Jun 10 2008

Wal-Mart Vision Center Closes Early. Again.

Against better judgement, I booked it over to the Wal-Mart Vision Center after work to get a new pair of contacts. I called ahead of time and was told they closed at 7PM.

So I stroll inside the Wal-Mart at 6:45…. and the Vision Center gate is closed.

Right after I got done telling the lady behind the counter that no, they aren’t closed, because they close at 7PM and it’s 6:45 and I’m here and so is she and it’s not 7PM yet — I realized Wal-Mart closed early on me a few years ago:

Their hours said they were open until 6pm. It was 5:53pm. Sweet.

Only that stupid metal gate was pulled down. They were closed. Oh, there was someone behind the counter. But she was just shutting everything down. 7 minutes early.

Now some of you are probably saying, “big deal, seven minutes. They just want to go home.” Well you know what? So did I. But I was there, in that insufferable store. And they should have been too, for at least 7 more minutes.

So in case you were wondering, Wal-Mart Eye Center hours are actually 9am - 5:52pm, not 9am-6pm.

The last time I posted about this, someone emailed me who worked for Wal-Mart and said they would look into it. So hey, if you’re still reading my blog (in which case, you need a hobby), I think you might want to look into it a little more.

  • athomas | Jul 4 2008

    Big deal… They have lives and family’s as well. I bet you would not mind leaving work early sometimes… Are you one of those walmart bashers… I ask you, if you started walmart, would you remain a small one man store running out of a fruit stand, NO you would expand and do the same thing.

  • Todd | Jul 7 2008

    I don’t think Jeff is a Walmart basher, but it is very frustrating to take time out of your busy day to go get a needed item before closing time only to find out that someone (most likely not the manager) closed early. Now you have to make arrangements to come back another time.

  • JENNIFER | Jul 9 2008

    WELL IN MY OPINION AND SOMEONE WHO WEARS CONTACT ON AN EVERYDAY BASES TO BE ABLE TO SEE 2 FEET IN FRONT OF ME THIS DOES TOTALLY SUCK…
    WALMART IS A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP IN MY OPINION AND I HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES BEFORE WITH THEM BUT HONESTLY GET OVER IT!!!! IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THERE SERVICES THERE IS A LIL’ THING CALLED A COMMENT LINE LEAVE A MESSAGE AND MOVE ON. WHILE YOU WERE TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE THIS CRAP YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SOME WHERE ELSE GETTING CONTACTS. sOME PEOPLE. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A SLOW DAY FOR THEM AND MAYBE A AWFUL ONE AT THAT… iF IT;S SUCH A HASLE BUY A PAIR OF GLASSES AND QUIT bitching ABOUT IT… PAY MORE MONEY AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.DON’T TELL ME YOU HAVE NEVER LEFT WORK EARLY. aND YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO READ YOUR DUMB BLOG NEED TO GET A LIFE… TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE SWEETY. tHERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO LET THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT THEN WALMARTS HOURS.

  • Mike | Aug 2 2008

    You are pathetic. I stumbled upon this “blog” on a random google search. People like you make me laugh. Awww, you poor baby. Maybe you should plan ahead and order your contacts before you have only 1 pair left. I don’t believe the world revolves around you. You must have a rather non-eventful life if this is the kind of crap you have to write about. We need less whiners like you in the world. Get over your inflated sense of self-worth.

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