So I stop in at a Kmart nearby to another store to see if they have one thing, 8 1/2 x 14 printer paper. Why not try this ill-fated store, right?
After parking my car in their spacious parking lot which had many, many available convenient spaces for perspective patrons, (that included a few carts strewn about), I walked in to the store unopposed by any other humans to find the entire sum of 3 other shoppers in the building; 2 oddly perusing the pristine (and probably dusty) book & magazine aisle. The other was at the return desk (more than likely returning that short-sleeve suit she got for her husband). The pure emptiness of this store reminds me of Myspace, only with a floor plan.
After I find the well-labeled office supplies area and that they don't have any paper size other than the usual 8 1/2 x 11 (surprise, right?), and after the lone employee pushes cart with a few misplaced stock items RIGHT NEXT TO ME (who misplaced them? and why my aisle, WHY NOW?), I mosey to the oil section. After all, I found Castrol 5w-30 dino on clearance for $1.50/qt a few years ago....
My what a few year's difference makes! No, not in the aggregate number of patrons as that has remained a constant (zero of them, which is good in a way, keeps floor cleaning costs very low), but the in price of oil. I did a triple take, laughed out loud & said "no wonder no one shops here!" then snapped this photo:
$39.99
Yep, $39.99 for a 5qt jug of standard M1 product. WallyWorld has it for around $24.xx-$26.xx depending on region.
Of the few Kmarts I have visited in the last few years in different states all are the same: a well-stocked store with high prices and no shoppers in it. Kinda like Google+.
"Kmart, we were the Myspace of the 20th century!"
or
"Kmart, why pay less!"
After parking my car in their spacious parking lot which had many, many available convenient spaces for perspective patrons, (that included a few carts strewn about), I walked in to the store unopposed by any other humans to find the entire sum of 3 other shoppers in the building; 2 oddly perusing the pristine (and probably dusty) book & magazine aisle. The other was at the return desk (more than likely returning that short-sleeve suit she got for her husband). The pure emptiness of this store reminds me of Myspace, only with a floor plan.
After I find the well-labeled office supplies area and that they don't have any paper size other than the usual 8 1/2 x 11 (surprise, right?), and after the lone employee pushes cart with a few misplaced stock items RIGHT NEXT TO ME (who misplaced them? and why my aisle, WHY NOW?), I mosey to the oil section. After all, I found Castrol 5w-30 dino on clearance for $1.50/qt a few years ago....
My what a few year's difference makes! No, not in the aggregate number of patrons as that has remained a constant (zero of them, which is good in a way, keeps floor cleaning costs very low), but the in price of oil. I did a triple take, laughed out loud & said "no wonder no one shops here!" then snapped this photo:
$39.99
Yep, $39.99 for a 5qt jug of standard M1 product. WallyWorld has it for around $24.xx-$26.xx depending on region.
Of the few Kmarts I have visited in the last few years in different states all are the same: a well-stocked store with high prices and no shoppers in it. Kinda like Google+.
"Kmart, we were the Myspace of the 20th century!"
or
"Kmart, why pay less!"