I met him today. That epically incompetent human known as Florida Man. He was working the cash register at Walgreens and when I finally made it to the front of the line I asked him where a specific product could be found.
He shrugged.
“Can’t you look that up on an inventory list?” I asked.
“I never heard of that product. Maybe try the pharmacy.”
I walked back to the pharmacy where a very nice pharmacist waited on me. When I asked about the product she said, “Oh, yes. We have that, but it’s not with the pharmaceuticals. Let me show you.”
She left her section and walked with me to the item I was searching for. I thanked her and went back into the cashier’s line.
Florida Man looks at my item and says, “See, I told you it was in the pharmacy.”
“No sir. The nice pharmacist led me to your part of the store. It was on aisle one.”
“Hm. Well, I never stocked it.”
Now, this is where r go weird. He rang my product up, then asked, “Would you like to donate to runaway children with Alzheimer’s?”
I said, “That makes absolutely no sense. Children don’t get Alzheimer’s except in extremely rare cases of rapid premature aging.”
“That’s what it says on the box of red noses. For the benefit of runaway children with Alzheimer’s”
I looked at the box filled with red rubber clown noses. “Sir, these are given in exchange for donations to fight childhood poverty. Not for runaway children with Alzheimer’s.”
“Maybe they meant autism. Runaway children with autism. That’s who the red noses benefit. Do you want to donate?”
“Oh good grief. Sure. Just read the box before you misrepresent the purpose of the red noses again.”
As I left the store, I heard him ask another customer, “Do you want to donate to runaway children with Alzheimer’s?”
Florida Man, no doubt.
Peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Don’t you figure we live in the dumbest state? And Walgreens, no less. I’d have figured Walmart.
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Sometimes I wonder how we function as a state at all.
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Oh my. That is so sloven. Report him to manager, but maybe he really, really needs the money/job. Amazing that he showed up for work.
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He might be the only employee they could get. Times are tough these days.
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OMG.
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Leslie, you have the uncanny ability to leave me speechless quite often with your stories. I truly believe you are but one of a handful of Florida citizens with any IQ and ability to think rationally. How people such as this even breathe without guidance is beyond me.
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Trust me—some days I come across as having lost one too many brain cells in my misspent youth. Maybe that’s why my radar seeks out people like this dude.
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I’m thinking he can’t read.
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Super post
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Oh my lord. Unreal
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I’ve not heard of one of those. Thanks for the warning.
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😉
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I believe you, Leslie, but this is pretty unbelievable!
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It was NUTS! I just hope I didn’t come across as a complete Karen. I was just taken aback by his total disregard of the facts.
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I’d say this guy needs some mindfulness training. 🙂
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I did wonder for a moment if he was putting me on. But he was dead serious.
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Some people shouldn’t even bother getting out of bed in the morning.
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I have to say the majority of Floridians I meet are intelligent but it could be the crowd I hang out with. The ones on the street or the ones we read about like in the NY Post and the horrible crime wave overtaking Manhattan-we should believe some and nay say the rest. At least, we are in a popular hot spot of the world, right now.
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