SHOPPING

I Am Thinking of Dumping Prime for Walmart Because, Duh, Technology

Though honestly, they both suck

I became quite annoyed recently because my wife wanted a particular bottle of Dill Weed, specifically that sold under the Lighthouse brand.

No, I was not annoyed with my wife. Well, a little annoyed, because I’m not sure if it’s Dillweed, Dill Weed, or just Dill, and is the capitalization required? If I get it wrong, the gods of search will laugh at me and spew out random useless results.

Which they did, of course.

I tried Amazon first. Unfortunately, I was already annoyed with Amazon because we need a new kitchen faucet. I knew the manufacturer and the model number, so I typed that into Amazon and was rewarded with an interminable scroll of anything and everything but what I wanted.

So when the Dill Weed results came, my traitorous eyes quickly scanned the page, missed that Lighthouse Dill was the first result,and sent the other results to my already prejudiced brain. I was incensed. I pay $139 a year for Amazon Prime and get treated like this? Bastards!

I fired up the Walmart app.

I hate Walmart. Not the store, but the owners because of their politics and their ruthlessness. I wish I…