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imanamerican63

(13,787 posts)
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 08:52 PM Oct 2017

I was walking thru Walmart earlier tonight and was in the costume area for Halloween!

I talked to a female worker while we were talking, a lady came up and asked if they had any Trump mask left. The worker told her no and said that they only had sold very few, so they stopped ordering them. All three of us stood there and talked for a bit. The lady said she was a teacher and was buying the mask for her school room decorations. She was going to make a scarecrow and put Trump mask on it! She asked what other masked did they have left? The worker told her that they still had a few Sean Spicer mask left and ask if that would work? The teacher said yeah, they both can scare the hell of anyone! We all laughed!

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I was walking thru Walmart earlier tonight and was in the costume area for Halloween! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Oct 2017 OP
I was laughing so hard I did something to my computer to make it blank. Doreen Oct 2017 #1
If I did that as a teacher in my classroom BigmanPigman Oct 2017 #2
I think any teacher doing that would get written up LeftInTX Oct 2017 #3
We had that in my NJ town. A few parents trying to influence festivities, just because they complain TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #5
No Halloween? No birthday parties? CrispyQ Oct 2017 #27
Teachers should not bring their politics into the classroom oberliner Oct 2017 #4
I was in Halloween store and a woman got into her underpants and tried on a Wonder Woman costume AngryAmish Oct 2017 #6
lol DesertRat Oct 2017 #9
No different from a bathing suit. cwydro Oct 2017 #21
Thanks for the post, LMBO :-) iluvtennis Oct 2017 #7
Shopping at Walmart? stopbush Oct 2017 #8
Yes, I was waiting on a prescription from the pharmacy. imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #13
I hope you aren't telling anyone you "just went to Walmart for a onecent Oct 2017 #16
Yes, it's the only place I stop with my semi truck. imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #26
So you be a trucker Kittycow Oct 2017 #28
I hope you aren't telling anyone you "just went to Walmart onecent Oct 2017 #17
I wonder why that matters to you enough MineralMan Oct 2017 #18
Reasons not to shop at Walmart stopbush Oct 2017 #19
That's a different subject, isn't it? MineralMan Oct 2017 #20
Im a bird lover, and Walmarts prices are best for bird food and feeders. cwydro Oct 2017 #22
The savings to be found at Walmart are hardly so great stopbush Oct 2017 #24
Lol. cwydro Oct 2017 #25
I go about every week. I take my mother. Doreen Oct 2017 #31
Doesn't ring true left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #10
I have no idea if she was telling the truth or she was joking... imanamerican63 Oct 2017 #12
No sleep lost here left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #14
Im with you. cwydro Oct 2017 #23
just shared this with a friend on skype live and he said " AllaN01Bear Oct 2017 #11
Scarecrow with a Trump mask? If he only had a brain... Initech Oct 2017 #15
cool story bro, no such thing as a "Sean Spicer Mask" LOL snooper2 Oct 2017 #29
Who says? quickesst Oct 2017 #30
It's missing the yellow hair. Doreen Oct 2017 #32

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
1. I was laughing so hard I did something to my computer to make it blank.
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 09:11 PM
Oct 2017

Fixed now but that was hilarious.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
2. If I did that as a teacher in my classroom
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 09:51 PM
Oct 2017

which was in a blue city and state I would have been "written up". We couldn't have parties for a birthday (due to Jehovah's Witnesses) and we had to stop having "Halloween" due to parents' complaints. Once my principal came to me and told me that a parent complained that I was teaching about "cult religions". I was shocked and said, "What?!". It turned out that a mother who was a born again Christian noticed that in the State Teacher Curriculum and mandated textbook for 6th grade "Ancient Cultures" lessons there were three paragraphs about Yin and Yang. I was not held at fault but had to post-it the "religiosity pages" and not test that particular student on that specific info. Funny thing...the year before that I taught her sister the exact same curriculum with the same mother and there was no problem. Good thing that teacher isn't working in my former district. She would have to justify it.

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)
5. We had that in my NJ town. A few parents trying to influence festivities, just because they complain
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 10:13 PM
Oct 2017

.

It got to the point where everyone felt like they were walking on egg shells.

Finally, things broke and they reinstated parties with snacks, Halloween, allowed the top religions to be represented at common winter holiday celebrations, etc.


When a few parents tried to complain, because they felt the need to control things for their own myopic world view...

