Sometimes, you just have to laugh because otherwise – you’d cry. I think that’s how most of us are feeling right about now while we’re stuck in homes trying to save lives. Of course, we still have to venture out to get necessities, like groceries. One mom recently took a trip to Walmart and decided to have a little fun and try to brighten people’s day.
Mother-of-five, Amy Cook, walked around the store and stuck dozens of hilarious and witty sticky notes all over the shelves.
Keep reading to see the hysterical results that she later shared on Facebook.
Parents are feeling the pain right now when it comes to homeschooling, that’s for sure. Many of them are just barely on the brink of sanity. So? Why not laugh a little?
Amy shared all of these photos along with the caption:
“Went to Walmart this morning to fill the cupboards and freezer (also had some old guy behind me in line call me an idiot under his breath knowing I would hear him so I promptly spun around and informed him that I have 5 children and was only buying a normal amount of GROCERIES)…and decided to spread some cheer and hopefully giggles in this stressful time. My goal was to reach the stressed overworked employees and make them laugh especially with all of the horrible customers they have been dealing with and the exhausting back breaking labor they’ve been putting in to keep the shelves loaded as best they can. To all retail employees, we LOVE and appreciate you and hope for your health and safety! I hope you found these entertaining and not annoying ❤️
Side note: If you saw these shopping I hope they made you laugh ❤️ please don’t run to Walmart just to find them…practice safety and stay home unless you need groceries. And WASH YO HANDS. Thank you 💜”
If someone has never seen “Silence of the Lambs” before, then they are going to be thoroughly confused and a bit creeped out. If you have seen the movie, then it’s just good for a chuckle.
Amy spoke with Bored Panda about how she came up with the idea for these funny notes:
“Many of them are borrowed from memes, so I don’t want to act like I’m taking credit for the wording of everything. My idea was pairing those hilarious sayings with products to give others a giggle,” Amy told them. “The self-quarantine, Wilson, Yoda, max capacity 10, lotion, listen Linda, Michigan hat, quarantine motto, Canadian club, cheese, toilet paper (wash your butt), Krusty Krab, nuggets, coffee filters, lasagna, beans, and trash bags were things I just came up with for the most part. Everything else came from recent memes that I found hilarious. I wish I knew the creators so I could credit them for their wit.”
“My favorite was probably the Gas-X one. It makes me giggle every time. It was honestly easier to come up with them that I thought. Once I started, the ideas just kept coming,” she continued to explain.
You know, with all this time on our hands, it’s easy to get caught up and lost in our thoughts. Thinking of the most random things you could possibly think of. Like this, for example. We like it.
The small note reads, “One piece of med advice I won’t be following is the Am. Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines on screentime”. I think it’s safe to say that many parents are on this same boat. Of course, make sure to still have them play outside if you can.
Amy continued on to talk to Bored Panda about why she wanted to bring smiles to employees’ faces.
“These employees are exhausted and overworked and many are doing jobs they didn’t even originally sign up for. They’re unloading heavy pallets as fast as they can only to be greeted with ungrateful and hostile customers because products are out of stock beyond their control.”
“I spoke to a dear friend who told me horrifying stories of being called horrible names, being told they are worthless by customers because of items being gone. It’s. Not. Their. Fault,” Amy pointed out. “She also told me that theft has been a huge issue, which in turn means their systems won’t order items automatically or allow them to because it thinks there is so much in stock when there isn’t. So that’s even more work to go through and manually adjust and rescan items 1 by 1 to fix this problem.”
This note was from a viral YouTube video of a boy arguing with an adult about not listening.
I think we all wish we could uninstall and reinstall 2020 right about now.
She added: “Many problem customers aren’t getting that (nor do they care) and are just taking their panicked anger out on the employees. A simple thank you and being polite goes a long way.”
Considering we’re all going to be stuck in our houses until May. What exactly goes on the calendar now? Chore schedules? Dinner schedules? Pajama-washing schedules? Or you could just leave it blank until May.
It turns out that Amy must not be a Michigan fan because she’s really giving it to them with this burn. But at the same time, no sports are competing right now anyway, so…who cares?
Anyone who has allergies right now knows that sneezing or having a runny nose in front of people doesn’t look real good. It doesn’t matter that it’s full-blown Spring right now. People will judge.
Your parents would have killed you if they knew that you snuck into that club. So, it was super important to scrub off that stamp. In 2020? Those are just good hand-washing techniques.
