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| Three Generations of Service  |
Yes, yes, I know...WalMart...but, living out here in the puckerbrush like I do, sometimes there just isn't an alternative. So, I'm wandering around, looking for Shoe Goo. Website says they stock it so I know it's here somewhere. Of course nobody in one of those stylish WalMart vests handy either. See a sign says "Use the WalMart App to search this store!" Being the uber-modern technogeek that I am, I whip out my smart phone, download the app, fire it up and look for Shoo Goo. Hey, look at that! "In Stock, Aisle E15". Woohoo. Wadeamminnit...where the hell is Aisle E15? Surely they have a map, right? Several minutes worth of standing around head down in my phone, looking like a clueless millenial searching the site for an aisle map. Nope, doesn't appear that there is one. Hmmm. Got to looking at the little signs on the end of the aisles, and I'm at M06. Walk in one direction, going up the alphabet. Turn around, going down, but hit the wall before I get past K. Shit. Walk to the front of the store, get headed down-alphabet, see D but no E. Hmmmm. Go one aisle toward the front-to-back center of the store and Woooooooo, Aisle E. Ladies undergarments. Interesting, but not quite what I'm looking for. Keep going, spy the shoe department...Hmmmmmm. Shoe Department. Shoe Goo. You don't suppose... Finally found it. On to the next item, an extendable window squeegee (Broke SWMBO's squeegeeing snow off the truck...) Yup, in stock, aisle N11. Gah. Okay, M was towards the back of the store, so I head that way. Mid-trip, it occurs to me that cleaning supplies are in the back of the store, over in the corner by the Grocery section. Marginally smarter this time, headed in the general direction of where I knew cleaning supplies to be and found it. To be fair, I didn't waste time cruising up and down the aisles looking for it. Nope, I wasted time cruising up and down the aisles looking for N11. When I got home, I went to the WalMart website to see if they have a generic store map. Nope. They DO have a comments section with a list of about 50 people bitching about how useless their app is without a map. Not ONE meaningful reply from WalMart. Color me surprised... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | ||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
When it says items are in stock, it's lying. Happened twice before I gave up | |||
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What is that? Is it like Soul Glow? | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
It is a truly remarkable and highly versatile adhesive. I've glued the soles back on work boots with it. Just used the last of my previous supply patching a tear in a rubber Muck boot. Very thick consistency, almost like silicone caulk. Sticks to damn near anything, sets up tougher than a baked owl. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
I've never heard of it but just recently my wife came to me with a pair of her shoes that the sole is coming off of. I have been meaning to look into something to fix them and now I have an answer. One more thing checked off the never ending list! “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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its pretty common in Wal Mart to ask someone an item location question and get a look of total abandonment and despair . the trick is ; get an employee with a radio , they can ask a dozen people and 95% of the time , get the correct answer. if they answer with , " it's either in Isle b-19 , or I-27, I respond with could you please have some one bring it to me at the self check out, and they always do it, with a smile. this b.s. of checking four different places is for the birds Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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If I have to make a trip to Walmart, I've found only one way that makes it tolerable. Order everything you need on their online website, pay for it and note that you'll go to the store to pick up the order. Then you just go to the pickup location in the store and they bring everything to you. Another interesting factoid I've noticed is that many of the online prices are slightly lower than what they are in the store (guess they're trying to encourage online sales rather than in-store buying). | |||
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They’re really struggling with integrating and upgrading all their tech. That’s one huge area that Amazon is beating the shit out of Walmart. If they get it figured out they’ll have a great system. | |||
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The Home Depot app actually works pretty well for this sort of thing. Map and all. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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Plowing straight ahead come what may |
And every time I use it, the smell reminds me of the old Testor "model airplane" glue from when I was a kid  ...Shoo Goo is amazing stuff!******************************************************** "we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches Making the best of what ever comes our way Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition Plowing straight ahead come what may And theres a cowboy in the jungle" Jimmy Buffet | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
I looked for Walmart Aisle E15 on Google Maps and it doesn't show up there either... | |||
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| Member |
Yeah remember that. If you did not open windows it got you high. When the authorities recognized that you had to show ID to buy the stuff. | |||
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| 7.62mm Crusader |
Gorilla Glue works good on shoe soles. I glued the bottom of a ladies shoe back on with Gorilla Glue last fall and it was better than the original adhesive. | |||
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The Joy Maker |
The E could mean the endcap of that aisle, that's where I've always seen the Shoe Goo. Of course it might also mean fuckall to us, and is some weird internal designation for WalMart's use only. 
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I'll go with option "B" here. I'm pretty sure their stock positioning is determined by crack-addled gibbons. === I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. | |||
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Reminds me of Skeeter Skelton's remark that it was "too windy to haul rocks." -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
Mmm, I have been informed the active ingredient in 'model glue' that melted plastic and your brains was toluene. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Shoo goo in ladies undergarments? There's either a joke or country song there. _____________________ Be careful what you tolerate. You are teaching people how to treat you. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Shoe department is next aisle over from ladies undergarments. Which also is a tad weird, come to think of it. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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And if it's like my local WM just when you get used to where things are they move hem around on you!!! SigP229R Harry Callahan "A man has got to know his limitations". Teddy Roosevelt "Talk soft carry a big stick" I Cor10: 13 "1611KJV" | |||
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