Ok.... Just figured I'd share this for the laughs.
Went to Walmart, got a haircut, got the dog a new engraved tag, headed over to sporting goods to buy a couple boxes of WWB .40SW 180 grain FMJ.
Asked the sporting goods manager at the counter for Winchester USA 180 grain .40 Smith and Wesson. He looked at the boxes. He asks, "You want .45?". I reply, "No, above it, the .40S&W." He points at the boxes entirely confused (I'm thinking - learn to read!!!). So I give verbal directions for his hand to follow. "Up... ok, now over 2 boxes to the left...... no, that's 4 boxes, you went past it. Go back...." etc.
We get to the .40SW. I can't see what they in the small print say because the counter is a good 10 feet from the case. I tell him I want the ones in 180 grain. He takes a box and hands it to me. It was 165 grain. "No, you see here where it says 165 grains? I need the one that says 180 grains FMJ"
He takes the box back and says (without even looking), "There is no such thing as a 180 grain full metal jacket. All 180 grain bullets are hollow-point."
I was trying to avoid laughing as hard as I wanted to, because frankly I had a full bladder and was worried I might have an accident.
So I eventually just told him to give me one of the "Yellow Remington boxes that says .40SW" - which I knew from the past was 180 grain FMJ. I was hoping to get WWB, but oh well.
There's no moral to this story. Although I am worried about the literacy rate in this country.
Went to Walmart, got a haircut, got the dog a new engraved tag, headed over to sporting goods to buy a couple boxes of WWB .40SW 180 grain FMJ.
Asked the sporting goods manager at the counter for Winchester USA 180 grain .40 Smith and Wesson. He looked at the boxes. He asks, "You want .45?". I reply, "No, above it, the .40S&W." He points at the boxes entirely confused (I'm thinking - learn to read!!!). So I give verbal directions for his hand to follow. "Up... ok, now over 2 boxes to the left...... no, that's 4 boxes, you went past it. Go back...." etc.
We get to the .40SW. I can't see what they in the small print say because the counter is a good 10 feet from the case. I tell him I want the ones in 180 grain. He takes a box and hands it to me. It was 165 grain. "No, you see here where it says 165 grains? I need the one that says 180 grains FMJ"
He takes the box back and says (without even looking), "There is no such thing as a 180 grain full metal jacket. All 180 grain bullets are hollow-point."
I was trying to avoid laughing as hard as I wanted to, because frankly I had a full bladder and was worried I might have an accident.
So I eventually just told him to give me one of the "Yellow Remington boxes that says .40SW" - which I knew from the past was 180 grain FMJ. I was hoping to get WWB, but oh well.
There's no moral to this story. Although I am worried about the literacy rate in this country.