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I was a S (for Stoopid) Customer
I pop into my local grocery store tonight for a quick snack - popcorn (the 100 calorie minibags mmmm) and a small thing of ice cream. There are no express lanes open, so I wait behind a guy who is buying random groceries and a 30 pack of Bud - with his two children (toddlers) who are in their pajamas. No judgement passed, but it made me wonder what situation requires a guy to take his children out of bed and to the store to buy a lot of beer. 
On with the story, the cashier scans my items, after scraping the frost off of the ice cream. "You going to watch a movie?" "Yeah, I think so" (realizing how utterly lame it is to be going through the grocery on a Friday night with single servings of ice cream and popcorn
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"Your total is $4.29"
It's less than $5, so I pay with cash. I also rummage for change. I hand the girl a $20, a quarter, a nickel, and a penny. "Cool, exact change" I mutter as I hand over the cash. For those doing the math - that comes to $4.31. The cashier gives me a very sweet, understanding look, and just hands back the penny. After a moment, a dim bulb brightens....
"You know, on most days, I can do simple math."
"Oh, it's fine. Here's your change"
She hands me a penny, then pulls out the bills.
"Let's see that's 10, 1..no wait
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She figures out how to add to 16 and the two of us laugh about our respective math deficiences. We both mention how glad we are it's Friday, I take my yummy food and head out.
I felt very very foolish - but that cashier was really sweet about it.
Oh, and when I left the guy with the Budweiser was putting groceries in his car while his kids stood on the sidewalk holding hands. They were in footie pajamas - the cuteness was over-powering.
(I decided to watch Hitchiker's Guide if you were curious)
On with the story, the cashier scans my items, after scraping the frost off of the ice cream. "You going to watch a movie?" "Yeah, I think so" (realizing how utterly lame it is to be going through the grocery on a Friday night with single servings of ice cream and popcorn
)"Your total is $4.29"
It's less than $5, so I pay with cash. I also rummage for change. I hand the girl a $20, a quarter, a nickel, and a penny. "Cool, exact change" I mutter as I hand over the cash. For those doing the math - that comes to $4.31. The cashier gives me a very sweet, understanding look, and just hands back the penny. After a moment, a dim bulb brightens....
"You know, on most days, I can do simple math."
"Oh, it's fine. Here's your change"
She hands me a penny, then pulls out the bills.
"Let's see that's 10, 1..no wait
"She figures out how to add to 16 and the two of us laugh about our respective math deficiences. We both mention how glad we are it's Friday, I take my yummy food and head out.
I felt very very foolish - but that cashier was really sweet about it.
Oh, and when I left the guy with the Budweiser was putting groceries in his car while his kids stood on the sidewalk holding hands. They were in footie pajamas - the cuteness was over-powering.
(I decided to watch Hitchiker's Guide if you were curious)
)sales assistant ask how she can help I explain the printer problem and she sets up for an exchange. No fuss or hassle, great service.
and starts complaining how they're ripping him off and he wants to speak to the manager and he demands compensation... yada yada yada. Took me a good 5 minutes to verbally hose Chernobyl mouth off enough that he was a rational human again. All the while he's trying to berate the clerk, and making a public spectacle of himself and me. I apologized profusely to the clerk (who fortunately had wandered off to get the replacement printer at one point), grabbed the printer and muffin brain, and left.
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