Introspection
Posted on April 26, 2004 @ 3:57 pm
I used to think that my tendency toward feelings of stress and anxiety while grocery shopping at Wal-Mart suggested an emerging case of agoraphobia, but upon further reflection, I’ve decided that I’m just an antisocial jerk.
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Nah, you’re just having an allergic reaction to all that stupidity crammed into such a tiny space.
Sounds like the same feeling I get when I walk into the King College cafeteria. It’s not a “I’m afraid these people are staring at me and they think I’m a moron” anxiety, it’s more of a “gah, you people get on my nerves” problem. Or it’s the same kind of aggravation that builds up when there is a customer at work that just refuses to leave the register while we are working on something. I just want to scream, “go away!!” Grr. I’m not anxious, I just don’t like people.
Ionno… I hate big stores like the Wal/K-mart, etc… Especially IKEA… that’s the worst. The IKEA in Richmon that my GF forces me to go to is quite literally 2 city blocks large… I go into hysterics…
That was meant to somehow be relevant and relieving… Big places full of crap are mentally challening of my basic beliefs in rationality.
When I worked for Kinko’s, one of our corporate vice presidents was a very wealthy former debutante who went to private schools and belonged to country clubs her entire life.
Before a meeting, I told a few of my co-workers about a bad experience I’d just had at the local Wal-Mart.
The VP joined in the discussion and it soon became obvious that she thought that my story about GOING to Wal-Mart was a joke. She’d never been to one and didn’t believe anyone she worked with had either.
“Goodness, I can’t imagine how HORRIBLE that must have been for you.” she chuckled with a clenched jaw and a hint of sarcasm that reminded me of Thurston Howell, III.
She really thought I was making the whole thing up as clever put down of those poor unfortunate souls who actually shop at places like Wal-Mart.
Now, who do you think is a REAL jerk?
Shopping at Walmart? You’ve been bewitched by Paul Harvey. Is a mega bucks mattress in your future too?