Walmart Trip -- grrrr.....

[FlDebra]

My main gripe today is rude people who use the electric carts Walmart has for the disabled and immense. I want to be careful how I word this because I absolutely do not want to offend people who have a genuine need for the electric cars in Walmart and are courteous to others. I thank my lucky stars I can still motivate on my own two legs when others cannot, but today's Walmart trip just left me fuming!

For one thing, there was a woman waiting in the front of Walmart because there were no available carts. Our Walmart seems to have an abundance of them but here she was, dropped at the front door, with portable oxygen and no cart for her to use. She had obvious breathing problems and would not be able to trek around our SuperWalmart. I am guessing at least half of the carts were occupied by people who just didn't want to bother walking around the store, so I felt bad for this lady having to wait for a cart.

As I shopped, I had to constantly wait while others blocked the aisles with those electric carts, drove right in front of me, and were oblivious to anyone around them. Not all, I saw a little old lady smile and let someone go before she turned into an aisle so there was a bright spot. But most seemed to be huge people who occasionally got off their carts like there was nothing wrong and otherwise acted like the world owed them a right-of-way. This was all sort of business as usual and besides the poor woman waiting at the entrance, I really did not give it much thought.....until I left.

I am standing waiting for traffic so I can cross the parking lot to my car. A mini-van with a nasty-looking, behemoth woman at the wheel, cuts hard in my direction to turn down one of the lanes. I am already as far over as I can get, there is no side walk in the parking lot. There is plenty of room to the side of me for a car or even two to pass! I scrunch over as far as I can get into my cart, which is at the curb, and the woman still brushes against me with her filthy mini-van! I holler, "For crying-out-loud, lady!" Which she answers by calling me a "female dog" and telling me to get the he// out of her way. I can hardly believe this! So, I am leaving the parking lot in my car and I see her lumbering out of her mini-van into one of the electric carts in the parking lot. She is huge! I am still fuming so, stupidly, I say, "Lady I was already at the curb when you almost ran me over!" Now I have still refrained from any cussing or name-calling -- the worst I called her was "lady," a term she in no way resembles. But she let's go with the foulest mouth you ever heard and says to shut up or she will kill me next time and that is so cleaned up, you won't believe it. People everywhere and she is using her full vocabulary of dirty words.

How can anyone act like that? I was standing still, waiting to cross a road and as far off the road as I could possibly get! She almost runs me over, wipes her van's dirt on me and she cusses me! I am embarrassed by the encounter and don't say another word. All the way home I fumed and thought of all the things I could have said. But I guess I am glad she left me dumbstruck. I would have hated sinking to her level. But still..... I feel like I left something completely undone. The Good Lord above is helping me out though.....it started raining hard just as I got the last of my groceries in. So, she should be getting really soaked about now. Is it evil to be grinning so big? Ah, what goes around comes around.........

[lacymomma]

I'm sorry you had such a bad day! I agree with you that what comes around goes around.

Last time I visited my local Walmart, there was an older man in one of those carts, and granted he probably needed one, but he just kept going up and back the same isle, blocking me every single time from the item I needed. He was at one end, so I went around to come in the other end. On the way there, I could hear the backing up beeps *beep beep beep* and by the time I got to the other end, there he was blocking that end... so I ran around again to go in the other end and by the time I got there he had pulled forward again and was blocking that area again. All I did was mumble to myself "geez" and he looks at me and says "respect your elders young lady"... I was appalled... I just walked away, but I felt like giving him a piece of my mind.

[Soccer50]

Jeez you had quite a day it seems!
Im sorry you had such a bad time at wal mart and then almost getting smushed my some mean person in a mini van ! Glad you didnt sink down to her level

[ferraritiffie]

Yeah I feel yah on this one. I often bring my grandfather to Walmart, Costco, etc, and we either have to wait or I end up bringing in his wheelchair that doesn't have a basket which means I have to push him and a cart at the same time, only to see lazy people roaming around the store in the carts. The one that really upset me was at the Grocery store where I saw teenagers racing around the aisles clearly being stupid.

Another thing I dislike is when I'm returning or getting the cart for my grandfather the dirty looks I get as I am traveling about a mile an hour to and from the car. It's often too far for my 90 year old grandfather to walker his way from the front door to the carts.

I have tried bringing his cart from home to the store, but even breaking apart his 150lbs+ cart is still heavy for me. Though this seems to be the only way to make sure he has a cart.

[JenniferLeigh]

Thats why I stay away from walmart! I always end up leaving angry because of the amount of stupid and rude people that seem to gather there.

[FlDebra]

I did forget one detail......the lady that almost ran me over and cussed me better than any sailor I knew "back in the day," had a Christian "fish" emblem on the back of her van! How ironic, huh?

I have one too, and am far from perfect, but I don't run over people and cuss them a blue streak.

My mom really could use a cart too. Her arthritis is so very bad. But she always says it would make her feel guilty if there wasn't one for people who really were handicapped. So, she leans hard on a regular cart and tries to make the best of it.

[dogbert]

I don't know if the Wal-Mart here let's the carts outside the store, I know Target doesn't. So far everyone seems to make it to and from their car without one. There doesn't seem to be more than 2 or 3 per store either. I know I have encountered a few people driving them like tanks in the store and I prayed they didn't drive their own car to the store. If so I didn't want to be around when they left! If they drove the car like that cart it's gonna be bad! Did the woman park in handicap parking? Sounds like she might need to be reported for wreckless driving/aggressive driving what if you were a child, she may have run you over! I know police will talk to her if she is still there when they arrive or contact her if you give her plate number and description to them. Then it is up to the police if they want to write her up or not. I know this because our son pushed a shopping cart with his pickup truck in the parking lot of a grocery store and someone in the parking lot called the cops on him. Not even the store manager found anything wrong with what he did just the person who called. Don't know what they told the cop by our son was written up.

[dogbert]

Originally Posted by FlDebra

I did forget one detail......the lady that almost ran me over and cussed me better than any sailor I knew "back in the day," had a Christian "fish" emblem on the back of her van! How ironic, huh?

I have one too, and am far from perfect, but I don't run over people and cuss them a blue streak.

My mom really could use a cart too. Her arthritis is so very bad. But she always says it would make her feel guilty if there wasn't one for people who really were handicapped. So, she leans hard on a regular cart and tries to make the best of it.

Under her Christian "fish" emblem you should have left a note saying "just kidding".

[MindieRose]

Unfortunately that doesn't just happen at walmart. Seems a growing number of people have a sense of entitlement and like the world owes them something. I have seen people misuse those carts so many times. My husband needed one when he crushed his foot in an accident and it needed to be reconstructed. He was always too proud to use one though. I seen a girl, probably 19-20 years old cruising walmart in one a few weeks back. She would stop, hop up, get what she needed off the shelf, and hop back on and go. They AREN'T for people with a pulled muscle or something, they are for the DISABLED. That gets me about as mad as the people who order a "therapy dog" tag or certificate, with no training or anything for their dog to actually be one, just so they can bring their dog to every store.

[manolos mom]

Originally Posted by MindieRose

Unfortunately that doesn't just happen at walmart. Seems a growing number of people have a sense of entitlement and like the world owes them something. I have seen people misuse those carts so many times. My husband needed one when he crushed his foot in an accident and it needed to be reconstructed. He was always too proud to use one though. I seen a girl, probably 19-20 years old cruising walmart in one a few weeks back. She would stop, hop up, get what she needed off the shelf, and hop back on and go. They AREN'T for people with a pulled muscle or something, they are for the DISABLED. That gets me about as mad as the people who order a "therapy dog" tag or certificate, with no training or anything for their dog to actually be one, just so they can bring their dog to every store.

HMMMM, me too. Our Walmart in my town looks like the movie DELIVERANCE.

[chachi]

I am sorry you had such a bad experience. I dont go to a walmart unless I have to because of the people that for the most part shop there. My Husband wont go in one period. I want to because I heard they are going to upgrade their merchandise to attract a higher clientelle but the people that shop there. When I do go I go to pick up a specific item and leave. I dont shop around. Its too bad rude people give walmart that reputation

[dogbert]

Originally Posted by chachi

I am sorry you had such a bad experience. I dont go to a walmart unless I have to because of the people that for the most part shop there. My Husband wont go in one period. I want to because I heard they are going to upgrade their merchandise to attract a higher clientelle but the people that shop there. When I do go I go to pick up a specific item and leave. I dont shop around. Its too bad rude people give walmart that reputation

Same here, don't shop there unless I have to then I get in and get out. It's a shame to feel that way but it's just the way it makes me feel.

[sarahheartmaddy]

Oh Deb, I am with you there!!! I despise Wal-mart... I hardly ever go there. I have heard horror stories about how they treat their employees. The stores are usually filthy and filled with class-less scum. I would rather pay more money and go somewhere else. People in general are so tasteless and make me crazy. I have a short temper for bad driving, and Wal-mart is filled with them.

[shannonroselive]

This is one of my HUGEST pet peeves!
I was in Tucson caring for a friend of mine who had a stroke. She lost the use of her left side. She insisted on going to WalMart to get her medications so I would park in the handicap parking space if I could find one not occupied (by non handicapped cars) of course. Then I'd go to fetch a cart for her. The first trip there with her, a KID was PLAYING on one near the entrance and I politely asked if he'd get off so I could let my friend use it because she can't walk. His MOTHER came hauling over all cocked up like she was going to punch me! She screamed at me NOT to tell her child what to do and then told the kid he could drive it around the store. There were no other carts. Talk about fumed! I went to the manager and told her to get me a cart, we'd be outside waiting. She took it from the boy and brought it to us. It was appalling though, the way people behave.

[RowdysMom]

Here's my Walmart story.

I had maybe 10 small items in my cart and I was in the clothing section. The aisles weren't very big and I wanted to look at something about 15 feet away. So, I parked my cart in an inconspicuous out of the way place and walked the 15 feet to look at the item. When I returned I noticed a women pushing an empty cart. When I got to where I left my cart, there were all my items SITTING ON THE FLOOR. I whirled around and said, "Excuse me, but that is my cart". She said, "No it isn't" and I said, "Yes, it is and you took my stuff out and put it on the floor" to which she said, "Well I guess you are just sh!t out of luck" and hurried away. I was so dumbstruck, I couldn't reply. So, I had to pick up my stuff and walk to the front of the store and get another cart. I was sooooo mad

Then, just this week I had about 50 items in my cart - I mean it was FULL. I had been all over the store in many different areas and picked up LOTS of stuff. I was in the bedding area and trying to pick out a foam mattress pad. I parked my basket in the aisle right behind me. It took me about 5 minutes to pick out my mattress pad. When I turned around MY BASKET WAS GONE! Now, it wasn't unloaded this time, just GONE. I think one of two things happened - someone pushed it away thinking it was their cart because there was a cart there with some things in it and no one was around. OR a Walmart employee might have thought it was a return cart and took it to put all the things away. If that's the case, it would have taken him/her a couple of hours to do that!! (and I hope it did!) All in all, it took me another 45 minutes to run around the store and re-pick up all my things.

I think I just have the WORST luck with Walmart carts!!!