Tartan Update: Fuck Wal-Mart

I just came home from my local Wal-Mart (Mountain View, CA), empty-handed. I went to check out the deals they had on Tartan DVDs ($9 was what I posted from second-hand information). I probably should have called first. Fair enough if a certain store in a chain doesn't have whatever sale other stores may have, but I had such a terrible experience that I just had to post about it.

Terrible experience: First off, there was no one available to help me find what I was looking for. Anyone I could flag down either didn't work in that department or didn't know what I was talking about and was too busy to find someone that did. Secondly, it was really hot in the electronics department. Stiflingly hot. Thirdly, it smelled overpoweringly of body odor.

As I ran out the door, I thought, this is what's putting America out of business? I thought about my own place of employment, Tower Records, and its customer service. We may not have always had enough employees on the floor to help, but at least we tried our best. Wal-Mart doesn't even care, it seems.

This is my first real experience at a Wal-Mart. They're new to the Bay Area. I will never go to Wal-Mart again, no matter how low the prices on Japanese DVDs. And you can hold me to that. Please, hold me to that.