Yesterday mom wanted a ride to the local grocery store to pick up stuff (lots of stuff!) for Sunday. She has a big party. Yummmmm. But as usual she had to go to store A for milk, store B for chicken quarters, and store C for sugar! You ask me why can't mom get 'em all at one place, Blog? Well, simple reason -- SALE! Mom doesn't step out without checking the sale papers at least once! So unlike me who doesn't even check the receipt! I am a buyer-on-demand types. If you need something, you get it wherever it is most convenient! Am sure the shops love me for that!
Anyway, I was going to tell you about this genius of a sales clerk I ran into at shop C. Please note, the time was almost 10 and me was exasperated running all around the world! So, the deal? Buy one bread, get another free! So mom, who loves to stash things and then throw them out because it's passed it's use-by date, decided to pick up two loaves! Lovely! Walk up to the register, pay for the stuff, and walk toward the door. Happy that I am done for the day! But wait... mom stopped!!! She sees something fishy with the receipt! You must have guessed, it's about the bread, right Blog? Correct. And you must've guessed that the lady charged for both the breads! WRONG!!!
Here's the math and logic she used. She charged $1.29 for the white bread and immediately took it off. And then she charged $1.59 for the Wheat bread (which she claimed was the price of it anyway). So me thinks she just charged the larger amount of the two and took off the other. But her explanation was, "white bread's on sale and so you get it FREE(?!!!!?????) and I had to charge for the Wheat bread." "Uhhhhh... Excuse Me??? So if I had taken 2 whites, they'd both be free?", I asked innocently. Her reply, "yes mam! It's buy one get one free!"
All I can say is "I AM APPALLED!". It was a 30 cents I wasn't going to waste my two cents on!