Really. Awkward. Moments.

[stanglover2001]

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That one takes the cake! Here we are complaining about Walmart shoppers WEARING funny clothing and you're seeing people in their b-day suits, you win.

NO NO she was GRABBING his handle....that is sooo funny!

HAHA!! Well I wasn't going to reelaborate on that one

 

[KristyHall]

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i've gone into walmart in costumes before from school functions, rehearsals and such, and I've also done it in full regalia.

ONe time I was performing on a tv show to promote a local powwow and I was in full regalia. I was late, 17 years old , in a big hurry, and lost.

I pulled into a gas station to get the tv station's where abouts (Back then We didn't have GPS or smart phones and I didn't have internet at the house.)

I lept into my car and backed up without looking behind me and back into a car.

I got out of the car, apologizing proffusly. I was upset, panicking, and this little old lady got out of her car. calmly looked at her bumper then my bumper then looked at me and said in a sweet conversational voice....

"Honey.... do you know you're dressed like an Indian?"

and I stopped apologizing and started stuttering

"I uh.. well yes, see i have this show to do and I'm late and... what?"

and she justs miles and says "No need to apologize, give me your insurance information and then go on."

so I give her my information and my number, and about this time I see my friend drive past looking for me so I run to the edge of the busy rode and start jumping up and down waving my arms. I am wearing a competition buckskin dress so I have long fringe and lost of beads. I was a powwow princess (Winner of a local powwow beauty pageant/ambassadorship given to young women/girls. each competition has different rules. this one they didn't even tell the girls they were judging them, they just chose one in secret and surprised them with the title.) So I had a beaded crown and sash. Peopel were slamming on their brakes and staring, I nearly caused two wrecks.

He pulls over and says "You're about top go on, get in the car and follow me!"

so I jump in the car and followed him to the station. I race in just ten seconds before the commercial before my appearance was ending, and I was rushed in, where I talked about native cultures of the area and sang in Cherokee.

then there were the time I closed lined myself on live tv.......

 

[whiteflare]

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Walmart... a place I hope one day to visit. There's a pretty good alternative down here named K-mart, oh and what about A-mart... The Australians are renowned for copying ideas off other countries.

 

[SourRoses]

Oh yes, they are!
I always tell my mom (from oz) that it's due to all that hanging upside down while she was growing up

I'm happy for you and your walmart-less state, however. It's not worth the crowds, lines, and service around here. I don't know who ever taught these people how to behave in a crowd, not ever looking around before they back up their carts, or wave their arms around

It's like fighting off a maze of ants, that don't even speak the same language!

We do have k-mart here too...

I remember when I was a kid and we went to ozzieland... I was so surpirsed.. they had banks, full sized banks, in the supermarkets and malls! Then a few years later, we started seeing banks in our walmarts and such as well

 

[benjoycei]

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please tell me it's not true

 

[whiteflare]

Squishy: They copy most of their reality TV shows.

I hate markets like that. It's a bit like trying to make your way down the main shopping strip here - you either crash into someone texting while walking towards you, get stuck behind a person texting while shuffling along at the speed of a snail, or get hounded by someone trying to hand out pamphlets. I always try to avoid that stip and take the mainroad parallel to it instead

 

[Boyd]

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please tell me it's not true

http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/05/12/barack-obama-seal-team-six-action-figure

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

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BUT the banks don't have drive throughs like they do here. The bottle shops (liquor stores) do have drive throughs..very handy in my opinion

You forgot to mention about the little "groups" of people standing in the eisle(sp?) totally blocking it while they chat.

 

[James_UK]

I went out for a good old christmas eve piss up, fantastic night and met up with an old schoolmate who is now my lovely other half. Couldn't think or walk straight so went back to hers...

A couple of long storys short Christmas morning rolls round go downstairs to go home and the whole of her family are there in the lounge...

Luckily her dad is ex army so conversations brewed but still...

Can you top it?

 

[eenie114]

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i've gone into walmart in costumes before from school functions, rehearsals and such, and I've also done it in full regalia.

ONe time I was performing on a tv show to promote a local powwow and I was in full regalia. I was late, 17 years old , in a big hurry, and lost.

I pulled into a gas station to get the tv station's where abouts (Back then We didn't have GPS or smart phones and I didn't have internet at the house.)

I lept into my car and backed up without looking behind me and back into a car.

I got out of the car, apologizing proffusly. I was upset, panicking, and this little old lady got out of her car. calmly looked at her bumper then my bumper then looked at me and said in a sweet conversational voice....

"Honey.... do you know you're dressed like an Indian?"

and I stopped apologizing and started stuttering

"I uh.. well yes, see i have this show to do and I'm late and... what?"

and she justs miles and says "No need to apologize, give me your insurance information and then go on."

so I give her my information and my number, and about this time I see my friend drive past looking for me so I run to the edge of the busy rode and start jumping up and down waving my arms. I am wearing a competition buckskin dress so I have long fringe and lost of beads. I was a powwow princess (Winner of a local powwow beauty pageant/ambassadorship given to young women/girls. each competition has different rules. this one they didn't even tell the girls they were judging them, they just chose one in secret and surprised them with the title.) So I had a beaded crown and sash. Peopel were slamming on their brakes and staring, I nearly caused two wrecks.

He pulls over and says "You're about top go on, get in the car and follow me!"

so I jump in the car and followed him to the station. I race in just ten seconds before the commercial before my appearance was ending, and I was rushed in, where I talked about native cultures of the area and sang in Cherokee.

then there were the time I closed lined myself on live tv.......

Nice! I feel better about my tutu now!