I've walked my bike into the bank here, into thrift stores, and into the supermarket (safeway) and never been looked at weird by either an employee or customer. Everyone seems to "get" that I rode my bike here and its not leaving my sight. Maybe Reno/Sparks is just that cycling friendly? I'll have to try the wal-mart sometime, sounds like fun. Now if I was doing my shopping (my wife does that actually) I'd definitely keep the bike and the trailer together and with me, and do my shopping that way. I'd actually put the products IN the trailer and unload/reload the trailer at checkout. They don't like it? Find a different store.....