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WAIT, WHAT TIME IS IT??

23:09 Aug 31 2010
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Dammit. I missed the deadline because I was reading stuff on VR again. My boss is gonna have my head on a pike for this! Damn!



DAMN YOU, INTERNET!

*shakes a fist at the server*



Oh well. Tomorrow's another day.

Smoke if ya got'em.


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Fizbop
Fizbop
04:27 Sep 01 2010

Read less vr stuff





Drakontion
Drakontion
05:56 Sep 01 2010

I share your pain, I do this all the time. Only it's usually game related stuff, not VR stuff. Oh the temptation! I am weak of will!!!





 

WHY I HATE PEOPLE, Part 154

02:34 Aug 23 2010
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I hate Wal-Mart.



Harsh sentiment, I know. It seems that everyone hates Wal-Mart these days for a thousand different reasons. I don't hate them for being the 800 pound gorilla -- the Big Box, unfair tradin', small-town Mom-n-Pop business destroyin', low-wage paying 800 pound capitalist gorilla.



Nope. I don't hate them for that. Forgive me, dear reader, but I'm actually slightly awed by their market dominance and persistence.



I hate them for reasons that are almost entirely beyond their control: that despite their bright lights, wide aisles, diverse product offerings, and low low prices -- they are somehow unable to manage their check-out lines efficiently.



I used to think this was due to the slowness of their employees, or Wal-Mart's bizarre adoption of '20 items or less' policies as 'EXPRESS' lines (hint: there is absolutely nothing EXPRESS about a 20 item limit at a store when things like big screen TVs, bicycles, and furniture count as 'items', but I digress)... but now I think it's actually because most of the people shopping there are slowly devolving back into cavemen.



Wait, let me explain.



I don't mean to slander everyone shopping at Wal-Mart as some knuckle-dragging Clovis Man -- just the people who happen to be in front of me at the Express Line.



Every time I go to Wal-Mart -- and I do mean EVERY time, dear reader -- I get behind that one person who doesn't know what '20 Items or Less' means. Perhaps they cannot count. Or, more likely, they don't care if they inconvenience anyone. And Wal-Mart doesn't feel the need to enforce their policy. Today was such a day.



Actually, that would have been tolerable today.



See; between me and Mrs 27 Items was the Guy Who Buys 6 Pair of Tube Socks with a $100 Bill.



Nothing else, just $7 worth of socks. And all he had was a $100 bill -- apparently this required about 5 minutes of scrambling to get a manager or a supervisor who could get the proper change. I rocked back and forth. I bit my lip. And I waited. Minutes passed... And then...



I failed to control my emotions and blurted out:

SERIOUSLY?! Tube socks??



So, now you're probably wondering why I keep shopping there.



I don't have an answer for that.



I think it's the only place where I can buy aluminum foil, bulbs for my tail lights, tee shirts, and orange juice all at once.



And I hate every minute of it.

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birra
birra
02:42 Aug 23 2010

I have to admit there is a convenience brought to us by their exploitation of 3rd world countries and mammoth fiscal impact that can crush enterprises like a pesky roach on a hardwood floor...



But this IS the end result. Drawn like moths to the bright lights and false promises of the lowest prices anywhere (there is always a balance - no one enterprise is the lowest on everything - profits need to be made somewhere), people... all people.. flock to WalMart.



The benefit to me - if I ever want to simply observe the trainwreck that is humanity, WalMart is a one-stop shop. Aside from a few odd times I've needed to go there for commerce purposes, I really have absolutely no desire to spend a dime with that company.





PersephoneDarling
PersephoneDarling
02:45 Aug 23 2010

Im with you man, I f-ing hate Walmart..theyre lworse than Microsoft..





imagesinwords
imagesinwords
02:55 Aug 23 2010

I go there all the time so I can get 'one-stop shopping'. If I don't, I'll have to go to 2 or 3 stores instead. I also get name brand food items there cheaper. But, I too, hate it. And it's because of those damned check-out lines as well.



And not to knock everyone that works there, but it;s rare I get really good service from an employee. In my experience they avoid contact at all cost and when I do ask a question it seems like a chore. It really grates me as I worked for the best in the customer service industry (Disney). I worked at Disneyland, then years later went to management training at Disney in Orlando. I'm one of those people that's read a lot and applied customer service like an art- so I am oftentimes let down by everyone else.










ThothLestat
ThothLestat
03:13 Aug 23 2010

Yep, I only go there out of necessity. Instead of making two or three different stops for the things I needed, I calculated that one stop at Wallyworld -- even with delays -- would be faster & less stressful.



I gotta re-check my math next time.





PandorasBx
PandorasBx
06:42 Aug 23 2010

OMG! I so hear that!





Drakontion
Drakontion
13:44 Aug 23 2010

When I was in the States I bugged a friend to take me to Wal-Mart just so I could say I had been. Sad, I know. For what it's worth, it's pretty much the same on this side of the pond, too.





eMetiB226
eMetiB226
16:29 Aug 23 2010

I rarely go. Perhaps once a year. If I need something from there, I order it online. I HATE it. I have no idea how they are run effeciently.



I would much rather pay an extra dollar and go to one of the millions of walgreens on every corner and be in and out of there.





xxEmaeraldxx
xxEmaeraldxx
20:42 Aug 23 2010

Why, it sounds like my supermarket trolley rage syndrome could make itself right at home there!





PhoenicianDream
PhoenicianDream
11:45 Aug 24 2010

I'm not as fond of walfart since they ripped out their sewing sections, and destroyed their artsy fartsy sections. But I do still go there because I can pay 5 to 8 bucks less for their generic brand cat litter, and its just as good as the expensive stuff.



Besides the fact that seeing the people that frequent walfart is a definite self esteem boost.





ThothLestat
ThothLestat
03:21 Aug 25 2010

I know, right?

I have never seen so many grown adults wearing Crocs. Holy fucking hell.





eMetiB226
eMetiB226
16:57 Aug 27 2010

The people at your Wal-Mart wear shoes?





DestroyingAngel
DestroyingAngel
17:24 Aug 28 2010

You lost your shit in a line at Wal Mart, huh? GOOD lol.

I cant stand going there either, but like you said...it's the one stop shop for like...everything. I cant stand the fact that when I go now days, EVERYTHING I buy, and I do mean everything, breaks or I gotta return it. It's gettin' old. I should hit up a Target instead...*giggles*





Theban
Theban
17:55 Aug 28 2010

Sadly, and by that one word I also draw emphases on the word 'embarrassingly' I am the bloke who will have more items than allowed when going through an express till.



I am unable to help myself. I see that it clearly states ten items or less and I will go armed with fifteen or more items lol. Sorry Thoth!





ThothLestat
ThothLestat
01:52 Aug 29 2010

I hate you.



(just kidding)








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