That's what I felt like this past Friday night. I have not been to my club all season but wanted to take my son hunting at least a couple times before the season went out. We got to camp, unloaded the truck, then went to eat with the guys. When I got back the heater was running in the camper but it was COLD in there. Out of propane. I had remembered everything needed to have a great trip except a bottle of propane!

Off to Springville we went. I stopped at a couple of gas stations and both were out of full bottles. They also told me Walmart was out. I called Walmart and they assured me they had propane in. They said since the garden center was closed, I'd have to come to the customer service desk.

I've never done that gas bottle swap thing before so my son and I busted up into Walmart and I was toting the empty gas bottle.

YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT AN AL-QAEDA OPERATIVE HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE STORE.

Good night, the lady from customer service came running over talking loudly and excitedly telling me that I had to take the gas bottle out of the store, NOW. Then another young woman came running over and then they both joined in. They were dancing around like their butts were on fire. They were chanting, "you can't bring that in here, you can't bring that in here." LOL

I asked them if they wanted me to drop it and I thought they were gonna die.

Stupid people. I did ask both of them if they were aware that they sold loaded ammo in the sporting goods department.

Buncha fruitcakes.

IDOTS! They ain't got a clue.

They have full propane bottles inside the store also, they are just the 1 pounders, but still they have a bunch of them.

Along with coleman fuel, kerosene, and a whole bunch of flammable goodies.

Gotta love the Wal Marks !

I love the fat women on the scooters with crap piled up so high they can't see to steer.

I've had this happen too. It's pretty hilarious. They act like you're smoking a cigarette with a five gallon can of gasoline.

Try taking a weed eater back with a little gas in the tank they panic like you have a lit stick of dynamite in your hand .....don't understand them either but I sure got a good chewing out

They did the propane freak out a couple of weeks ago to me when I brought an empty into Home Depot to exchange it. I don't know what they are being told but evidently it scares them to death.

Legal liability along with fear of headlines saying "Man With Bomb in MegaStore Kills, Injures 39" that would hurt their business.

Even a 2-3 day "OMG, stay away from MegaStore!" fear that is baseless but would happen in today's society would be enough for a sizable drop in revenues and a hit on Wall Street.

If it is so dangerous why do they have dozens of full tanks lined up right next to the entrance of the store? Do they only care about the people in the store and not those out on the sidewalk?

Good question. You'd think they'd have them in a cage in the middle of the parking lot with no one else able to get around them.

I've always thought it's interesting how gas stations, which have massive tanks full of fuel, sell propane tanks and will have 20-plus in a concentrated area.

I've never used any of the big stores when exchanging propane bottles. After this thread, I don't think I ever will!

My buddy went in walmart to buy some bird shot to dove hunt for him and his two boys and they said he could only buy two boxes a day and since the hunt was the next day he said that he would go shop somewhere else.and another buddy of mine wife picked him up some shells and got 12ga but he needed 20ga and she never left the store and went back to change them and they wouldnt take them back. they must only hire dumb people to make this stuff up as they go.

But they sell the green bottles of gas in the store that are full.

I had this happen to me too. I explained to the store manager that if everyone was in danger because of my empty bottle that he should probably evacuate the store because in his sporting goods department there were hundreds of full small green propane bottles that are pretty close to the lantern fuel, pyrodex pellets, bullets, and sterno camp stove fuel. He looked at me like I was stupid. I did the same.

If I am not mistaken it is illegal(fed law)to return ammo.

I used to always try to have mine filed because of the price being so much cheaper but, walmart has dropped the price on a swap out, im back to using them.

There was a gas place running a special around Hollywood for a $9.99 refill. Idk if they still are. All my bottles were full and i didnt need any gas. That's the cheapest I've seen anywhere.

Wait ... Teh Walmarks has gas cans inside their buildings (some of them) but if you return one empty and walk inside with it they go cray-cray?