When Walmart Stockers get too overzealous with box cutting...

Our first clue that something was wrong, was when Mike took the Cans of V8 out of the sack and noticed the sack was wet. Not a huge surprise because the shelf the V8's are on are always covered in spilled Tomato Juice. So we just assumed we grabbed an 8 pack that happened to be sitting in a pool of some other injured cans' fluid.

Mike started taking the V8's and inspecting them just in case. Sure enough one of the cans happened to have a little slash in the side of it. The perfect size slash to fit a box cutter. So Mike calls me in to show me the slash in the can. I took a quick look then start blabbing on about other things... all the while standing by him. Mike then gets the brilliant idea to push in the slash with his thumb. Not a big deal since he was holding the can over the sink and V8's are not carbonated. Surprise! Those cans are under a lot of pressure.

So I am standing there talking and out of nowhere I got sprayed with Tomato Juice. After the initial shock... I realized I was wearing my favorite beige sweater. I then got a bit angry and had some not-so-nice words for Mike. In fact I was almost in tears thinking my sweater was ruined. Never mind the fact that I loved that sweater so much that I bought an extra one just in case something like this happened. I was still not happy. The Kitchen was a mess! I went in and rubbed oxy clean on my sweater while Mike cleaned up. I am still waiting for the washer to get done to see if my sweater survived. I have my fingers crossed.

I had V8 in my hair and all over my face and even on my pants. The kitchen was a lot worse than me. Mike got away with only a few spots on his shirt... but a whole lot of cleaning to do. About 2o minutes after he finished, I was in the kitchen and noticed he completely missed the light above the sink. I quickly got a picture.

It is hard to see it... but there is tomato juice all over the light and dripping off the side of the cupboard. I also took a picture of the culprit. Notice the thumb sized whole in the side of the can?
Moral of the story... Check all your cans before leaving Walmart. You never know when the stocker got a bit out of hand while slashing open those boxes!