When I go to Walmart for my infrequent grocery shopping, I end up with a completely full cart every time. As I wheel it around the store, filling it with twenty-five pounds of flour, five gallons of milk, ten pounds of cheese, ten pounds of ground beef, and on and on, the cart gets progressively heavier and harder to manage.
By the time I reach the produce department at the end, the cart is so heavy and unwieldy that I can't even turn it without going around to the front and hauling it around to face the direction I need to go. It's also quite difficult to get going again from a full stop and requires some real effort to keep under control so I don't let it get away from me and mow down one of the many senior citizens that like to stop and chat next to the bananas.
This could be classified as a weapon.
Last time I was there and struggling with this behemoth, I was wondering--with some envy--why no one else seemed to be having to expend so much effort just to get around the store. There was a lady in front of me in one aisle whose cart was just as full as mine, but she was pushing it with only one hand. In contrast to me, with both hands on the handle and my legs and core fully engaged in shoving this great weight through the store.
And then I realized that her cart mostly had packaged things in it. Things like cookies, crackers, and bread.
Light things.
And what's in my cart? Meat, dairy, vegetables. Things with very high proportions of water weight. And in great quantity. I don't know how much the contents of my carts end up weighing, but it's got to be over a hundred pounds.
This is why by the time I do make it to produce, I just park the cart and leave it there while I take my purse with me to gather the last few things. I suppose it's possible someone might try to walk off with it, but none of it has been paid for yet. And whoever tried would probably injure themselves trying to make off with it.
This Walmart actually has a pick-up option, so I suppose I could order everything online and then just sit in my car while it was loaded for me, but then how would I get my workout in?
Have you tried 2 carts? One in front , one behind , to distribute the weight?
ReplyDeleteI would never be able to navigate this store with two carts. It's kind of small, with a lot of blind corners, and always way too crowded, often with people standing and talking. :-)
DeleteSometimes I use the curbside option for the staples, and then I go inside for things that I want my eyes on, like produce. timberdawn
ReplyDeleteLike you, I live a ways from the store -- 45 minutes. I often do Walmart pickup. I love sitting at my computer and deciding exactly what to get, then showing up and having them load it for me. I've had really good luck with the produce doing this, too.
ReplyDeleteDitto big time, what Cindi posted.
DeleteMaybe have your heavy stuff (flour, sugar, etc...) ordered for pickup , then go into the store for the rest.
ReplyDeleteI think that there is no solution for this problem--unless you take one of the older boys to help you haul! Mary in MN
ReplyDeleteThen there is lack of chicken leg consumption on the way home...It would probably be a whole chicken on the way home. :) Or the opportunity have a rueben and a beer before going into the store. :) Love you guys.
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