Today’s laugh
I went to Wal-Mart as usual this afternoon for the weekly grocery shopping, but with Mr. Tldz on vacation today I didn’t have to go with toddler in tow.
The woman in front of me at checkout was buying some wine with her groceries. I heard the cashier ask her, “May I see you ID ma’am?” I looked up and had to practically bite my tongue to keep from laughing, as the customer had to be pushing 80. Obviously Wal-Mart has a policy of carding absolutely everyone who buys alcohol. Probably a good idea for them, since 1) many of their employees don’t have the smarts to reasonably exercise judgement and 2) that steers them clear of any possible complaints of discrimination or anything like that. But still, it was funny.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Plus you never know who might be a “secret shopper”, offered gift certificates if they agree to fill out a survey saying whether or not the cashier followed procedure.