What The Eff?

[CreepyCarrie]

I was ringing this lady up today and she had a coupon to use. I scan the coupon and place it in the coupon drawer.

Lady: Um, do you have to take that coupon now that I've used it?
Me: Yes.....
Lady: Are you sure?
Me: *wtf* Positive, maam
Lady: Can you call someone up here to make sure?....Oh never mind

Lady snatches up her bag o' crap and huffs out.

W...t...f? Why does my line attract all the crazies?

[Cedophile]

No ma'am, you just keep using it and we'll keep pretending not to notice. Have your damn 30 cent discount. Till it expires, anyway.

[flybye023]

I had a lady come through the line of a new cashier I was training. At the end of the transaction she hands him a coupon. He enters the info, endorses it and puts the coupon in his till.

Then the fun began:

SC: "Wait, I want that back!"

New Guy (NG) "Why? You've already used it. Besides, I have to send it to bookkeeping tonight"

SC: "but it hasn't expired yet. It says it's good until the 7th."

NG: It is valid until the 7th.

SC: (in satisfied tone of voice) "Well, there you go then. I need it back so I can keep using it until the 7th. I have alot of other things I will need from your store."

NG: (giving me the look now, meaning "is she for real or do I have to do this?")

In the meantime I am trying really hard not to start laughing and assure him he is doing the right thing. We explain the nature of coupons (wondering why we have to, I mean, what rock has she been lost under) and she again brings up the expiration date. We then tell her again, that it only means she has until the 7th to use it ONCE. She doesn't believe us but eventually gives up.

Totally wierd.

[purplecat41877]

I've never had that happen. If it did, the conversation would probably go something like this.

(Customer comes up to service desk and asks for a lottery ticket handing me a coupon. I do the transaction, put the coupon in the lottery drawer, and hand the ticket to the customer.)

Customer: Where's my coupon?

Me: I put in the lottery drawer.

Customer: I need it back.

Me: Not allowed.

Customer: It doesn't expire until the end of the month.

Me: Coupons can only be used once.

Customer: That rule is ridiculous.

Me: If you used a paper towel to clean up a mess, would you use the same paper towel for the next mess?

Customer(embarrassed): No, I wouldn't.

Me: Have a nice day.

(Customer walks away. I go back to what I was doing.)

[Becks]

The bar for stupidity just keeps getting lower...

[Crow The Robot]

well, now, that sets a whole new level of stupidity doesn't it? I think my braincells just committed suicide, between Carrie's , and flybye's stories, i think the strain was too much. Ouch.

[MadMike]

Does this mean I can buy something, and then ask for my money back so I can use it again later? Come on, it doesn't even have an expiration date! Why not? "Everywhere Else" does it!

[Kusanagi]

Does this mean I can buy something, and then ask for my money back so I can use it again later? Come on, it doesn't even have an expiration date! Why not? "Everywhere Else" does it!

I'll do you one better. If the coupon doesn't say you can't combine with any offer, keep recycling the coupon on the same transaction and get the item for free!