spring break at wal-mart

[Gaazy]

you dont like johnny, waylon or willie????/???? gann what is wrong with you woman

[Ginzburgh]

hehe that's sweet

but i still think you're an asshole Wink

Wtf did I ever do to you?

What's with all this Ginz hate? Do you honestly think this is how I am? If I acted like this in real life I'd probably be assassinated.

[leah]

oohhhh chill out. i winked, i was kidding.

[Tacks]

Hah, this nerd made from page of Yahoo. I don't see what the big deal is.

[leah]

there is a big debate raging about it at the des moines register web page.

people are slinging mud like they know who he is, it's retarded.

[Captain Insano]

hello fuckers. post count +1

[Martrae]

Mumbler!

[Martrae]

College Student in Wal-Mart for 41 Hours
Mar 28, 9:55 PM (ET)
By DAVID PITT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Some students set out for sun-drenched beaches and tropical party bars for spring break. Skyler Bartels, a 20-year-old Drake University sophomore, headed for the local Wal-Mart.

Bartels, an aspiring writer from Harvard, Neb., thought he'd spend a week in the store as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. He called his adviser and she liked the idea.

"I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!'" said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, a Drake associate professor of English. "I wasn't quite sure why, but it just sounded like a really good idea."

For 41 hours, Bartels wandered the aisles of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights. He watched shoppers, read magazines, watched movies on the DVD display and played video games.

He bought meals at the in-store Subway sandwich shop, but was able to catch only brief naps in a restroom stall or on lawn chairs in the garden department.

Other shoppers and employees didn't pay much attention until the end of his stay, he said, when it appeared some store greeters began to take notice - pointing at him and whispering.

A shift manager approached him and asked him if he was finding everything he needed.

"He said, 'Didn't I see you over by the magazines, like, five hours ago?' I told him, 'Maybe,'" Bartels said.

Tiring to the point of hallucinating, Bartels said he decided to go home before he was thrown out.

He considered the project a failure.

Then, The Des Moines Register, which had been contacted by Spaulding-Kruse, called to ask him about the experience. Once the story ran, ABC and other networks began calling.

He started his day Tuesday talking with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America" and told The Associated Press he had decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all.

He's talked with a book agent after a Penguin books author saw the story on the Internet. He also has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept.

Tuesday afternoon he did a radio interview with National Public Radio, and CBS'"Late Show with David Letterman" was arranging a flight to New York for an appearance later in the week.

Bartels said he's surprised by the attention, but it's like a dream for anyone with hopes of ever becoming a writer.

"Whereas, I think the project itself is a failure, I could use this media stuff as a third leg of a book if I wrote it, about how America eats this stuff up," he said. "I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage. It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms."

The manager of the Windsor Heights Wal-Mart referred questions to company headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where spokesman Kevin Thornton said Bartels neither violated store policy nor broke the law.

"We were unaware of his presence and if we were aware of it we certainly wouldn't have condoned it," Thornton said. "We're a retailer, not a hotel."

Thornton said the story has taken off because of Wal-Mart's stature.

"We have 3,800 locations in the U.S. One-hundred million people go through our stores every week," he said. "Wal-Mart is part of the fabric of life and this kind of reiterates that."

[leah]

there's another story at http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2006/Mar/EE ... ed284.html that's pretty good also.

the kid is everywhere now hehe

[mofish]

Grats, on CNN. Pretty slick your friend gets a few minutes of fame for that. Props to him

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/29/walmat ... index.html

[Ginzburgh]

Hah, this nerd made from page of Yahoo. I don't see what the big deal is.

Our news media is pathetic.

[leah]

it's just nice to have lighthearted news once in awhile, is all.

it's good to know that everything in the world isn't death and destruction and poverty and all that, and that there are still kids capable of doing something with their spring break other than getting shitfaced and puking all over some bitches hehe

[Ginzburgh]

and that there are still kids capable of doing something with their spring break other than getting shitfaced and puking all over some bitches hehe

Camping out at walmart is "doing something with your spring break"?

[Tacks]

Then do a story about the kid who took his spring break to volunteer at the local hospital or something...this story is just.....stupid and pointless.

[Captain Insano]

I'd rather watch a story about some college kids who decided to burn down some mosques on their spring break. Now thats lightheated reporting!

[Skrum]

I just want to join the bandwagon and state 41 hours is not newsworthy.

[Captain Insano]

lol this kids name is Skyler! ROFL SKYLER! He must be gay! hahah news.

[Drem]

that could be such a funny movie. i'd love to depict wal-mart on film

[Gaazy]

whats wrong with getting fucked up and puking on bitches thats what i did!

[Adivina]

I carried my girlfriend to her car a couple months ago so she wouldnt mess up her nice shoes in the snow.

...and you all thought I was an asshole. Pft.

Aww last week Joey carried me from the car into the house because I tore a tendon in my foot at work. Unfortunatly I have this independance issue when it comes to me being injured, so even though my foot was twice the size it should have been and trying to walk resulted in me falling to the ground, I was still whining at him the whole way to put me down because I could do it myself. I'm kinda stupid that way.

[leah]

*bump*

he's signed with an agent and now has a book and a movie in the works.

starting to get a little ridiculous, even for me.

[Ginzburgh]

*bump*

he's signed with an agent and now has a book and a movie in the works.

starting to get a little ridiculous, even for me.

I'm sure the book will be a real page turner.

[Darcler]

*bump*

he's signed with an agent and now has a book and a movie in the works.

starting to get a little ridiculous, even for me.

I'm sure the book will be a real page turner.

I agree. I am eagerly waiting for this Best Seller to hit shelves.

[10sun]

Who will play Leah in the movie?

[Narrock]

That hawt little fox, Avril Levigne