WHO SAYS TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE LACK THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE?
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Frist!
Posted by: Peg Leg Pete, CPA | March 28, 2006 at 01:44 PM
Oh yes, sleeping in the garden dept. Got to love that sweet sweet smell fertilizer and pesticides.
Posted by: random thunking, the | March 28, 2006 at 01:44 PM
first again? checks classifieds for "life for sale"
Posted by: fivver | March 28, 2006 at 01:44 PM
Err..first!
Posted by: Peg Leg Pete, CPA | March 28, 2006 at 01:45 PM
damn robot...
Posted by: Peg Leg Pete, CPA | March 28, 2006 at 01:46 PM
I should have said "that sweet sweet smell of fertilizer..."
But you all know how your brain just sort of goes haywire when you see "0 comments".
Posted by: random thunking, the | March 28, 2006 at 01:47 PM
He might as well get used to being there.
Posted by: The Sardonicynic | March 28, 2006 at 01:48 PM
"His father told him to go for it and offered to bankroll the project."
Translated --
"I don't care what the Hell you do, just get out of my sight!"
Posted by: CoastRaven | March 28, 2006 at 02:01 PM
When I was a kid, I really wanted to try this. I never thought of it as a sociology experiment! Hmm, too bad I had that class last semester....
Posted by: Dux | March 28, 2006 at 02:01 PM
Why didn't he try somewhere a little more comfortable, like a Macy's? At least they have beds!
Posted by: Reine de Guin | March 28, 2006 at 02:04 PM
This reminds me of last week's episode of "My Name is Earl" when they thought the world ended at Y2K and lived in the grocery store. They settled anarchy by taking numbers and whoever had the next number made the rules. Ah, good times!
Hey, his Dad said he would bankroll the project but the kid left when his account was frozen? Gee, Dad, thanks for nothin'.
Posted by: skm | March 28, 2006 at 02:06 PM
wasn't this a movie - only it was a Target?
Posted by: ASK | March 28, 2006 at 02:11 PM
ASK- it was actually a Walmart. atalie Portman got left in a Walmart when she was pregnant - Where the Heart Is.
Posted by: skm | March 28, 2006 at 02:14 PM
Oops - Natalie Portman. atalie is her evil twin
Posted by: skm | March 28, 2006 at 02:16 PM
I doubt Natalie Portman was even born when the one I am thinking of came out. If I could remember who was in it, I'd look it up.
Posted by: ASK | March 28, 2006 at 02:17 PM
Wait, his GIRLFRIEND dropped him off? ? ? I try floating this scenario by a woman I'm relatively certain she's not coming back for me.
Posted by: MartiniShark | March 28, 2006 at 02:22 PM
ASK - Career Opportunities with Jennifer Connelly
Posted by: skm | March 28, 2006 at 02:23 PM
thank you - now i can get some work done.
har
Posted by: ASK | March 28, 2006 at 02:24 PM
ASK, maybe you are remembering the time Luke and Laura got stuck in the department store on General Hospital. My friends use to run home from school to find out what happened to Luke and Laura. Oh, by the way, I should have prefaced this with a geezer alert.
Posted by: ncc1701 | March 28, 2006 at 02:24 PM
Happy to help
Posted by: skm | March 28, 2006 at 02:24 PM
I'm not sure what the big deal is here. Don't most Walmart employees live in the parking lot?
Posted by: D. Esker | March 28, 2006 at 02:29 PM
He wasn't looking in the right place for the little bottles of shampoo. I used buy those quite often for trips out of town.
I worked at WalMart for about 4 years, felt like I lived there too.
Posted by: Charlotte | March 28, 2006 at 02:33 PM
ncc1701 - yep, if I didn't get home from junior high promptly at 3, the carpool driver would catch hell from me. *jumps back onto geezer bus*
Posted by: Reine de Guin | March 28, 2006 at 02:50 PM
This just raises the bar for those 'What I Did on my Summer Vacation' essays. He will be reviled by school children everywhere.
Posted by: KOW | March 28, 2006 at 03:50 PM
Big deal. I sleep in the garden department too, but only during my assigned workshifts.
Posted by: Kilmeny | March 28, 2006 at 05:29 PM
Wow, what a great story. This was a well-written piece. I dare say this rivals what Dave could put out (without all the bite, wit and sarcasm, of course.)
Posted by: Dr. Doug | March 28, 2006 at 05:34 PM
"Wake up.....aisle 4"
Posted by: Layzeeboy | March 28, 2006 at 06:07 PM
"It's just me and the stockers then," he said, "and every once in a while somebody who needs a Swiffer at 2 in the morning."
I gotta ask - what is he gonna do with the Swiffer?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | March 28, 2006 at 06:47 PM
whyyyyyy.... this reminds me of the time I went to Wal- mart my own self. Why, it was just this mornin, I think.Saved 3 whole pennies per gallon on gas-olene, and that greeter lady, WHOO-EEE!Hot Dawggies!she shore was a looker, I'm a tellin ya'll....they was a runnin a sale on shure-step kitty litter-I almost wet myself... but I digress...oh well... more later....
Posted by: MoFaux | March 28, 2006 at 07:17 PM
After reading about this guy today in the blog, I was driving home from work and heard him being interviewed on NPR!! Who says the Blog isn't abreast of the news? You heard it here first. ;)
Posted by: Reine le Guin | March 28, 2006 at 08:13 PM
OK, I had some fun with this one. Somebody start counting out this guy's 15 minutes.
This is going to be one heck of a good motion picture! Who should be cast as the nun shopping for fried chicken?
http://chasingrats.blogspot.com/2006/03/spring-break-at-wal-mart-fame-and.html
Posted by: Kelley ritchey | March 29, 2006 at 07:18 AM
Dave, I think you should adopt this kid..........wait, you don't have a secret love child you forgot to tell us about,do you?
Posted by: Dread | March 29, 2006 at 09:04 AM
AT LONG LAST!!!
Someone from my Alma Mater makes the news......
I graduated in '74, so really drive that Geezer Bus close to the curb, EB
Posted by: EB | March 29, 2006 at 07:26 PM
The irony is that he was living better than most of Wal-Mart's employees.
I'm also reminded of a book I read as a child about a family of orphans that live in a museum. Don't recall the title. It was many centuries ago.
Posted by: AlanBoss | March 30, 2006 at 01:02 AM
Soon to be a major motion picture. I mean, i'm not kidding.
http://chasingrats.blogspot.com/2006/03/skyler-bartels-walmart-adventure.html
Posted by: Kelley Ritchey | March 30, 2006 at 10:56 PM