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Even though it's only July, like most retailers, my store is having "Back to School" sales, with some really good prices on certain items.
A "lady" came up to my register yesterday with a LOT of school items, said that she was buying them for her church who fills backpacks for needy kids. A noble cause, I agree!
As I'm merrily ringing up her order, she takes one of the 10 or 20 (I forget how many) packs of pencils (10 #2 pencils for $0.59) and opens it, pulls out one of the pencils and ... not only gives me the catbuttface, but yells THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: I'm sorry? What is?
SC: These pencils aren't sharpened!!!! ELEVENTY!!!!!!!!!!!! The picture on the box shows them sharpened! They HAVE to be sharpened!!!!!!!!!!!!! ELEVENTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT is FALSE ADVERTISING !!!!!!!!!! HOW are the poor kids going to use these pencils??????????????
(Ummm I dunno, they use the sharpener at the school? Just a thought)
SC: You can't advertise these pencils this way if they're not sharpened! That's FALSE ADVERTISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want them and I'm never coming here again!!!!!!
::::::::: Storms out of the store, leaving her entire order of stuff for the "poor" kids.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the "poor" kids just be grateful they GOT pencils, sharpened or not? And if it was me buying pencils at a great price, I think I'd be happy just to get them at that price. But perhaps I'm misguided
A "lady" came up to my register yesterday with a LOT of school items, said that she was buying them for her church who fills backpacks for needy kids. A noble cause, I agree!
As I'm merrily ringing up her order, she takes one of the 10 or 20 (I forget how many) packs of pencils (10 #2 pencils for $0.59) and opens it, pulls out one of the pencils and ... not only gives me the catbuttface, but yells THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: I'm sorry? What is?
SC: These pencils aren't sharpened!!!! ELEVENTY!!!!!!!!!!!! The picture on the box shows them sharpened! They HAVE to be sharpened!!!!!!!!!!!!! ELEVENTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT is FALSE ADVERTISING !!!!!!!!!! HOW are the poor kids going to use these pencils??????????????
(Ummm I dunno, they use the sharpener at the school? Just a thought)
SC: You can't advertise these pencils this way if they're not sharpened! That's FALSE ADVERTISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want them and I'm never coming here again!!!!!!
::::::::: Storms out of the store, leaving her entire order of stuff for the "poor" kids.
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the "poor" kids just be grateful they GOT pencils, sharpened or not? And if it was me buying pencils at a great price, I think I'd be happy just to get them at that price. But perhaps I'm misguided
Sounds like she remembered something else to buy that was far more important (for herself) and wanted a reason to back out while still sounding like such a "Charitable Soul" 
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