Ben Affleck Walmart Meme Goes Viral in Lewiston, Maine

It was an average day when Kelly Briggs from Lewiston decided to stir up some humor in the community. I always wondered how meme's came about and wish I could also be a good, "meme'r."

Kelly slightly reminds me of Lucille Ball and enjoys making everyone around her, laugh. She created a hilarious meme that tied in with a recent and re-occurring accident that happens at the Auburn parking lot at Walmart.

Remember that pole at the Walmart parking lot in Auburn that everyone crashes into with their cars? For some reason, painting it different colors doesn't work and drivers are still being lured into impacting that pole with many different models of automobiles.

Recently, yet another car crashed into the pole and Kelly had a lightbulb moment.

I was able to catch up with Kelly and ask her all about how this came about.

She told me that she is on a Lewiston Facebook group called, Lewiston Rocks that last year started to be more of a “another one hit the pole” indicator. It’s splashed all over her news feed whenever the pole is harassed.

"I often think about how the manager reacts and then I remembered this one photo of Ben Affleck that was a perfect fit. I post it without any expectation and within the first hour I had over 100 shares. My friend said she knows the Manager and that IS the face."

-Kelly Briggs

I'd say that if the manager at Walmart looks anything like Ben Affleck, I am going to be shopping there way more.

The post of her meme now has over a thousand shares and still rising.

Check out Kelly's Facebook page to continue to laugh at her creations!

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