So, a while back, I went to the local Wally World to grab a bunch of stuff. I can't remember what all I was there for, but I remembered that I really just wanted to get back home. I get to the check out and end up behind this guy who has a bunch of little bottles of Dawn, and a bunches of a few other items. I figure they've got a sale or discounted prices on these items and he's stocking up. Great. He's also got a flier for CVS with him. Crap.
Well, Mr. Deals gets to the cashier and tells her that he can get his things at CVS for cheaper, as shown in the flier, and thus she needs to price match his things for him. She looks at the flier, and tells him that because the prices they have only apply to card-holders. He snerks back that since you can just walk in and get a card with no fuss (which is true, more or less), she should still do the price match. No, they can't, because the CVS price is members only, and is not part of WW's price match offer. Well, they just hand out the card like candy, so why can't he get that price on his things? Yes, but since you do have to fill out a form, it doesn't matter that they give it to anyone that asks.
This cycle repeats about ten times. I start glaring at this guys back, hoping that he'll accept that he can't get a few cent off his Dawn, and leave. No such luck. I sigh loudly, hoping he'll notice that there is a line behind him full of people that would like to be able to just pay and leave. Agian, no luck. Finally I start shifting around, sighing, and glaring all at the same time. Also around this time, the cashier calls over a manager to hopefully firmly tell the guy that he's not getting his Dawn for 7 cents cheaper. While he's waiting on the manager, he gives me a really sheepish smile and says "Oh, sorry!", in a tone that suggests that I should apprecaite his bargining, and should feel sorry for himt hat the cashier is being such a meanie-head and sticking to policy. Um, no. I want to go home. I'm not supportive of your bargining, or your buying in bulk tactic, because really, if you just bought the one you would save a lot more then buying a bajillion at 7 cents off. (OK, I just pulled the 7 cents out of my ass, but the discount he was trying for amounted to somewhere around there.)
Unfortunatly, when the manager finally get over to the register, she says the dreaded words... "Well... we'll do it just this once." Cashier looks annoyed, I'm annoyed, everyone except Mr Deal is annoyed. He is, in fact, very smug about the manager giving him the damn price-match deal.
Now, when I was working in fast food, I had that line pulled on me so many times I cringe when I hear it. According to my dad, corperate actually tells management to do this to give managers 'more authority' in the customers eyes. Um, what?
Also, several times during the conversation, Mr Deals pulled the, "But I could literally just walk in there, get the card, and get these for this price!". I was sooo close to telling him to just go there, then, and let us get on with our lives. But, alas, I hate confrontation...
Well, Mr. Deals gets to the cashier and tells her that he can get his things at CVS for cheaper, as shown in the flier, and thus she needs to price match his things for him. She looks at the flier, and tells him that because the prices they have only apply to card-holders. He snerks back that since you can just walk in and get a card with no fuss (which is true, more or less), she should still do the price match. No, they can't, because the CVS price is members only, and is not part of WW's price match offer. Well, they just hand out the card like candy, so why can't he get that price on his things? Yes, but since you do have to fill out a form, it doesn't matter that they give it to anyone that asks.
This cycle repeats about ten times. I start glaring at this guys back, hoping that he'll accept that he can't get a few cent off his Dawn, and leave. No such luck. I sigh loudly, hoping he'll notice that there is a line behind him full of people that would like to be able to just pay and leave. Agian, no luck. Finally I start shifting around, sighing, and glaring all at the same time. Also around this time, the cashier calls over a manager to hopefully firmly tell the guy that he's not getting his Dawn for 7 cents cheaper. While he's waiting on the manager, he gives me a really sheepish smile and says "Oh, sorry!", in a tone that suggests that I should apprecaite his bargining, and should feel sorry for himt hat the cashier is being such a meanie-head and sticking to policy. Um, no. I want to go home. I'm not supportive of your bargining, or your buying in bulk tactic, because really, if you just bought the one you would save a lot more then buying a bajillion at 7 cents off. (OK, I just pulled the 7 cents out of my ass, but the discount he was trying for amounted to somewhere around there.)
Unfortunatly, when the manager finally get over to the register, she says the dreaded words... "Well... we'll do it just this once." Cashier looks annoyed, I'm annoyed, everyone except Mr Deal is annoyed. He is, in fact, very smug about the manager giving him the damn price-match deal.
Now, when I was working in fast food, I had that line pulled on me so many times I cringe when I hear it. According to my dad, corperate actually tells management to do this to give managers 'more authority' in the customers eyes. Um, what?
Also, several times during the conversation, Mr Deals pulled the, "But I could literally just walk in there, get the card, and get these for this price!". I was sooo close to telling him to just go there, then, and let us get on with our lives. But, alas, I hate confrontation...
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