Posted on 03/20/2020 6:45:30 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Amid the empty shelves and store closures, a Springfield Walmart had its own commotion going Wednesday afternoon.
A baby was born in the toilet paper aisle of the Walmart at Sunshine and West Bypass.
One Walmart customer didn't have a chance to get any of those groceries she came for, but she left with something much more special.
"We were like oh my gosh, is this actually going to happen," said store manager Jessica Hinkle.
Hinkle said the woman warned store associates that her last child came in just 30 minutes. When the woman's water broke in the toilet paper aisle, she was prepared to go into labor right then and there.
"We were like what do we do now?" she said. "Another lady comes around the corner and she says 'I'm a labor nurse, can I help?' and we said yes, yes please. She had gloves in her pocket [and] she was ready."
Hinkle said she grabbed a sheet and blocked the aisle to give the woman as much privacy as possible.
"Crowd control, [I'm] not like the best with blood so that was my job, holding the sheet and crowd control making sure that nobody invaded what privacy the poor lady still had," Hinkle said.
Springfield firefighters rushed into the store and helped deliver the baby girl.
"They're the typical fire department that shops in our store, so they were pretty proud of themselves," Hinkle said.
She said the entire process took about 45 minutes and customers were cheering for the woman the whole time.
"They took her out on the gurney, there were customers of course gathered [and] she kind of raised her hand, everyone clapped for her," Hinkle said.
The Walmart birth was the touch of happiness Hinkle said everyone needed.
"You know a feel good moment, everybody's going through so much and with a baby it's like everything comes full circle," she said.
Hinkle said she did touch base with the woman Thursday. She said both mom and baby are doing well.
Yes?
Your kin?
Me, too, at first.
“ If it had been a boy they could have named him Scott and no one would know he was named after TP. :-)”
I wonder if I should be offended...
“All we have now is the 2ply stuff. Our customers will be demanding the 2ply later tonight. We expect a shipment of 1ply in about an hour. Just use Bounty paper towels till then, we can charge her account. Lucky Lady, Bounty is On Sale, two for three dollars!”
You know those ceiling cameras recorded everything.
Hopefully, those cashiers can resist uploading the entire event on Instagram or Facebook, or at very least, getting a copy on their phones.
Yikes. Thanks Nancy Pelosi.
Scott?
Clean up on Aisle 7!!
“KY3” TV.
KY is probably what got her into this mess in the first place!
Was she in the toilet paper aisle waiting for the delivery?
Which Springfield is this?
Springfield Missouri
Cottonelle
They would if they named him Brawny.
LOL. Yup.
“I wonder if I should be offended...”
If you weren’t born in the middle of a TP crisis then I feel your name probably came about normally so please take no offense. :-)
Oh yeah, the great TP crisis of 1956!
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