Walmartians 2

Yes, Leah has brought up a good point about Super Walmarts being open 24 hours. This is a unique quality of Walmart. I must say that I have taken advantage of this for the midnight cake cravings and me and Christi's 2 in the morning grocery shopping and checking out the hot stocker guy. Point for Walmart!

They also do money orders which saved our butt when needing the deposit for the apartment and since silly banks close early on Saturdays. And there is a Walmart in every state, every town and zip code for that matter, making it a familiar place to shop when you are in an otherwise foreign place. Target unfortunately is not as accessible. Another point for Walmart.

While I was at Target today at the checkout I sensed something different and calming about the process. It wasn't the nice checker, she really was pleasant, but I realized it was the barely audible scanner beeps. How quite and pleasant it was not to be bombarded by the beeps. Those loyal Walmartians out there, seriously, fess up you hate the beeps too, right? From the moment you walk in the door it is ridiculous with the beeping. Sometimes when I am tired and just want to run in for something the 10 minutes standing in line is torture, not the waiting but the beeping, I want to claw my face off. Is it really necessary? What is the loud beeping for? To alert shoppers that people are buying stuff? I mean come on. Come on. Walmart if you change the level of your beeping you will greatly improve the shopping experience for all. Has there been a study of hearing loss of Walamrt checkers? Ok, I do realize that the beep is important so the checker knows that the item has been scanned properly and there are special beeps letting the checker know of any security devises on the product. So clearly beeps are necessary. But the decibel level is OUT OF CONTROL!

Ok, so wrapping up. Walmart what can you say about it? Only that it has become a unique addition to American culture. Why people go nuts for it I haven't quite figured out, but the fact is people love it. Maybe I should write my masters thesis on the effects of Walmart in suburban society and the economic repercussions of the Walmart on small business, a point well illustrated by King of the Hill and the Mega-Lo-Mart. But seriously no hard feelings Walmart, maybe one day I will be sucked into your marketing scheme and I too will become a Walmartian. But... not today.