A rant

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We got back from my parent's last night. The house is a mess and we are overrun with laundry but that isn't going to change today since grocery shopping and a play date are taking precedence. I wrote this rant a while back but didn't post it for fear of sounding mean and petty. But since I've got nothing else, it is now going up.  

I'm not an anti-walmart person. I, personally, would rather shop at Target since I have better things to do with my time than spend an hour wandering around looking for three items then another hour in the one line that is open, but that is a personal preference thing. I'm not morally opposed to them.

But they have recently made my "bad" list. Except I don't have a bad list. But if I did, they would be on it. Why? That stupid radio commercial that I've been subjected to recently. I can't find it for you but if you happen to have a children's music station on Pandora, you've probably heard it. If not, it goes something like this:

Snarky woman: It would be nice to stay at home in my pajamas and eat chicken noodle soup when my kids are sick. But I have places to be. Which is why I go to Wal-mart...

Announcer: Blah Blah Blah Wal-mart has good prices on Nyquil and Chapstick (Sidenote: Chapstick, really? Your kid is sick and you run out for chapstick?) Blah Blah Blah

Snarky woman: Walmart helps my kids get up and going again so they can get back to school. Which is where they need to be because I have this little thing called work to think about.

 I have to mute the radio/computer every time it comes on now, even if it means running across the house. I can't fully convey her tone but when I call her the "snarky woman," I'm serious, she is sarcastic and very condescending.

As a SAHM, I find it just a tad offensive for someone to say that it is imply that I enjoy staying home with my sick kid. Not really. Other than the chicken pox, Lucy has only had one cold but it was awful. She was cranky and didn't nap well. She wanted to nurse but couldn't breathe so I ended up with snot and tears all over my chest holding a very frustrated only partially full baby. When she wasn't trying to nurse, we spent our time in a hot steamy bathroom until she finally fell asleep - but only for about 30 minutes at a time. So even though I was gross and now super sweaty, after weighing my sleep vs shower option, I choose sleep, since I knew as soon as she woke up, the fun would begin again. But that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was knowing she felt awful and not being able to fix it. So no, I don't think it was a particularly "nice" day.

But I don't mean to start a mommy war battle with this. I think I would be even more offended by this ad if I was a working mom. I  know some working moms and even though trying to figure out work stuff is an extra stress at times like that, their first concern when they have a sick kid, is the sick kid. I've never read a post by a mom that went: My kid is sick. He spent the night hacking and coughing then finally fell asleep at 11pm after the meds kicked in. Got a doctor's appointment for this morning. But the worst part - I have to miss work! 


Somehow Wal-mart has managed to insult both stay-at-home moms and working moms. Which would be pretty much everyone who shops at Wal-mart, right? Well done, ad firm, well done.