So I loaded Sydney up and went to The Walmart. It was raining. You know this is going to end in a great dramatic story right? We purchased several things for her bedroom. When I say several I mean comforter in a huge plastic bag that comforters usually are packaged in. A spiral thing that hands from the ceiling, wallpaper border, huge hanging rack for clothing that has Princesses on it, Disney Princess night light shaped like a carriage. That’s just what I remember.
By the time we got to the store it was really pouring and it’s hard to use an umbrella with a four year old. I also wear the longest jeans I can possibly find and Walmart refused to pave in a way that the water actually runs off the lot so I was soaked and cursing the world under my breath. We shopped for almost an hour and the older lady who was attempting to bag the comforter just went Huh uh, oh, uh sigh. I said you can leave that out of a bag it’s in a plastic protective casing. It’s not going to get wet. She said well I don’t think it will fit in one anyway.
From there I walked right out of that very first 20 item or less isle and attempted to go out the door. Halfway through that little cart area I started to get my umbrella to hold over Sydney’s head while she sat in the cart. I was just going to get even more wet, but we were headed home so who cares? The old lady sitting at the chair handing out smiley face stickers and checking receipts for returns goes HEY!
I turn around and am like me? Yeah You, I AM GOING TO NEED TO SEE YOUR RECEIPT. She’s yelling at me. I say BIG SIGH OK? Look in my purse, it’s not there. I say of course it’s not in my purse. Sydney is giving her the evil eye and muttering, we paid, we paid it’s raining and we paid. Eventually Sydney will pick up on this action of mine as well and start to repeat it like this…we paid, we paid, it’s raining and we paid you idiot. Sounds like RainMan huh?
So as I look through all the bags that contained everything else I find the receipt. She looks it over. It was like $100.00 receipt. She could have easily told from my bags and the comforter that this was pretty much right on. I mean despite the fact that it said children’s bedding on the receipt, but hey who am I to ask her to actually read it. I guess she was waiting for it to jump off the piece of paper and go Hello Old Lady I am the comforter. She paid for me. You sat there and looked at them the whole time while they were paying because the kid was going I want to swipe the card, I want to sign your name. So what’s your problem biatch?
So I think ok let’s go. Nope. She starts to question me. And she just didn’t put it in a bag huh? No, she didn’t. It was too big. So she didn’t put it in a bag? NO SHE COULD NOT PHYSICALLY GET IT IN THERE AND IT IS IN PLASTIC ANYHOW SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL??? It’s on the receipt right? I guess. Uh you guess or you are a moron? I mean cause it’s on there, if not call the police, please call them. I’d like them to question Sydney because I’m sure they need to take time out of their crime fighting day and listen to how Lenny poops and eats it. Please call them.
She let me go, I was cursing under my breath again. Sydney was looking at her like she was dumb. I vowed to everyone that from now on if the great WalMart employees want to stop me they can do so, by getting their fat butts off the chair and putting those orthopedic shoes to work. Come after me. I’m not stealing. I mean come on the last time I stole something I was a stupid teenager trying to see if I could get away with it, I have money now I have no use for a five finger discount.
Before anyone gives me crap for stealing while in high school, Right Of Passage. That’s all I’m saying.
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