Hobby Lobby Hell

Seriously, why do I keep going to that store?

I can’t stand to walk in there and see all the junk they have. Who really buys that stuff?

I can’t stand to see the Christmas trees out the day after Labor Day. Who’s thinking about Christmas in September? I mean, it’s against the law to think about any holiday other than my birthday in September!

I can’t stand to stand in line with 50 other people at the one open checkout lane that is open out of 12.

I can’t stand to watch the cashiers struggle to TYPE in the prices of each and every item I’m trying to purchase. Really?! No barcodes yet? It’s 2008!!! Barcodes have been around for, oh, 100 years! How can they possibly make any money they way they control (or not) their inventory?

Have you ever gone to Hobby Lobby and not gotten stuck in the check out line? Last week I went there to get adhesives for my scrapbooking weekend. I went in, took 2 minutes to walk to the back of the store, grab my goods, and get back to the front of the store. I stood in line behind 2 people for 15 MINUTES! Yup - 15 minutes because the cashier typed in the wrong price (it was supposed to be on sale) and couldn’t figure out how to go back - or how to call the manager for help.

Yesterday, I got in line behind 1 person, and promptly went to another line. The first line was totally stuck because the credit card machine wasn’t working and they couldn’t figure out how to cancel the transaction. So I FINALLY get to the cashier in my 2nd line and decide I’ll write a check because I’ve heard them say they’ve had trouble with the credit card machine all day. After what seemed like an eternity to ring up my stuff (she typed in the price of my adhesives one by one  . . . I’m pretty sure you can type the price once and say “X5″ somehow), I gave her my check. It froze the system. It wouldn’t go through. She had to CALL someone for verification! This “someone” was a machine . . . a friggin’ machine had to give her a confirmation number, which she had to hand write on my check. THEN, the register locked up. She ended up having to cancel the entire transaction, start over, say I paid cash, and write the words “Check payment” on my recipt.

WTH?!

So anyway, why do I keep going back to this store?

It must be for the off chance that stickers or adhesives will be 50% off.

I’m pretty sure it’s not worth it. My time is worth more than that discount.