No way!

 
Today I was at Wal-Mart, which for some reason, has changed its name to Walmart, but anyway, I saw something so hideous, it had to be reported.  I knew they would do this early.  It seems earlier every year.  And technically, I saw it two days ago, but I had something more important to talk about two days ago, so I am telling you about it today.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES WERE OUT!  Not kidding.  July 1st.  Really.

I know we seem to start school early, but who the heck WANTS to buy their school supplies on July 1st?  Seriously!  Tell me!  This makes not one iota of sense.

No one was touching them.  Not one packet of paper had been lifted from the display.  Not one notebook had been removed from the shelf.  Not one pencil box had been taken from the end cap.  No one was falling for this early school supply marketing ploy.  We Walmart shoppers are wise.

If you are at Walmart, it is most likely NOT your first rodeo.  You've been there before.  You know the ropes.  You know how the self-checkout lane works.

And, if you are like me, you may have left an entire cart full of stuff right there by the check out lane once because you were irritated with the lack of check out line availability.  Just sayin'.

It is simply too dang early to have school supplies out on the shelves.  I mean honestly.  If there are actually people who want to buy their school supplies in June or July, they can go to an office supply store or something like that.  Just a suggestion.