I was an SC and it feels so good!

[ReverendBSB]

Went to Albertsons after work to get some dinner for me and the wife. They had a coupon in the new flyer that had an 8 piece chicken for 3.99. Fist strike, no flyers at the door. I had to dig one out of the trash to get the coupon. Okay, no big deal.

I got to the deli, and they chicken is sparse, but it looks like there is an 8 piece there. I tell the women behind the counter I want and 8 piece. She tells me that all they have is thighs and drums and I would have to wait 15 minutes for white meat. I say thighs and drums are fine. She starts to bag them up, and when she moves some of the chicken I see two breasts and two wings right there.

I tell here, theres some breasts and wings, I can have my proper 8 piece. She tells me "No, those are thighs and drums." I say "Fine, then give me those then". She replies "You dont get to pick your chicken pieces." She puts 8 pieces of thighs and drums in the bag, ignoring what I can plainly see are breasts and wings. I take the bag, then turn it over and dump the chicken on the floor. I then say" Oops, sorry. Can you bag me up another 8 piece. And I guess youll have to give me those pieces (the breasts and wings) now." She said she was going to call the manager, i said go ahead, I would like to speak with him. She went into the back and I never saw her or the manager.

I grabbed some McD's on the way home, then called the manager when I got home. Told him what happened, refused to give my name and said I did not want anything for free, just wanted the dumb bitch taken care of.

[ReverendBSB]

Spelling is bad, but I am drunk now.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

On one hand, that was rather childish of you.

On the other hand, you've gotta be pretty damn stupid to confuse chicken breasts and wings for thighs and drumsticks.

Also, did the coupon specifically say you couldn't choose your pieces? Or did the deli person just pull that out of her ass?

[Hobbs]

I have to agree w/ the first third of IPF's comment; rather childish for a simple whatever-this-is.

[blas]

There's a chance that she wasn't properly trained or informed of promotions, like the Brat that I'm currently at war with at the Subway nearest my apartment.

There's also a chance she just felt like being a bitch that day.

Either way, I think throwing the chicken on the floor was childish. Were you drunk when you did that?

[Camry178]

Sorry, I'm with the majority in thinking that what you did was very childish. For $3.99, I'm happy with whatever 8 pieces they give me.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Sorry, I'm with the majority in thinking that what you did was very childish. For $3.99, I'm happy with whatever 8 pieces they give me.

I'm not; I don't like dark meat. But then, if that was my only option, I would have opted to get something else to begin with.

[TTAZ]

I'm going with the majority as well. You wasted perfectly good food to prove a point. There is no excuse for wasting food, too many people go hungry every day, and I don't care if you were drunk.

[Camry178]

I'm not; I don't like dark meat. But then, if that was my only option, I would have opted to get something else to begin with.

I love dark meat. I think it's juicier and white meat tends to be dry. My husband it opposite. He likes white meat more. So when we have a whole chicken, like the ones that are already cooked let's say, we don't have to worry about who's getting what.

[Teysa]

For future reference, Albertsons limits the number of ads they put out front when they have coupons. You can, however, get one at the service desk. This is mainly to keep people from grabbing the whole stack.

As far as the chicken situation goes, there was suck on both sides. It would have been one thing if you had asked for 3 drumstcks 3 breasts and 2 thighs which is not how the dinner is made up. However, you weren't asking for anything that was not included. That being said, you should not have spilled the chicken on the floor. You could have very easily handed the bag back, told the clerk you had changed your mind and gone to the front desk to speak to a manager. You could have also kept the chicken and spoken to a manager. Chances are they would have had her give you the proper chicken dinner deal. For that matter, they might have even let you keep the original bag.

[LillFilly]

Yeah, I have to agree with the majority; she should have been better informed about the deal, but you were most certainly in the wrong. For $4, 8 pieces of any chicken is good!

[GiftShopGirl]

Maybe being an SC felt good, but look at it this way: because you threw a fit, she left and you didn't get any chicken at all, and she got to keep the breasts and wings like she wanted. So, the joke's kind of on you. Next time, just ask to speak to a manager up front and you might get what you want.

[wagegoth]

It was childish and a waste of food. You should have just asked for a manager.

My guess is that the employee was holding the breasts and wings either for herself or someone else.

One Thanksgiving, we were invited as part of hub's extended family to a restaurant for dinner. You had to order everything, including dessert, when you arrived. His uncle ordered pecan pie for dessert. No problem. Dessert time finally rolls around and there's no pecan pie. His uncle is not happy. He wasn't a jerk, but he asked for the manager and made it clear that he had been looking forward to the pie as a rare treat. Manager repeats that there's no pecan pie. His uncle tells him to double check with a look that's been known to scare lying witnesses in the courtroom. Manager returns a few minutes later with a slice of pecan pie. It turned out that the staff had set a whole pecan pie aside for themselves.

[bainsidhe]

You're in an electronics store looking at laptops. You want the blue one, but they only have black. You're positive you see a box with a blue one on another shelf, but the associate insists only the black is available. So you take the black. Then you "oops" intentionally throw it to the ground and smash it to bits. Now you want the blue one or you'll leave and go to a competitor. I know my example is a lot more expensive than chicken and thus not the same, but I think you get the drift. I've dealt with many customers who are positively convinced they are correct, which may or may not be true. And some of these conflicts result in destroyed property.

It may have felt good, but you just wasted perfectly good chicken and the store took a loss because of your actions. Am I also to assume you didn't pick it up?

[Dreamstalker]

IMO one would have to be a tad dumb or really distracted at that time to honestly confuse breasts/wings with thighs/legs. That being said, if the deli worker was indeed holding them for a friend or someone else, she could have put them in the back (if they are allowed to do so).

I do have to agree that the OP was just being childish about the whole thing (TBH it sounds like a stunt my ex would pull). Chicken is chicken, if you really wanted white meat and was told there was a wait, then wait.