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Today I was at Wal-Mart and some woman was walking around Dairy/Cookies yelling, "HELLO? HELLO? IS ANYBODY HERE? HELLO?" The rest of us are looking at each other like, WTF? Apparently she wanted help reaching a package on the top shelf, but instead of looking for an employee and asking for help - you know, like a normal, sane person - she thought wandering around and randomly yelling was the way to go. No clerks approached her because 1) they had no idea she was yelling at invisible employees, and 2) they do not get paid enough to voluntarily deal with crazy people. Another customer noticed her trying vainly to grab her package of cookies and asked if she wanted help. She said yes, said please and thank you, and was perfectly pleasant other than the aforementioned yelling. She then turned to me and said, "I don't know why I come here..." That's okay, honey, no one else is sure why you're here, either. And we really don't want to ask.
Being a mammal capable of using reason and tools, myself, I generally use other nearby objects to nudge things closer so I can reach them. It hadn't occurred to me to try random yelling and bouncing in place. Seems like more work to do it that way.
Being a mammal capable of using reason and tools, myself, I generally use other nearby objects to nudge things closer so I can reach them. It hadn't occurred to me to try random yelling and bouncing in place. Seems like more work to do it that way.