I was shopping at Walmart on Wednesday, and, like I often do, started counting items that were out of place. In other words, items that had been put in a cart, someone later decided they did not want the item, and just lay it on a shelf or wherever they happened to be.
I counted 87 by the time we got to the checkout line.
I shop at other stores, but none of them have merchandise lying around like Walmart.
I know that often kids pick up items, put them in the cart, later Mom notices them and takes them out. Easy way, just set them at a nearby counter. Probably the same people who make their kids put things back, "where they belong," but that doesn't apply at Walmart for some reason.
Walmart used to have one person who walked all around the store picking these items up, and putting them back where they belong. I don't think they do that anymore.
Why just at Walmart? Maybe it is that "carriage trade" clientele they get.
I have seen parents take something away from their child, and just see it down wherever they happen to be. I am sure if they were at home they would make their child put something where it belonged, rather than just set it anywhere. Why do they feel free to do it at the store?