They were pretty much told to fuck off!

.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
6. I was in Halloween store and a woman got into her underpants and tried on a Wonder Woman costume
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 10:19 PM
Oct 2017

It was a weird and dark place and I suppose she thought she had privacy. And I turned the corner, blushed, and left.

But I saw some random woman in her underpants today.

onecent

(6,096 posts)
16. I hope you aren't telling anyone you "just went to Walmart for a
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 09:43 AM
Oct 2017

prescription."....

Most everyone hates Walmart, but I like their prices, and no one is going to tell
me where to do to get what I need.

I don't like their meat or vegetables, but I would buy anything else there.

imanamerican63

(13,787 posts)
26. Yes, it's the only place I stop with my semi truck.
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 11:31 AM
Oct 2017

I get bronchitis every year and I had my dr. give cough medicine that doesn't affect my other mess.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
28. So you be a trucker
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 11:43 AM
Oct 2017

...or just drive a semi truck to run errands in haha.

I'm wondering if you ever hear other drivers talking about trump?

I'm a trucker's wife (he does food distribution) and I used to read trucker's forums for fun but I basically stopped since many of their uninformed views made my blood pressure go too high

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
18. I wonder why that matters to you enough
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 09:50 AM
Oct 2017

to question this poster? It's an interesting story, and some DUers shop at Walmart to manage things within their budget. Questioning where people shop seems a little off-base in this thread, it seems to me.

I hope you'll reconsider making such judgmental posts in the future.

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
20. That's a different subject, isn't it?
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 10:28 AM
Oct 2017

It's not really relevant to this thread, is it? Personally, I don't patronize Walmart. There's not one near me, while there is a Target near me. I don't like Target, either, but I shop there occasionally when it's the most convenient place to shop. For example, when I need a printer ink cartridge, it takes far less time for me to get it at Target than at another place, which is farther from my workplace.

I shop for my convenience and budget. Some people, for a wide range of reasons, shop at Walmart. Attempts to shame them for doing so are inappropriate in a thread that merely tells a story about something that happened at a Walmart store, I think.

If you want to discuss reasons not to shop at Walmart, you can start a thread on that subject and include your link. Sarcastic shaming of another DUer for going to Walmart accomplishes nothing. It borders on rudeness, in my opinion.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
22. Im a bird lover, and Walmarts prices are best for bird food and feeders.
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 10:34 AM
Oct 2017

I also buy my Benadryl there (allergy sufferer), Christmas lights, and potting soil.

Do you get dizzy on the high horse?

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
24. The savings to be found at Walmart are hardly so great
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 11:24 AM
Oct 2017

to justify shopping at a business that is so anti-women, -employees, -unions, etc.

Wow. Saving 13¢ on a bag of birdseed is more critical to you than shopping at a store that has a “shop blue” track record. Go figure.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
31. I go about every week. I take my mother.
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 04:49 PM
Oct 2017

I also buy cat litter from there as it is the least expensive in my entire county and the county I am next to. I like the idea that what I do buy from them is getting shit on. I will admit that if I am hungry and going to wait for an hour for my mother on the benches in the entrance I will get food from the deli. I think it is better than fainting in Walmart. Oh, the other thing Walmart is good for is training your service dog. If your service dog can handle Walmart they can handle anything. My service dog loathed Walmart but it worked out well that he learned to deal with places he did not like. Other than that I despise Walmart. I worked for them and I have friends who worked for them and we all agree their human relations suck big time and are evil.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
10. Doesn't ring true
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 10:59 PM
Oct 2017

What school today would allow a scarecrow of any President in a school classroom?

They'd be inviting trouble from some corner, if not the threat of a lawsuit.

imanamerican63

(13,787 posts)
12. I have no idea if she was telling the truth or she was joking...
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 01:10 AM
Oct 2017

but it was funny away! Don't lose any sleep over it!

AllaN01Bear

(18,193 posts)
11. just shared this with a friend on skype live and he said "
Wed Oct 25, 2017, 11:46 PM
Oct 2017

:brannon mask would work also". would make me throw up.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
15. Scarecrow with a Trump mask? If he only had a brain...
Thu Oct 26, 2017, 09:34 AM
Oct 2017

"I have the best brain, OK? Unbelievable. Totally. Nobody has a better brain than I do!"

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