That Was Surprising and Disturbing
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I got a late start today, I’ve only been awake for about four hours now in fact, and it’s because I was out late last night. I needed to get some last minute grocery items and with it being the holidays stores are going to be way crowded. Since Wal-Mart is open 24/7 logic dictated that if I go late in the evening, say around 1am, there will be very little people there. Right? Wrong! It took me two hours to get everything I wanted and get out of that store. I should have been out sooner, but waiting in line for almost thirty minutes kind of made my escape take a little longer.
Yes, I waited in line for thirty minutes. There was easily thirty people all congregated at the registers trying to check out and there were only two lanes open. Now, I might not be a rocket scientist, but wouldn’t you think that if the lines are backing up and curving around around in loops to accommodate the many people standing in line and their baskets (some had two even) that it might be time to open another lane despite the late hour?
Clearly logic escaped them. In the end, by the time I got out of there and got home it was well after 3am. Isis loved it though, standing in line with nothing to do, she got lots of attention and loving from the people around us. A worker even came up and brought her a little can of kitty food (Fancy feast) for the “good kitty waiting in line with her mommy”. Isis was eating it up, the food and the attention.
While shopping I saw something that disturbed me a bit. It wasn’t a gag gift or anything, it was in the candy aisle and meant to be given to kids or as stocking stuffers. They were little animals that when you pushed down on them they said “Merry Christmas!” and “Guess from Who?” and variations on those phrases. They also dispensed candy.
Looks kinda cute huh? But wait, where exactly does the candy come from….?
Hey, why is there a little bowl-like space behind the doggy? Oh, please, don’t tell me that…
Yup, the dog “shits” out the candy. 
Seriously, what the hell? Am I the only one who found the little mice, reindeer, and doggy candy dispensers that “shit” out candies to be disturbing and wrong to be given out to little kids and stocking stuffers for Christmas?
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I find those candy dispensers very gross as well. I just don’t get it.
Two hours at Wal-Mart in the middle of the night is just crazy! Wow.
Is there a reason you had your cat with you that I am missing?
Yeah, we have 2 Wal-Marts and they are both that bad right now. Probably worse today since it’s 1) Christmas Eve and 2) a blizzard out there. *rolls eyes*
In any case – LOL – how is it that you had Isis in the store with you? Our Wal-Mart would have an absolute conniption fit if I brought an animal in. LOL
Cat,
Glad to see I’m not the only one who found those dispensers disturbing.
As for bringing my kitty with me, the only reason was because I took her to see Christmas lights before I went to the store. She loves looking at the lights and displays so it’s a tradition and since I needed to do shopping as well…it just made sense. LOL I couldn’t leave her in the car, too cold for that, so in she came. ^_^
Charity,
Our Wal-Marts (we got two here in ‘Cruces as well) are umm kinda strange actually. I’ve seen them have fits with people who have dogs on leashes, but I’ve seen folks with iguanas, snakes, and little toy-size dogs and kittens in the stores walking around. I just took a chance that no one would say no to the pretty kitty decked out in a cute pink hoodie and I was right! Everyone thought she was so precious sitting in the top part of the cart curled up in a jacket and watching everything with wide-eyes. XD
We’d love to take our 5 month old kitten shopping with us. It would be a good experience for “Trouble” (our kitten’s name – for obvious reasons) and good fun for us. We’ve only taken her outside of the garden once, so far. We let her out on a kitten lead on a quiet footpath a few weeks ago. She was so agoraphobic that she attempted to crawl under a bush of thorns to hide from the outside world. If she does this in the local supermarket then it will take an expedition force of staff with tuna fish and kitten milk to entice her from under the fridges and down from the cornflake packets!