Ok, I shouldn’t be complaining about this, but last night I went out with two of my best friends. It was like 11:30 pm or so, and we went to Wal-Mart. Being stupid, my firend pushed around my other friend in a shopping cart. When we went to the check out line, this bitch was like, “You need to get out of that cart, right now! That’s mindless and immature!”
This lady, or girl, I should say, was about our age, and was trying to act like she was better than us. We were not being stupid, breaking things, driving it fast or nothing to that nature. We were just riding around in it.
Second, after we left Wal-Mart, we went and ate at Steak N Shake. It was about 12:30. We got some food, and we were tired, so we were pretty quiet. When we left, the waitress said we were “Outspoken, and should learn some respect for the public.”
What the fuck!? We were really quiet. All we did was eat, and we left her a nice tip too.
I have worked in retail before, and I know how much it sucks to work with the public, especially when they’re assholes! I can imagine that working a 3rd shift would suck, but come on. We were just being kids, and having fun. We weren’t causing any trouble, or being annoying at all.
Having been in retail for a long (too long) time, I’d have to side with the sales clerk in Wal-Mart. If for no other reason than the potential lawsuit if your friends got hurt.
I have no clue about the waitress, though.
In another thread, you lament about going into your last year as a teenager, add acting like a 10-year-old to your list of things you shouldn’t do anymore.
The carts aren’t even for children to ride in. Bottom line, if your mommy or daddy doesn’t put you in the cart, you ought not to be there.
Keep an ear out for other seemingly inexplicable comments such as those you’ve recently noticed. Once you become more attuned to people’s perceptions of you, you may find it to be a revelatory experience. Once you realize that you are in fact, behaving like a drooling moron, it’s that much easier to make the necessary adjustments.
. . .hey, Tim, do you live in Valparaiso? I’m not trying to be all creepo-stalker or anything, but what you described sounds very much like the town I go to school in, both in attitude and geography (Wal-Mart in an Indiana “hick” town with a Steak N Shake nearby). My apologies for the hijack if you don’t.
As for riding in the cart. . .there are liability issues. I mean, I know you’re reasonable enough not to sue at the drop of a hat, but some people aren’t, especially when they see Wal-Mart $$$ floating before them. If your friends somehow got hurt, even through their own stupidity and even though it’s not all that likely, they could potentially sue Wal-Mart. The employee’s probably been told not to ever let people do that as a result. She was bitchy telling you that, but that’s probably 'cause she really doesn’t want to work there anyway. I mean, working a cashier’s job probably isn’t her life’s ambition, and her disposition towards her customers is probably the LEAST of her worries. Just give the lady a break and get outta the cart until she can’t see you if it bothers you so much.
Yeah, take it from someone who is immature enough to sometimes end up in shopping carts herself late at night. It is stupid (if fun), and when we get busted and yelled at by employees, well, all we can do is grin sheepishly and try to salvage some dignity as we climb out, cause we deserve it.
