Heartbreak at Wally World...

[Tired Retired]

I had a heartbreaking experience at WallyWorld today and I think neither me nor my carbine collection will ever be the same…. I had to walk away from a box of 30 carb ammunition.... I had gone to Wally World for the usual cheap stuff (food) and stopped by the ammo case in the sporting goods section to see what (if anything) was in stock.... Imagine my surprise that I saw a single box of R-P/UMC 30 Carb FMJ! My shock wasn't that it had showed up, my shock was that I had never seen 30 Carb at this particular Wally World! Anyway, it looked so lonely just sitting there on a nearly empty shelf. I found the clerk and told him I wanted that lonely, orphan box of ammo (I'm a good gun owner and I knew I could give it a good home).

The young kid (15 years old maybe????) gave a high-pitched "yes sir, let me get the keys" and he charged off. That is when I realized hat tragedy was about to strike...

In about 5 minutes he came back... "Sir, the last employee working Sporting Goods took the ammo case keys home with him". What???? I am a mere 1/4 INCH worth of glass away from saving a box of 30 Carb from spending the night all by itself.

"Son, does the Manager know that another employee took the keys home?" I asked....

"Yes, sir he knows. I can't unlock it until he comes in tomorrow."

So after more conversing with a teenage kid about the value of a Wally World customer being dissatisfied, I gave up and just walked off....

I feel guilty about not pressing the issue with the manager. I mean, it’s like leaving a lonely dog out in the snow when you could just open the door and let him into the warm house. That mere 1/4 inch of plate glass kept that lonely, cold, uncared for box of carbine ammo in that near empty case - it could have been home with me in a crowded ammo box with other 30 carb ammo and a silica pack! It would have lots of Carbines to play with!

So the moral of this story? I don't know... 1) Wally World sporting goods employees are not so bright? hmmm, that’s news me.... 2) that carbine ammo is popping up in places it hasn't been in a quite a while? Well, we all have seen that.... 3) that I have carbinitis so bad that I feel guilty over not buying a box of ammo? They say the 1st step to getting help is admitting you have a problem... I have no problem, I'm just a Milsurp owner !!!!!!!!!!

Seriously, how is the ammo supply in your neck of the woods???

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