The WALMART Excuse

It makes no difference whom I’m talking with. I can be at any type of gathering or having a one on one conversation   -that’s going on for too long.  So when it’s time for me to go, all I have to say is, “Sorry I can’t stay, I have to go to WALMART!” Yes Walmart. For some strange reason most other excuses just don’t seem important enough to the other person. Try using the getaway excuse that you have to go grocery shopping, get a bite to eat, go to work or that you need to go home.  Didn't you feel some resistance or even a resentment from them for using one of these lame excuses? Don’t say you have to go to Target either, it doesn't get the same results.  But it always works when you say, "I am going to Walmart!" You’ll receive quick agreement, sympathy, understanding, and even partisan interest. Most importantly, you'll receive their gracious permission to leave right away.  I’m not suggesting that you lie. Maybe you meant that you’ll be going to Walmart in the near future and it was they who thought that you meant right now. I don't even know why the Walmart excuse works so well, it just does. Maybe it activates a shopping impulse in others by igniting a sudden urge, desire, or inclination for them to run over to Walmart themselves. Of course, every great excuse has an antidote. If you’re in a relationship with the name dropper just say, “Hey, I want to go to Walmart too, I'll go with you!”