the release of a new “Aladdin” movie from Disney. The promotion consisted of taking pics of the little kids in either a genie or Jasmine costume in front of a “flying carpet” backdrop. The pics were free and could be picked up after about an hour. It was near Halloween and the store was busy. It had been a busy day and I was happy to see it coming to an end/

One little kid was very excited, except the woman with him was apprehensive. He was a foster child and therefore I was not allowed to take his picture with his face showing. I reassured the guardian that the genie mask covered the face very well and no one would know it was him in the picture except him.

The little guy was very hammy, flexing his “muscles” for the picture. After he was reluctant to take the costume off.

While the photo was developing I called my boss in Calgary to let them know I would be sending the package back minus one costume, I said they could dock my pay if they wanted to (they didn’t).

The little guy was thrilled, both with his picture and his new Halloween costume.

Floated home on a cloud that day.

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Good show to both **Darth Nader **and Poysyn. The world can always use a little more happiness.