I will share my own little personal Wal-Mart story.
Back in 2001, my father was dying from brain cancer. I was making trips from Seattle to San Francisco almost on a monthly basis to see him. Sometimes I would fly and other times I would drive.
In June of 2001 we'd just brought home our little dog, who was a 2 lb. puppy at the time. (She's 6 lbs now) Anyway, my Father loved this dog so many of the trips I made after we got her were made by car so I could bring her with me.
In August of 2001 I made a trip by car and stopped in the town of Yreka, California, which is right near the northern border with Oregon. Yreka is on the other side of Mount Shasta and in the summer, it gets blistering hot there. This day was no different- it was 110 in the shade when I rolled in there at about 3 pm after driving straight through from the early AM.
There is a big Walmart right near I-5 and I decided (against my better judgment) to stop there for some Gatoraide before continuing on to San Francisco. Since it was so hot outside, there was no way in HELL I was leaving my tiny dog in the car, so I carried her inside the store with me. The greeter was a trashy looking girl straight out of the trailer park, and the minute she saw this 2 lb dog in my hand she said, "Uh, you can't have that dog in here!" I said, "Please, I have been driving from Seattle since 5 am, it is 110 out there and I only want to get some gatorade and then I'll be on my way...."
I then dashed to the refrigerated case with my dog still in my hand (my dog's feet never touched the ground in the store), grabbed a gatorade and made my way to the checkout line. Just as I was doing this, I heard this same girl over the PA system say, "Manager, please call the greeter desk, Manager, please call the greeter desk right away, thank you!"
I paid for the drink and headed out to my car. Just as I was exiting the parking lot, I saw a YREKA POLICE CAR enter and the cop was scanning the parking lot... and I realized then that the store personnel had called the POLICE ON ME!!!
Needless to say, I avoid that godforsaken town AND WALMART no matter how hot and thirsty I am.
(I hope I don't offend anyone that is in love with Yreka... but it genuinely sucks @ss and so does WALMART!)