My Single Mom Life

I went and got the converter box at the evil Walmart, and I'm quite glad I only had to pay $9.87 + tax.
I'll explain that, but first let me tell you about the fabulous customer service at Walmart. /sarcasm
Again.

I run in, find it in the electronics department where nobody is working, or if they were, they were not where any customer could possibly find them.
I make my way to the register, I have exactly 2 items, the converter box and a soda.
The cashier scans the box and the soda, and I hand her the coupon card, it's not a paper coupon, it looks like a credit or debit card, so of course, the cashier is absolutely baffled as to how to apply it.

She turns on her register light for a manager.
This register that I'm at is right next to the service desk and the manager podium.
The manager is at the podium, it's about 5 feet away from this register.
He looks up at her, down at his employee schedule for the day, and asks her if she wants her break.
She says no, so then he says, "Turn your light back on then."
Uh...
I said to him, "She needs help applying the converter box coupon please".
He looks up again, she shows him the card, he says "I don't know how to use that", and looks back down at his papers.
Uh.....
So I said, "Sir, it's the converter box coupon program, but it's not a paper coupon with a code, it has a scan bar, like a credit card. If you don't know how to apply it, can you please find someone who does know?"
He stares at me, and just then another manager walks up to the podium, and he mumbles converter box coupon, help, apply, and she comes over, looks at it, and says, "I have no idea".
Uh....
So I said,"It is like a debit card, so maybe she should hit debit, swipe it, and hit enter?"
This lady who just got done saying she doesn't know, says "Ma'am, it says right on it coupon, so we have to apply it as a coupon. Mary, just hit coupon, enter the amount $40.00, and hit enter, maybe that will work".
So Mary does that, and the register asks for a code, they don't have one, so they stand there staring at the card, decide to read the back of it, and then the manager lady just plops in her manager key, and hits enter, over ride, and her manager number code.
It deducts the $40, but that is so not the way to do it obviously.
And obviously, no one at Walmart has a clue how to use this coupon card, so Mary's till is probably going to be all screwed up at the end of the day, short by $40, or some other problem.
But whatever, not my problem, just finish my stuff so I can leave.
I swipe my debit card, wait for my receipt and run the hell outta there.
I hate that place.

Now, onto the converter box itself.
It works, it works quite nicely when the signal is strong, but just like an antenna, if the wind blows, buh-bye pretty picture.
And some local channels will not tune in at all.
WWSB, and WFLA, which both brag about broadcasting in HD digital, do not tune in at all.
Nada, zip, zero, zilch.
I've been home for over 2 and a half hours, had this thing hooked up in seconds, and have been attempting to tune in all the channels since.
I get a lot of channels now, there's like 6 different PBS stations, a few ION stations, some more Spanish channels, Qubo, which is for kids, and all of the channels I previously picked up with the antenna, are coming in really nice, until the wind blows.
But both the above channels, are local news stations, I watch them both for local news, and the fact that they won't come in, is well, irritating.
I'll keep messing with it, I may need to buy a stronger antenna, something called an Ang, I think, it's supposed to be better at picking up digital signals, even though I have an antenna that does that, I just may need one with more power.
*muwhahahah! I need! More! Powwwwer!*

So that's how my day is so far, how's yours going?