Once, on the old frontier on the western side of Fayetteville, there was a Walmart. In this town, a cowboy named "Quick Nick" needed some Scotchguard for his trusty Stetson. Only, did Quick Nick have the true grit to go down to the Walmart? There were all sorts of burrs in Nicks path. Traffic, four-way stops, runaway shopping carts in the parking lot.
Quick Nick decided to take his chances so he corralled his
Mustang and headed down to the hustling bustling little town of
a store. The air was thick with the musty smell of leather from
tattered purses and wallets open to the waiting checkout girls.
As he walked you could hear the familiar jingle-jangle from the
cash registers. The sound made Quick Nick wince from the pain
and memory of an incident he once had in a Kmart during a blue
light special.
Here at the Walmart, there was a sales Bonanza going on and Quick
Nick soon found himself being swept along with the stampeding
mob. As he passed the "Return" counter he scowled at
the roundup of riffraff bringing back items without a receipt.
Quick Nick was starting to chap at all the noise and confusion.
He didn't like being saddled with the task of breaking up this
mob but he knew it had to be done. So he pulled out his trusty
6 shooter and fired a few rounds in the air. As the dust settled
and the crowd quieted you could see children sneaking behind their
parents legs, dogs creeping backward behind shopping carts,
the little missies peeking
out from behind curtains in the drapery department. "Now
listen up!!" hollered Quick Nick, "It's time you people
had some law and order."
Someone dropped a "Spy Kids" video on the floor. "I
don't mean to steer ya wrong," continued Quick Nick, "but,
you have all gone loco!!" Quick Nick pushed through the crowd,
past the good, the bad and the ugly and continued, "This
is just shopping here, it's not about survival or freedom, or
the right to get cable TV!!"
It seemed his lecture was falling on deaf ears and then suddenly
the crowd parted down the aisle like the Red Sea splitting apart
for Moses. Quick Nick saw the reason. Down at the other end of
the aisle was Bad Bart, Associate Manager for Walmart. Bad Bart
was famous in these here parts. He invented the 20 Checkout
lines, but only 2 open form of payment.
Once again it was gonna come down to this, a gunfight. Bad Bart reached for his holster and yelled down to Quick Nick, "You don't stand a chance pardner, I'm the quickest draw in these here parts."
Quick Nick eyed Bart's hand gripping the yellow pricing gun.
"Don't do it Bart," Nick cried. It was too late. With
the speed of light Bad Bart drew and clicked his gun to 25% off
and starting swiping every item in sight. The crowd exploded.
Quick Nick was swallowed up by the frenzied throng
Somewhere in the desert, as the coyotes howl, the legend still
grows. Somewhere hushed little boys and girls gather to hear
the stories of the once great cowboy Quick Nick. Somewhere still,
hidden away, Quick Nick yet lives, and breaths and watches...
watches on the 35 inch color TV, he got for a steal.