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Don't feel too bad Glockoneniner. It's not possible to keep eyes on 'everything' all the time. We are only human but in this case you've learned a valuable lesson and fortunately it didn't cost much.

In a typical Walmart there are so many people moving around in the area ahead of the cash registers that if I know I'll have to do business in customer service or stop at any of those vendors I will make a specific trip for that purpose. As an alternative, I may make such stops before heading into the store to make my regular purchases. Regardless of what store I'm in, once I've left the cash register, my business with that store for the day is generally done. So I head straight to the truck, load the cargo and 'Get out of Dodge' as quickly as possible. My wife does the same and does not accept offers of 'help' from strangers in the parking lot.

FWIW, the Wallisville and Uvalde Walmarts on Houston's east side, have become target rich environments for thieves and other predators. There have been at least three attempted kidnappings in the Wallisville Rd Walmart parking lot in the last year. This is in spite of over a dozen, mast-mounted cameras that appear to cover that parking lot and the entry ways of the store. So, I've asked my wife numerous times to NEVER go to that store without me and I never leave her side while we're there.