Posted: 5/21/2009 10:08:03 AM EDT
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So I go to a Walmart that I don't usually go to, trying to find some ammo. I go to the counter and it goes like this:
Ignoranus Lady: Can I help you? Me: Do you have any 9mm in––- Ignoranus lady: NOPE I don't have any handgun ammo! Me: OK. How about any .223 in stock? Ignoranus lady: NOPE, no matter how you put it I don't have any handgun ammo in stock at all. Me: But .223 is a rifle round. Ignoranus lady: Nope, none at all, I don't have any in stock. At this point I see several boxes of various rifle calibers sitting on the shelves behind the counter, so I thought maybe since she doesn't know the difference between rifle and handgun ammo, perhaps she misunderstood me. Me: So you don't have any .223 rifle rounds in stock? Ignoranus lady: Nope, it doesn't matter how you put it, I don't have any handgun ammo in stock. It's been that way for a while. At this point...I just frickin give up, even if they really did have any .223 in stock, I wasn't buying from that lady. SO, that is probably the last time I go to that particular Walmart. At least until I'm desperate again. Do they actually train the people that work in sporting goods, or do they just say like, "Hey, do you know anything about bikes?" and their like "Sure, I'll do whatever you want?" so management is like "Great, sounds like the ammo counter is a good place for you!" |
 I think they just get tired of people asking. I have had similar things happen to me. About the 3rd or 4th time you ask the person they finally say they have some 44 or 45 long colt. It's almost like if you can guess what these two boxes of ammo are behind the counter I will sell them to you. Other than that we have no ammo.
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I feel you man.
Nobody was at the counter so I waited a few minutes. Nobody showed up, so I went around the counter to take a look at what they had. About 10 seconds later, this dweeb comes over and asks if he can help me. I told him to give me the last couple of .40 S&W value packs. He started to hand them to me, but then jerked them back and said that I had to pay for them at the ammo counter. That is the first time they have ever made me pay for it there. I told him that and asked if it was a new policy. He started stuttering and stammering. I explained that my SO was over in the grocery section and that I just wanted to check out once. No dice. So I walked back around to pay for them and then he asked me if I had my CHL. I gave him a huge WTF look and said "Does it matter?" He started stuttering and stammering again. "Uh, uh, uh, no sir, uh, it doesn't matter, uh, uh, uh, I, uh, was just wondering, uh, about it, uh, because I'd, uh, like to get one myself." He was full of shit, so I never answered his question. But I was polite and told him that they are good things to have. He then admitted that he'd never even shot a pistol. So I told him he could go over to a local gun shop where they have an indoor shooting range and they will rent out a pistol to shoot and give instructions on how to shoot and be safe. He started laughing, "Really? You can actually rent guns?!? And shoot them inside?!?" He was just being an ass at this point. His whole demeanor was typical of a gun grabbing libtard, so I said something like "Yeah genius, but for some reason I have the feeling you can't handle it, so don't waste their time." He shut up quick, I took my receipt and left. So I went to wait on my g/f up near the front check out lanes. I was standing there minding my own business waiting on her, and one of their obvious "undercover" theft retention officers kept eyeballing me hanging around like I was some threat. When we were checking out, it just so happened that a supervisor came up to switch out the money, so I asked him if it was policy to purchase ammo at the ammo counter only. Nope, not their policy, just have to be over 18 for rifle and over 21 for handgun. He said he would clear that up with the kid. You just gotta remember that you aren't dealing with the brightest people when shopping there. Not that all WalMart employees are dumb, there are also some very good ones. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |