On Saturday, I went to Walmart to buy a few items--laundry soap, shower soap, dish soap, dryers sheets, and Spray and Wash. I looked at a few other items, wandered aimlessly and went to the check out stand proud that I had in my basket only the items that were on my list. The check out girl commented on the laundry soap--" I love that Scent; Apple Mango Tango. Did you know they have dryer sheets with the same scent?" I paid for my purchase, gathered my bags and headed home.
The next morning, I started the laundry and noticed that the laundry soap was not there. I only had enough of the old box to do a few loads, but had 5 loads waiting. I looked in my trunk-- no Apple Mango Tango there. I had left it at the store. At this point I wonder if I should go back to Walmart to retrieve it. I had the receipt, but would they believe that I had left it? Would they replace it? Is the $5 dollar price of the laundry soap worth the time it will take to go down there? I decided it wasn't. But, I swear Walmart has a conspiracy. In making the customer responsible to retrieve their bags and get them to the cart, they probably have a lot of forgotten items. Is this how they keep costs down? How many people go back to get the items? How many even notice that they were forgotten?
My solution to the piles of laundry and no soap? Send Dave to Smith's to buy more and bribe him with Diet Pepsi. Hey, whatever works.
2 comments:
i too have fallen for that, however i am a little more determined or shall we say pissy lol than you. i call the store and notify them of the forgotten items and then go and pick it up. its the principal of the thing.
ugh I Hate doing that. Its always something you really need. I think I left pickles at walmart three times in a row. Or pickles have learned how to escape from my van.
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