“For the most part, we’ve gotten what we needed (and I just buy a normal amount of groceries, usually 2-3 weeks at a time bare minimum because with kids I don’t have time or even want to go to the store all the time). But I’ve had to make multiple trips to get everything because of shortages. Even making one dinner, I’ve had to go out 2-3 times to get all the ingredients or hit multiple stores and that’s not helping anyone. It’s not helping to end this,” she explained.
“Some people want to blame big families but in reality, there was always enough product before for everyone, so what’s the issue now? Unfortunately, it’s people freaking out and hoarding more than they need. It’s people that don’t actually need things going ‘well there’s only a few left, I should take them just in case,’ and then the people who do use and need those things in their normal daily life can’t buy them.”
“So they’ve had to put restrictions in place—understandably—but it causes a spiral effect of issues because instead of going to the store once a week or once every couple weeks, people have to go every other day. Until the hoarders stop clearing the shelves, the shortages won’t stop, and people will continue making repeated trips to get what they need. 2-3 trips or more to get what they could have accomplished normally in one. This is causing more crowds, more germs, more issues. It’s a vicious cycle,” Amy said about Ohio, her home state.
You know that people are drinkin’ during these times when liquor stores are considered “essential services”. But, really – aren’t they? With nothing but time on your hands and nowhere to go, we say – cheers!
No matter what you need to stock up on, it’s important that you limit your outings as much as possible. So, yes, that means you might as well get the big bottle. It’s for humanity.
This funny quote was a spin on the “It’s the effing Catalina wine mixer” quote from Step Brothers with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. If you haven’t seen it, this is the perfect time to do so. You’ll most certainly be laughing the entire time.
Right now, anything goes. There are no rules anymore. What day is it? Who knows! Want to crack that beer at 9 am? Go for it! Ice cream for breakfast? You betcha!
“After the Post-it trip, I have only done grocery pickup so far, but it’s a cycle of picking up the order, finding out stuff was out of stock, and having to reorder again or with someone else to try and get those items. Rinse and repeat,” Amy says about her routine now.
“We are fortunate in my area that many local schools set up meals for the kiddos, so they have been working their butts off organizing that and we have pickups about once a week in which they distribute food for multiple days. Drinks, snacks and then lunch and breakfast foods.”
“As a working mom (working from home but still full time), I greatly appreciate that not only from a time sense as it makes lunch a breeze, but because of the grocery shortage and Covid issue as a whole. I’m not forced to make trips and fight the shortages to buy things for lunches because it’s been taken care of. Normally, my kids buy hot lunch 3-4 days a week, so we are so grateful for our schools for stepping up during this crazy time.”
Who doesn’t love a little SpongeBob SquarePants? We don’t care how old you are – it’s funny. There’s another thing that you can go ahead and binge-watch with the family.
If people don’t stop hoarding the toilet paper, people are going to have to resort to some interesting tactics. And you know coffee filters are going to be near the top of that list. Don’t make anyone do that, please. Just buy what you need.
If toilet paper usage is a concern of yours, you might want to steer clear of the bean aisle at the store. Just sayin’. Otherwise, some Pepto Bismol might also need to be on your shopping list.
Watch out, Kelis! You can have too many boys showing up to the yard because of that milkshake. Limit that gathering to 9 boys and make sure you’re all standing at least 6 feet apart.
That organized event to flood Area 51 never really went anywhere and of fell through. Now that the government is kinda busy doing other stuff, maybe we should try again? Just a thought.
Sneezing used to just be something people would do and you’d casually give them a nice little “bless you” or something along those lines. Now? You better get the heck away from me and put yourself in lockdown! Are you trying to kill everyone?!
Alrighty, it seems like we’ve all had enough of 2020 at this point. So, let’s just toss it in the garbage and skip right ahead to 2021. Maybe we’ll have better luck there.
We have to give Amy Cook a round of applause for her creativity and sense of humor. As well as her compassion and kindness toward others. Thanks for making us laugh, Amy!
Funny mom leaves hilarious sticky notes all over Walmart to lift spirits
Ashley Fike
04.02.20
Sometimes, you just have to laugh because otherwise – you’d cry. I think that’s how most of us are feeling right about now while we’re stuck in homes trying to save lives. Of course, we still have to venture out to get necessities, like groceries. One mom recently took a trip to Walmart and decided to have a little fun and try to brighten people’s day.
Mother-of-five, Amy Cook, walked around the store and stuck dozens of hilarious and witty sticky notes all over the shelves.
Keep reading to see the hysterical results that she later shared on Facebook.
