5. Checker shortage due to alien abductions of low-skilled labor to work in their unobtanium mines.
4. If no one had to wait, no one would ever buy the five pound bags of Skittles that line the checkout aisles.
3. Travis, the manager, really, really regrets his liberal arts degree and he’s taking it out on you.
2. They were going to man every checkout aisle with trained lemurs, but the lemurs unionized. No more lemurs.
1. No pain, no Gain*
*Gain Hawaiian Aloha Detergent With Febreze Freshness: $14.97








I bet it’s a combination of number 3 and number 4.
Although the reason those self-checkout machines never work is probably related to number 2: they unionized so Walmart un-plugged them!
You missed a couple.
- Walmart is powered by frustration.
- More time to view the 270 secrets to turning on your man that Cosmo is offering this month.
Funny post.
Sent them home one minute early so they wouldn’t have to give them a break. The self check outs. Do you have any idea how many people use them to shoplift?