A young couple settle their differences at a Walmart customer service counter.
Couples argue all the time. It’s a fact of life.
Hollywood classics like Kramer vs Kramer and Sleepless in Seattle dramatize the confusing and emotionally draining arguments that accompany traumatic experiences like divorce. Fortunately, these circumstances are often once in a lifetime events (or twice if you’re the current POTUS).
But, when one is in a relationship, common occurrences create hostility, too. At least when there are deeper relationship issues at play.
For instance: arguing over a Walmart Receipt. It’s a battle fought regularly, but one which rarely boils over into turmoil.
Unless you’re Dale and Meggie; the young married duo who’ve each got a tidal wave of grievances against the other.
For Dale, these beefs come in the form of toilet rolls, wrapping paper, a baby monitor, batteries, and a scooter: all items Dale regards as unnecessary purchases by his wife. And all items Dale intends to return to Walmart post-haste.
But when Meggie turns up in the store, she tearfully reveals there’s a story and purpose behind every single thing she buys. Purposes that can’t be measured in dollars, despite Dale’s angry tirade.
Purposes like helping someone in need. Caring for your own blood. Showing love for your significant other.
Are those purposes strong enough to overcome Dale’s fury at Meggie's “spendthrift” ways?
Or is Dale ultimately a fool who sees the price of everything but the value of nothing?
Walmart Receipt answers these questions and makes one think deeply about the true value of relationships - without resorting to clichéd dialogue (vulgar and heart-on-sleeve honesty is the name of the game here).
In short, this is one script you won’t be needing a receipt for – you’ll be returning to it, not sending it back to sit unloved on the shelves!