And yet another episode in my long standing hate/despise relationship with WalMart...
After some considerable thought I decided to use my Christmas money to buy a Kindle. After picking up the kiddos I stopped by my local Wal Mart and wandered back to electronics. I took a peak at the locked counter an noticed that there were no Kindles inside. I had however checked online and noted that the store was said to have them In Stock.
I wandered over to the electrontics counter where the clerk of the day was leaning over a telzon, attempting some frenzied ritual known only to her. Although tempted to leave her be, I threw caution to the wind...
Me: Do you work here?
Clerk: Uh, yeah.
Me: Do you have any Kindle Fire's? There aren't any on the shelf but the website seemed to think they were in stock here.
Clerk: Uh, let me check...
Give the girl some points, she actually went over an looked at the shelf where lo and behold the counter was empty, much like I had told her.
Clerk: Uh, gee... I guess we are out.
We stared at each other for a moment.
Me: Do you have any idea when you might get some back in?
Clerk: Yeah, in a day or two I think...soon...just check back...
I stared at the clerk, not saying a word.
Me (after a moment): Ok. Sure. I'm checking back now.
Clerk (blinking in confusion): Oh. Uh..
Finally the lightbulb turns on...
Clerk: I could check to see when they are expected in if I could log into this (she holds up a telzon) but it won't let me log in.
I stand there staring at her.
Clerk: If you want to wait a minute I can try to log in...
Me: I'm not going anywhere. Go ahead...Log in...
The clerk starts punching buttons on the telzon. Another clerk comes by and my clerk asks her if she has a telzon. After some meaningless banter, clerk no 2 toddles off to fetch her telzon. She arrives back just in time for my clerk to announce "I'm logged in". After a few minutes she manages to find the information she is looking for.
Clerk: It says there are 19 in the store. He said we had 20 and he was going to go look for them but I guess he never found them.
I stare at the clerk.
Clerk: I could go look for them in back.
Me: That would be nice. Tell you what, you go look and I will run over and grab some ibuprofene then come back.
Clerk: Ok.
I run grab my stuff and come right back. Neither clerk is there, so I park my happy butt next to the register, small children in cart. We begin our wait...
In the meantime various people are wandering around looking for assistance. The phone is ringing with no one to answer it. No big surprise.
Finally the two clerks come out of the back room, my clerk carrying a dvd player box. Spotting me she cheerfully called out.
Clerk: We didn't find any. We looked at all the pallets in the back.
Clerk No 2: We looked at all the pallets we could reach.
Me: Uh huh. I guess the pallets have shrunk alot.
Clerk: Huh?
Me: That was pretty fast to search all the pallets.
Clerk No 2: We checked the ones we could reach.
Me: What about the one's you couldn't reach?
Both clerks look confused.
Clerk: You can check back, he will find them
I resist the urge to ask who "he" is, knowing that this may be the final straw that breaks the poor girl's fragile grasp on reality.
Me: Yeah. Ok. Fine.
We stare at each other. I resist the urge to say I am checking back now.
So now I will end up calling the store tomorrow to see if I can find the mysterious "he". Maybe he is the Moses of the Effingham Wal Mart...and he will be the savior of Kindle Fires, delivering them unto the hands of the of loving buyers.
Stay tuned for the next episode...
After some considerable thought I decided to use my Christmas money to buy a Kindle. After picking up the kiddos I stopped by my local Wal Mart and wandered back to electronics. I took a peak at the locked counter an noticed that there were no Kindles inside. I had however checked online and noted that the store was said to have them In Stock.
I wandered over to the electrontics counter where the clerk of the day was leaning over a telzon, attempting some frenzied ritual known only to her. Although tempted to leave her be, I threw caution to the wind...
Me: Do you work here?
Clerk: Uh, yeah.
Me: Do you have any Kindle Fire's? There aren't any on the shelf but the website seemed to think they were in stock here.
Clerk: Uh, let me check...
Give the girl some points, she actually went over an looked at the shelf where lo and behold the counter was empty, much like I had told her.
Clerk: Uh, gee... I guess we are out.
We stared at each other for a moment.
Me: Do you have any idea when you might get some back in?
Clerk: Yeah, in a day or two I think...soon...just check back...
I stared at the clerk, not saying a word.
Me (after a moment): Ok. Sure. I'm checking back now.
Clerk (blinking in confusion): Oh. Uh..
Finally the lightbulb turns on...
Clerk: I could check to see when they are expected in if I could log into this (she holds up a telzon) but it won't let me log in.
I stand there staring at her.
Clerk: If you want to wait a minute I can try to log in...
Me: I'm not going anywhere. Go ahead...Log in...
The clerk starts punching buttons on the telzon. Another clerk comes by and my clerk asks her if she has a telzon. After some meaningless banter, clerk no 2 toddles off to fetch her telzon. She arrives back just in time for my clerk to announce "I'm logged in". After a few minutes she manages to find the information she is looking for.
Clerk: It says there are 19 in the store. He said we had 20 and he was going to go look for them but I guess he never found them.
I stare at the clerk.
Clerk: I could go look for them in back.
Me: That would be nice. Tell you what, you go look and I will run over and grab some ibuprofene then come back.
Clerk: Ok.
I run grab my stuff and come right back. Neither clerk is there, so I park my happy butt next to the register, small children in cart. We begin our wait...
In the meantime various people are wandering around looking for assistance. The phone is ringing with no one to answer it. No big surprise.
Finally the two clerks come out of the back room, my clerk carrying a dvd player box. Spotting me she cheerfully called out.
Clerk: We didn't find any. We looked at all the pallets in the back.
Clerk No 2: We looked at all the pallets we could reach.
Me: Uh huh. I guess the pallets have shrunk alot.
Clerk: Huh?
Me: That was pretty fast to search all the pallets.
Clerk No 2: We checked the ones we could reach.
Me: What about the one's you couldn't reach?
Both clerks look confused.
Clerk: You can check back, he will find them
I resist the urge to ask who "he" is, knowing that this may be the final straw that breaks the poor girl's fragile grasp on reality.
Me: Yeah. Ok. Fine.
We stare at each other. I resist the urge to say I am checking back now.
So now I will end up calling the store tomorrow to see if I can find the mysterious "he". Maybe he is the Moses of the Effingham Wal Mart...and he will be the savior of Kindle Fires, delivering them unto the hands of the of loving buyers.
Stay tuned for the next episode...
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