The Dark Seekers

For those of you not familiar with "I am Legend" the latest Will Smith Movie there are a group of um, lets say beings so as not to spoil anything, called the Dark Seekers. Basically they are the villains of the movie and responsible for the demise of any human who invades their territory. This would be the dark.

On Saturday, the Travel-Sized One tried to sacrifice both our lives to our version of the Dark Seekers, the frequenters of a Wal-Mart SuperCenter on a weekend or a week night. When she made the recommendation I looked at her as though she had just ask me to step into oncoming traffic, which by the way I would rather do. I brought up the analogy of the Dark Seekers and the fact that they would tear us limb from limb if we ventured into their territory and like a sympathetic wife she relented. That is why I love her.

After church on Sunday, I decided to be brave and to enter the Dark Seekers' domain. Several anomalies caught my eye. One thing you must know about the Dark Seekers is that when they come to Wal-mart it is a family event. I mean everyone from cousins to kids, to Grandma, to grand pa, to third sons twice removed. EVERYONE comes!

One observation is that the kids always seem to think it is a play ground and therefore commence to run around like little heathens and the parents put on the glasses that disallow them to see this happening. This day was different. One of the kids ran into the Travel-Sized One and the parent actually said, "I'm sorry". After I picked my jaw up off the ground, I raved about the fact that she actually was apologized to for a good fifteen minutes and preceded to vow a blog regarding this phenomenon.

The second phenomenon that shocked me was that we got to the check out and the wife gets in a line that appears to have 8 people in line. I look at her to ask if she has lost her mind and that there are other lanes with 3 or 4 people in them. She then tells me to trust her. So I comply. At this point I see the lady who is in the front of the 7 or 8 people finish her transaction which was no more than 2 or 3 items and begins to walk out. I am not kidding, the entire group walked out with her. It was like they planned a road trip to Wally World and this was their big jaunt for the week. I then figure that the man-hours spent on the 2 or 3 items are one of the main reasons we are in an economic down fall. It was a perfect alignment to most companies I work for. They have 7 or 8 people doing the job that 1 or 2 can do and really on 1 or 2 do it and the other 5 or 6 just collect a pay check. Yes, the economy is bad but I think our inefficiency as a society plays a large role. The proof is in the pudding.

Back in the Saddle

Ok, it has been sometime since I last blogged and a buddy of mine sent me a link to his new blog today so I am feeling froggy and think I may jump back on the old Blog Bandwagon. Right now I am working on a remediation matter that takes up, oh, most of my life so it the witicisms and humor you come to expect from The Traveler may be few and far between but they will come. I have had several moments over the recent hiatus that have screamed "YOU SHOULD BLOG ABOUT THIS MOMENT!", but alas I have been swamped and therefore this has taken a backseat. So get ready for some back to the basics, fair and biased blogging to end all blogging.

Rack'em,
The Traveler