It's a bit crazy to say the least. I went to the WalMart by my house, today, to replace a blender who's motor failed. I realized as I passed the bike section,

It's a bit crazy to say the least. I went to the WalMart by my house, today, to replace a blender who's motor failed. I realized as I passed the bike section, now 1/8th full, that "hey, (awful) bikes are back!". They're not, but there were a whole ten of them which is ten more than I've seen all year. Hop over to the blenders and they have fifteen models on display but boxes for 5 of them. Only self-service check-out is open, and only half of them, the line extends ten people past the "impulse buys" in the six "any number of items" self-checkout lanes. Two members of front-end staff look like they're ready to burn the place down, customers have stopped swearing under their breath and are now engaged in outright, obvious, complaining. I roll up to the chaos with my less-than-desired blender and realize I might as well just wait for shipping because it's 10:00 PM, this is an hour long line, and I'm not going to be the reason these poor employees have to stay late since the 24-hour WalMart hasn't been open past 11:00 PM since last year. It's a lot of griping, and I'm really not upset -- I got a nice excuse to hop on my one-wheel in the dark and avoided spending some money on something I don't need "today"; a really minor inconvenience, I just miss the good old days of ... 2019? :)