This is what you are saying to yourself when you happen to log on and see I have a new post, right?
Ok, well, here's the truth. I enjoy blogging as long as I don't put any pressure on myself about the frequency. And I have several blog posts composed in my head most of the time. But my pitfall is the actual ACT of putting thought to paper. Or keyboard. Or whatever. It's not that I don't like to do it, it's just that at the end of the day after putting 3 kids to bed, cleaning up the kitchen/dishes, and catching up on laundry, I really mostly feel like pouring a cold beer into a mug and sitting down to a new episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians. Which is a cold hard truth that I am not afraid to admit to. It's not that I look up to them, strive to be like them, or even long for their lifestyle. It is just plain interesting to watch because I think they act like their true selves for the most part, and it's interesting to watch someone else's life.
So, I am back, with as little meaningful and worthwhile material as I had before, but at least I have a place to brain dump again and I guess that's kind of fun.
So let's kick it off with a Wal-Mart eyeshadow discussion. The title of this post is called, what would you do?
Several months ago, I was shopping at Wal-Mart for a few things, against my better judgement of course, but it's way closer and sometimes that's all it is. I walk out, unload my cart, and return my cart to the corral. As I do this, I notice a brand new eyeshadow in one of the other carts pushed into the corral. Hmm. What to do. I pick it up, and put it in my purse, soon to land in my bathroom drawer to remain unopened until I had this "conversation" with ya'll.
So here's some questions for you.
*Does this feel like stealing to you?
*Would it feel different if you had found it lying in the parking lot on the ground?
*Would you think twice if you found a dollar lying in the parking lot? Would you keep it, or return it to Wal-Mart in case someone came back for it?
*What are the chances that a person would go home, realize the eye shadow hadn't gotten home with them, and return to Wal Mart inquiring if someone had turned it in?
*If this was Target instead of Wal Mart, would I have gone back in to return it?
One of the underlying issues was that I felt the chances were slim to none that someone would come back in asking about the eye shadow. Therefore, Wal-Mart would just end up returning it to the shelf and reselling the item, making excess profit for themselves. Which they didn't deserve to, so is it any better or different if I just kept the item? So is it my animosity towards Wal-Mart that made me say they didn't deserve to make another profit on this same item and it might as well be me who kept it?
What do you think? Please chime in, even if you don't know me personally but read this, I just think it's an interesting and thought provoking conversation to have!
And welcome back! (I hope!)
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Yay! I was happy to see a blog post from you!
ReplyDeleteInteresting question. I think I probably would have just left it in the cart, but I am not sure. I would have wondered if it had been paid for by a person and then left in the cart by mistake or if it had not been paid for at all. I remember a time at Target when I got my cart out to our van to unload, picked up my diaper bag, and noticed something that I had placed in my cart but by accident did not see when I was unloading at the check out lane. It was something pretty small and I debated walking back into the store to pay for it, but, I will admit, we were in a hurry and walking four kids back into the store to pay for something that was only a couple of dollars seemed like too much work. I left it in the cart thinking that the cart attendant would probably see it and return it to the store, or the next person using the cart would see it. Pure laziness on my part, for sure.
I completely share your opinion of Walmart by the way. I HATE to go there. Hate. Hate. Hate. The lines are long and the people that work there have got to be the most unfriendly and unprofessional people on the planet.
Oh interesting! And to think, after all of that thinking I did about it, that I never even thought of the 'it wasn't ever paid for' perspective. Hmm, makes it more interesting. In that case, I would have been stealing! Huh!
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