My Own Personal Shopper

Some of the Wal-Marts are re-inventing themselves, mostly the older ones. The one in Rogers on Walnut is one of those trying to change everything under the roof. New floors, new lights, new lay-out, new registers, you name it!

So here's some of my experiences in the last few weeks... I wish I'd thought to take a few more pictures.

* Spices in carts in the aisles with a note of A-H, H-R, S-Z to know which are in which cart.
* Men using a saw to cut plywood in the middle of the produce, getting sawdust all over the place, smoke in the room, and fumes half way across the store
* Aisles on wheels in the middle of the main walk ways running the entire length of the store with no break! Why is this notable? I was trying to go from the middle of the store to the toy side of the store, walked all the way down, only to find that it was roped off before the end. So I had to walk all the way back toward groceries, go around the aisle, and walk all the way back!
* Pet food relocated from the front left side to the center of the back where baby items used to be.
* Aisles on wheels, turned sideways in completely empty spaces (see picture below)


And the best one yet, my personal shopper! When I went in tonight, I needed milk, eggs, and sour cream (among other things). Since they were re-tiling the back section, things were turned in all directions and there was orange fencing blocking a lot of stuff. I couldn't get to the 1% milk, so I settled for 2%. But then the eggs and sour cream were completely blocked, so I went up to 4 associates standing there talking and asked which one wanted to run an errand for me. One of the girls asked what I wanted, and went to fetch my groceries :)

So this is what my Wal-Mart looks like now... how about yours?