This past Friday, October 26th, I went to Walmart to purchase stuff I needed to get my family through the coming hurricane Sandy and Frankenstorm. I was in the Sporting goods section, looking for Coleman fuel. I should mention that this was in Suffolk County, New York. While there, I noticed that they had 9mm ammo at a good price, so I decided to purchase 2 boxes. All of the ammo was locked in a glass cabinet, so I had to find someone with the key. What a thrill! When I finally found a "friendly Walmart employee" that worked in the sporting goods departmrnt and asked if he had the key for one of the cabinets, he took an attitude and replied snappily, "Which cabinet?" I pointed to the ammo cabinet.
At this point, before opening the cabinet, he asked to see my driver's license and weapon permit. I challenged him, asking what law required such validation to purchase ammunition. I was told it was store policy. Not wanting to waste my time any further, I presented both without removing them from my wallet for closer inspection. After quickly glancing at them, the employee opened the cabinet and began lecturing me on the fact that ammunition comes in different "sizes". I asked for the Federal 9mm 115 grain BT.
This is where it gets really stupid. He explained that HE had to ESCORT me to the cashier, where I would once again be required to present my driver's license and weapon permit. Heaven forbid a customer should actually handle a box of ammo!
The cashier took the ammo from the clerk and asked, "Are you twenty one?" I responded, "I should certainly hope so! My youngest child is twenty one!" I paid for the ammo and was ready to get the hell out of the store. But get this. The same clerk informed me that he needed to ESCORT ME TO MY AUTOMOBILE!!! Guess there is a real problem with people throwing boxes of ammo at others or hitting them with it!
So here is my request: if you don't absolutely need to shop at Wally World, please don't. Maybe if they get hit in the wallet they will respect their customers rights.