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[laluzdelmundo]

Thanks for the laugh, @PickyPicky3 !

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[JeanLouiseFinch]

This isn't nice, but don't ya wonder if the pajama wearing shoppers at Walmart even care?  I'm telling ya, last night DH and I ran to a Walmart we never go to for a couple of things. This location was more convenient to two other stores we needed to go to. I was in jeans, a long sleeve t-shirt with an opened flannel over it, and I was on third day hair. I also had on a lightweight puffer jacket from Costco.  I was clean, had makeup on and earrings in, but in no way did I feel dressed up.  Inside Walmart all I saw was people who seemed they couldn't care less about their appearance.  🤦‍♀️

[PickyPicky3]

Yes, the lid has been raised a bit on the meaning of my post.

But there is a second layer there. Obscure, but there nonetheless.

I have added items to my order many times, but this response is new to me. It's the second layer that caused me to send a feedback message to Walmart.

Until tomorrow night........

[50Mickey]

@PickyPicky3     So are you going to let us in on the joke tonight because I still don't see the big deal on the reply from Walmart? 

[Trailrun23]

I think the OP was commenting on the rather formal business language used for something as mundane as a grocery order update. 

[50Mickey]

I get her comment but I guess I didn't see the ha ha moment. I'm sure it's something they have to disclose now because someone somewhere decided to sue Walmart over changing their order. 

[PickyPicky3]

Sorry for the delay...

It's been over 25 years since American commerce removed legalese from simple messages like this. So when I saw it, it just seemed ridiculous. I can't even remember what the old order change message used to say.

But it's not just the legalese -- it's wrong. The message showed the items I added and a listing of my complete order. It's not an overview. So it can't possibly be an updated overview. I revised my order only once, even though I added two items. There were never two revisions. 

My take on this is that the task of rewording the change confirmation was given to an intern -- someone who had grown up without legalese. He or she thought it was a great idea to write it like this. Something new! The giveaway is the incorrect use of overview.

Well, it's not the first time I thought something was really funny and hardly anybody else did. You don't hit a home run every time at bat.