This dude tried it but only lasted 41 hours..

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"College student lives in Wal-Mart for 41 hours He ate at in-store restaurant, napped in restroom or on lawn chairs Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Posted: 10:43 a.m. EST (15:43 GMT) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- For spring break, some college students set out for sun-drenched beaches or cheap European cities. Skyler Bartels headed for the local Wal-Mart. Bartels, 20, an aspiring writer and Drake University sophomore, thought he'd spend a week in a Wal-Mart as a test of endurance, using it as the premise for a magazine article. His college adviser liked the idea. "I just intuitively thought, 'This is brilliant!"' said Carol Spaulding-Kruse, an 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 a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Windsor Heights that's open 24 hours a day. He checked out 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, TV networks began calling. He also talked with a book agent, has been contacted by New Line Cinema about a movie concept and did a radio interview with National Public Radio. Bartels told The Associated Press he has decided the stunt wasn't such a failure after all. "I'm incredibly happy with the press coverage," he said. "It would be kind of silly not to accept it with open arms." Wal-Mart 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." "

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

3/29/2006 5:20:40 PM

Man...dude is gonna be setup now. I'd go bonkers by 41 hours too.

3/29/2006 5:26:18 PM

There was one dude who stayed in a Home Depot or something for like 48 hours two or three years ago, and not only did he produce an entertaining chronicle of the adventure, but it also seems a lot more hardcore than Wal-Mart to me. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

3/29/2006 5:26:31 PM

obviously not b/c no one is making a movie about it

3/29/2006 5:34:25 PM

"where the heart is" is about a girl who has a baby in a walmart and lives there

3/29/2006 5:37:27 PM

i won't be going to see a boring ass movie on walmart

3/29/2006 5:42:23 PM

BOOM

A WHOLE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE EVENT AND THE BET THAT INSPIRED IT

http://www.typicalcrap.net/home_depot/index.html

3/29/2006 5:47:47 PM

This makes the news why???

Tim Coffeild (sp?) did a parody article in the Technician a couple of years ago with this idea. This individual may make money from this ... wonderful. It only takes one stupid marketable idea to retire off of ... I gotta work harder on thinking up a "Pet Rock"...

3/29/2006 5:51:47 PM

so it wasn't like a saved by the bell hide-in-a-tent-when-the-mall-closes thing, he just walked around in wal-mart

why is this interesting to anyone

it's mildly more entertaining than taking a nap while wearing shoes and a hat, but just barely

3/29/2006 5:52:16 PM

this kid needs to get a hobby and/or job

3/29/2006 6:02:41 PM

Its just a copy of the book/movie "Where the Heart Is". The girl in the book lived in Walmart for weeks.

3/29/2006 6:05:35 PM

back in high school, we made plans to spend an entire 3-day weekend in the local 24 hour K-Mart. i think i should bring that back up this summer...

3/29/2006 6:25:08 PM

that guy looked like he belonged in a walmart, they had some big rucus about him on cnn today. I dont see what makes him so special, me and my friends would do shit like that all the time.

3/29/2006 11:15:31 PM

3/30/2006 10:46:52 AM

^ lol

3/30/2006 10:53:05 AM

FUCKING DOUCHE BAG

3/30/2006 10:56:17 AM

titties > Walmart

3/30/2006 2:56:51 PM

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"BOOM A WHOLE WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE EVENT AND THE BET THAT INSPIRED IT http://www.typicalcrap.net/home_depot/index.html"

I was about to search out that website as soon as I clicked on this thread. It's one of my favorites of all time. The best quote from that site...

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"11:19 AM I am in the garden section right now so it seems logical that I dwell on something else that I have no idea about. Women. There is quite a wide range of things that I don't understand about women, but one of the things that bugs me the most often is when women place the strap of their purse right in-between their tits. Ok. I admit it. I was staring at your tits. But that gives you no reason to put that strap there. Are you trying to make sure that magically and delicious don't fight? Or are you just looking for attention. Well let me save you the trouble, you look like a moron. A male equivalent would be for me to duct tape my balls to my stomach in order to get them out of the way (Note to self: Stay away from duct tape aisle). It doesn't look good and it doesn't serve any purpose. Ladies if you want to draw attention to your breasts just shove them in my face. Forget this purse strap bullshit. Ladies and gents, Nightwing has just taken you to school. "

3/30/2006 3:04:57 PM

what a tool.

3/30/2006 3:37:41 PM

What a fucking hippie

3/30/2006 7:43:22 PM

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

HAHAH thats the best part

3/30/2006 9:03:52 PM

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""where the heart is" is about a girl who has a baby in a walmart and lives there"

it's fucking sad that i have seen this lifetime movie you speak of.

shoot me now.

3/30/2006 9:42:04 PM