Meanwhile, in Walmart ...

Sweet, look who's updating her blog JUST in the nick of time to keep her promise! I feel like Obama -- YES I CAN update every month.

(OK, no more comparing myself to Obama. However, here is a hilarious -- and surprisingly on key -- country song about him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W57aBMYKvU)

So I bought a battery for my garage door opener at Walmart yesterday. I've done this before and bought exactly the same kind. I got home, put the battery in, pushed the button and it didn't work. I pushed and pushed and pushed, pointed it toward the door this way and that and even turned the battery over even though I knew that wasn't the right way.

Today, I went back to Walmart to get my $3.77 back. The lady at customer service tried to do a return but ran into some weird problems and had to call over another guy. He had no idea what to do so off she went to a manager.

You know when you expect to spend no more than two minutes on something and it takes 10?

I started reading all the signs posted behind the customer service desk, played with the snap on my wallet, checked my phone for the time, then turned around to face all the checkout counters since there was more going on behind me.

I wondered how many Walmart employees are there because there are no other jobs. I wondered if the constant beeping of the scanner gets on their nerves or if they eventually tune it out. I wondered why they couldn't just give me $4 back and be done with it.

The lady came back. "It's rollback time," her pin said. I wondered if she hates wearing it.

I eventually got my money back and left without another battery. What if there's a whole bad batch going around and I have to bring it back again and read more "get your prescription here" signs? I'll only live here another month anyway.

By the way, when did Walmart stop giving out smiley face stickers? Maybe they got tired of peeling them off the buggy handles.