Back when I was in retail, we had many customers who really didn't want to pay the full price.
One woman spent ages selecting the mushrooms she wanted, or so we thought. We noted later that though she'd spent very little on them, the real reason was because she spent quite some time breaking the stalks off the mushrooms so she could just take the caps.
The utmost classic, though, was someone who was very proud of herself. She brought a bag full of loose tomatoes to the counter to be weighed.
"Those are vine tomatoes," she said proudly.
The Boss frowned at them. He could see something was missing.
"I took them off the vines so they wouldn't weigh as much - saved myself money," she added.
Honest yet cheating. Proud of it.
Rapscallion
One woman spent ages selecting the mushrooms she wanted, or so we thought. We noted later that though she'd spent very little on them, the real reason was because she spent quite some time breaking the stalks off the mushrooms so she could just take the caps.
The utmost classic, though, was someone who was very proud of herself. She brought a bag full of loose tomatoes to the counter to be weighed.
"Those are vine tomatoes," she said proudly.
The Boss frowned at them. He could see something was missing.
"I took them off the vines so they wouldn't weigh as much - saved myself money," she added.
Honest yet cheating. Proud of it.
Rapscallion
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