Apparently you can get ANYTHING in Wal Mart
Yesterday was a busy day. I literally shopped until I dropped.Â
It's the last Saturday before Christmas, and in true fashion I put off a lot of my shopping. I spent seven or eight hours all accross town, at the mall, some smaller shops in strip malls, and finally Wal Mart. I was dreading that one, not strictly because it was Wal Mart, but because I knew it would be a mad house.Â
I was right. It was packed. I dutifully finished my shopping, exausted by this point, so I decided to just shop for the gifts and put off food shopping until today. So anyway, after a couple of hours I headed towards the lines. One was short, but the light was off. Assuming that the lane was closed, I opted for the one next to it. I parked my cart and waited my turn.
As I got closer I noticed the cashier on the closed lane was chatting with someone. Maybe she closed the lane due to some customer problem. Whatever. By this time I was toast, after spending the day spending boatloads of time and money. All of a sudden, the woman who ran the closed lane waved me over. I was next! I let out an audible "yay!" and moved over.Â
The cashier smiled at me. "You love me now, don't you? you want to marry me now, right?"
I'm a pretty personable guy, and even when tired try to play nice. Now, my expectations are a *bit* higher than that in a life partner. Plus, I'm not particularly available. But she was happy, so I smiled, nodded and said "Oh yeah, sure!"
As I methodically emptied my cart and she rang it up, I was in a serious state of veggy-ness. She was chatting, and I was only half heartedly listening to her. But she was nice enough so I smiled and nodded my head every now and then. When my lane was empty and the total appeared, she commented at the amount. I told her that wasn't even the half of it today. Again, she brought up the conversation of marriage.Â
"So how about that marriage? I know what I can offer, but what about you? money? a roof over my head?"
Maybe it was the state I was in, but I started to get a bit irritated. She was really loud, involving me in an akward conversation and forcing me to respond. I wearily looked at her and responded at bit sarcastically "Sure". I thanked her and moved my cart away from the lane.Â
At that moment, a woman from the lane next to us caught my eye, grabbed my shoulder and said "money and a roof over my head? I'll take you up on that too!"
Shopping completed and two marriage proposals. It was a banner day.Â