I found out today that a newspaper reporter in South Carolina saw this tweet about the picture in the Ellsworth Walmart (shown above) that I blogged about a couple of weeks ago.
Apparently, she contacted Walmart about the picture, which is of a lighthouse and marina in Hilton Head, South Carolina but has the words "Bar Harbor, ME" printed in bold type at the top. The picture is mounted overlooking the "tourist" merchandise section of the store, where they have t-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball caps, shot glasses, etc., with "Bar Harbor" or "Acadia National Park" or other local place names printed on them.
None of the items for sale had any images of Hilton Head that were mislabeled as Bar Harbor. Only the one sign had the error.
Reporter Maggie Angst (great name, btw - she should be in a punk band) of The Island Packet in Hilton Head called Walmart to ask why they had confused the two tourist towns.
Walmart did not explain how the mixup happened but they did tell her that the display "will be replaced with a different photo," she wrote.
"Hopefully, this time, it's an actual photo of Bar Harbor, Maine," Angst wrote.
I don't think it's too much to ask.
Angst's story can be read here.
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