Wally World

Those of you who know me know how much I despise that mega-conglomerate I refer to as "Wally World". What you may not know is in my 20s I worked part-time for his cousin "Sam". I think I have earned my opinion.

Why, you ask, do I dislike Wally so strongly? I believe they should be sued for deceptive advertising. Their commercials depict a place where people are friendly and helpful. I have yet to find this store. The stores I have been IF you can find an employee they are (1) definitely NOT helpful and (2) incapable of helping even if they wanted.

Typically, I will travel out of my way to patronize their French competitor Target. However, in Biloxi I was unaware of where a Target was so I begrudginly ventured into the "graveyard". You see, in my rush to evacuate I forget to pack my cell phone charger which is a necessity at this time. To my surprise I encountered friendly employees. Not only that I needed help and actually encountered employees who HELPED. Has my vision of Wally World been shattered??? Well, let's not rush to any judgements...

After Wally World I had to go to Radio Shack. You see, as helpful as the employees at Wally were, they did not have what I needed. At Radio Shack we also encountered a HELPFUL employee. Not only did they have what I needed--a new power cord for the Magellan--the employee even got the broken one out of the power point (that's another story). That's true Customer Service.

So, was it an exceptional Wally World or just good, old-fashioned Southern Hospitality I encountered? Judge for yourself but my opinion of the mega-conglomerate has not changed based on one anomoly.

For now, I am happy and in communication with the rest of the world from Biloxi,
Betty