The Walmart next to our house is a SuperCenter which means you can buy your produce right next to your oil. Usually I hate shopping there. It's just too big and if you try and ask an employee a question you end up with blank stares. Occasionally I venture forth into the land of bargain deals and cashiers with teeth missing and glasses taped together, (that was yesterday), for the pure reason that I am in a rush, out of something, and can go looking like this:


I was in for a shock however when I saw a sign stating that Walmart was undergoing renovations and my new Walmart would be opening soon. (They were still open but I guess the new improved one was going to make a debut?) Once I got home I starting asking around. Turns out Walmarts are trying to undergo transformations. No longer will they be seen as the redneck store of the world. No longer will they have the reputation of customers who wear too short cut off jeans and wife beaters with their beer bellies hanging out. Gone will be the piles of Coke and Gatorade in the middle of the aisles. Say farewell to dim ceilings and dirty floors. Even the colors are changing. The new stores shall proudly boast 'comforting' hues of green instead of grays, red, and blues. Aisles are being widened. Produce will be fresh. You might even be able to locate what you were looking for.

In taking all this in I must say I have mixed feelings. Walmart is the store I love to hate. The too big, too much, putting the poor little mom and pop stores out of business monster. I say to myself that I only go when I have to go and that I don't really enjoy it (and I feel pretty honest with myself). But what if it turns out to be convenient and clean? What if the items are clearly labeled and at a lower price? Will I have to take out my curlers? I believe my only hope lies in the employees. So go ahead cashiers! Forget the new training! Ask me if I have ever had a wart on my elbow! Tell me about your granpaps bunion! Be proud that not only do you not know were the floss is but you have also never heard of such an item! In you is our hope! Keep our ideals alive and let us continue to shop at your store only when we have to and allow us to walk out rolling our eyes and holding our heads high!