I was in Wal-Mart about a month ago. A man caught my eye. He was an older white man, with a white beard, white hair, and dark eyebrows. (The fact that he was white made him stick out a little, because in this town and especially this walmart, whites are a minority. That wasn’t racist, just fact.) He was lifting cases of canned food and putting them in his cart. This guy had a lot of cans. I didn’t see his face very clearly, but he kind of reminded me of Sean Connery.
When I got to the check out line, he was in front of me. I saw his face, and WOW, this guy really looked like Sean Connery. Wait… Was this Sean Connery?! In my walmart?! In my checkout lane?! I kept looking around, trying to figure out if other people were freaking out, too. But no one seemed to be looking past their own carts and the check out lady looked too depressed to be begging for autographs. Mr. Connery must have noticed that I was staring (I really couldn’t help it…), and he decided to explain all of his canned food, “I’m going on a camping trip!” I flipped out – he had a funny Scottish accent! Holy cow, surely it couldn’t be? Time to figure things out. As he handed his license to the cashier, I leaned forward to see it. Texas. I’m doubting a rich actor would take up residence in this area of Texas. But what if he was just passing through? What if he’s one of those actors who wants normalcy? He accidentally tried to take my cart instead of his with all the cans. He apologized, and since I was still staring, he motioned to all of his canned food, “This isn’t all for me!” I snapped out of it and said, “Uh huh…Sure it’s not!” Then told him to have fun camping. And he was gone. Like that.
No one else noticed or cared, but I’m telling you – this guy was spitting image. So now I think I must’ve come across some crazy impersonator. I called Kevin as soon as I left the store!
What’s your craziest Walmart experience?
