The Worst Trip to Wal-Mart Ever

Today I've actually been treated to the worst service ever at Wal-Mart; I'm sure plenty of people out there have had their own stupid garbage that goes on at Wal-Mart, but really, this is really one of the only times that it has actually happened to me.

So after class today, Wyndikan and I decided to stop by the local Wal-Mart to pick up a copy of Fable II. As he went to pay for his copy of the game, I already noticed that things seemed to be incredibly fishy; the cashier went to extra lengths to actually verify that the money used to pay for the game was actually real. As we started to walk away, we happened to catch sight of a classmate of ours, so we went over to say "hey." He was of course buying the same game. Anyway, after saying hey, we left for the front door. Just before I walked out, I heard "Wait! Hold on!" and so I turned around to find the guy from our class running after us. He didn't have his ID on him and asked if one of us could buy the game for him, so being the great guy that I am, I decided to do so.

I walked up front, forked over my ID, and then I stood there. For five minutes. All I saw was the dumb cashiers talking to each other, scrutinizing my ID. I kept looking back to see if anything else was going on behind me. The guy who wanted the game was pretty pissed. Wyndikan looked like he wanted to go home. So after those five minutes, a manager came out and told me that I can't buy the game because I had the intention of giving it to the guy with no ID; "It's a third-party sale," I was told.

So I'm not allowed to buy the game because I had the intent of giving it to the guy? Is Wal-Mart allowed to make those kinds of judgment calls? I mean, they aren't the police, are they allowed to judge me on intent? So, I wasn't able to buy the game for the guy. I apologized and gave him his money back. I suggested that he take his money to GameStop instead. So, we left, finally (I will never buy another video game at Wal-Mart, ever). Seriously; refusing a sale for such a stupid reason? I asked if we could leave and if I could come back and buy the game and I was told, "That's up to you." So, what, I have the intention of buying the game anyway but you're not encouraging me to actually buy it? Whatever, they're ending up losing 120 dollars from two sales, not just one. That's not a lot of money to a big conglomerate like Wal-Mart, but I will seriously never, ever go there again to buy a video game, and guess where I usually go to buy them?

We left, and got in the car to head back here to play the game before going back to class. Oh, but wait! There's construction going on in the parking lot so we had to pull in front of the store where all the pedestrians are (ugh). We didn't really get that far, though! As we pulled around, we got stuck behind this red pick-up truck. With a handicap plate on it. This asshole was blocking the only way out! We couldn't back out because we had another person behind us. It's not often that wailing on the horn is required, but in this situation, it was. Most definitely. We couldn't get around the idiot. It seemed like he was waiting for a parking spot to open up... but you can't do that. So he pulled around, finally, and then into a parking spot. Right in front of the damn store. You can't get any closer than that, so what's the problem with parking that close?

Man, I really hate people. If I rage any more today it might actually become a health problem.