[Publib] Craziest thing heard in line at Wal-Mart

[Marla]

Sorry, Sherri.

This is one of those urban legends.  This story was making the rounds (only the store was a 
K-Mart) when I was in college (shortly after God rested on the 7th day).

BYE!

Marla/Acquisitions
Great Falls Public Library
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT  59401-2593
mwilckens at greatfallslibrary.org

On 5 Nov 2007 at 9:26, Lazenby, Sherri wrote:

> I don't know how true this is you know the scenario a friend of a
> friend, etc...  But my Mom swears it happened to her best-friend's son
> when he went to purchase tampons for his wife at Wal-mart.  The package
> would not ring up so the cashier called for a price check over the PA
> which was embarrassing enough, but the person on the other end
> misunderstood tampons for tacks and called back over the PA the kind you
> push in or the kind you hammer in.
> 
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> 
> Sherri L. Lazenby
> 
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> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Judy Anderson
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 7:48 PM
> To: Miranda Burton, Circulation, HCMPL; publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: RE: [Publib] Craziest thing heard in line at Wal-Mart
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> 
> Not library related, but the whole store laughed after the PA
> announcement:
> 
> "Mr. Jones, your wife is waiting for you in women's lingerie."
> 
> 
> Judy Anderson
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> From: circdesk at vci.net
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> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:33:19 -0500
> Subject: [Publib] Craziest thing heard in line at Wal-Mart
> 
> Something fun for Friday.....
> 
> I was in Wal-Mart one night and of course in a hurry... so I decided to
> take my two items to a self check-out. There was a gentlemen in front of
> me who seemed confident in his checking out. Then suddenly the computer
> gives him a problem and he has to call for help. The woman comes over
> and nicely assists him. As she is finishing up he says to her "You all
> need to have someone over here all the time to help with these things!"
> To which the worker responds "Sir, we don't because this is a self
> check-out."  I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing until the
> gentleman stalked away. 
> 
> So what crazy things have you heard in line at Wal-Mart or some other
> stores?
> 
> Miranda 
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