Post by wornout on Apr 15, 2020 20:08:06 GMT
I’m going to make this as short as possible, about our recent trip to Walmart to buy the “essentials” in
We’ve been out twice to get food since this has gone down. The last time was to ALDI and I found it
remarkable just how quick they did put up the thick Plexiglas shields at the checkouts for my daughter
was there a couple weeks before and they were not there. This looks like that they knew that this was
coming and they had it in their corporate supply chain way in advance before the stay at home
Moving on to Walmart, we decided that we would make two trips into the store getting non food
items first and putting them into my daughter’s car, which I did by myself while my daughter started
First arriving there, they had both entrances to the front of the store, roped off with yellow barrier
plastic ribbons attached to upside down shopping carts which was to separate the entrance from the
exit doors. I tell you we both didn’t see how to get into the entrance due to the angle from the
parking lot, so I went straight into the exit door and there wasn't anybody there so proceeded on into
the store and came back around to get a cart, came back into the store and then there was a store
employee with a mask on who just shook his head at me. I told him later when I left the store with
our first purchase that the end of the yellow barrier ribbons is not well defined at certain angles from
First as far as shoes, they did remove the benches to sit on in order to try them on! My daughter
ended up trying her’s on,sitting on the floor, while I made off to the lay-a-ways to find the bench at
the restrooms THAT THEY REMOVED ALSO! I said to heck with this & made a beeline to the furniture
dept. and found a folding chair and proceeded to try on some light weight canvas shoes to use as
Second, you can not try on clothes for they locked up the fitting rooms with signs on them in the
I’m sorry but you want me to hope that a pair of jeans or what ever will fit me when I get home! I
have always tried on my clothes to prevent having to return them! What they want me come back &
further exposing myself to exchange them & hope again that they will fit? Talk about being caught in a
I could expound upon some more, but all I will say that this was this past Sunday morning, so there
wasn’t any crowds due to Easter and of course there was lack of goods in the food department , due
which the corporate state allows us to get under emergency rules.
remarkable just how quick they did put up the thick Plexiglas shields at the checkouts for my daughter
was there a couple weeks before and they were not there. This looks like that they knew that this was
coming and they had it in their corporate supply chain way in advance before the stay at home
happened here. It was also the same at Walmart as far as the shields.
items first and putting them into my daughter’s car, which I did by myself while my daughter started
the food shopping.
plastic ribbons attached to upside down shopping carts which was to separate the entrance from the
exit doors. I tell you we both didn’t see how to get into the entrance due to the angle from the
parking lot, so I went straight into the exit door and there wasn't anybody there so proceeded on into
the store and came back around to get a cart, came back into the store and then there was a store
employee with a mask on who just shook his head at me. I told him later when I left the store with
our first purchase that the end of the yellow barrier ribbons is not well defined at certain angles from
the lot. p.s. They need some signs up!
We needed some shoes and some box fans for the upcoming spring and summer.
ended up trying her’s on,sitting on the floor, while I made off to the lay-a-ways to find the bench at
the restrooms THAT THEY REMOVED ALSO! I said to heck with this & made a beeline to the furniture
dept. and found a folding chair and proceeded to try on some light weight canvas shoes to use as
slippers ,since they didn’t have any men’s slippers in stock!
name of “safety” to prevent the spread of the “virus”.
have always tried on my clothes to prevent having to return them! What they want me come back &
further exposing myself to exchange them & hope again that they will fit? Talk about being caught in a
mindless loop!
wasn’t any crowds due to Easter and of course there was lack of goods in the food department , due
to all of this. Let’s just say that we had a more pleasant experience with getting our food.