you'll make a stink over in a store?

Like, purchases rung up incorrectly, inappropriate taxes, coupons/sales not honored, mislabelling - things like this.

12/7/2008 2:20:16 PM

I will post in your thread.

12/7/2008 2:20:37 PM

.02

12/7/2008 2:21:09 PM

MY SHIT HAS TO BE RIGHT EVERY TIME SON

12/7/2008 2:22:16 PM

bout tree fiddy

12/7/2008 2:22:17 PM

THREE POINT FIVE OH

12/7/2008 2:23:04 PM

i don't make a stink. if the price doesn't ring up as advertised, i let them know. if they don't fix it, i just don't buy it. no need to argue with idiots.

12/7/2008 2:27:25 PM

I yell for no reason.

12/7/2008 2:28:00 PM

^^

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:28 PM. Reason : JUNIOR MINTS]

12/7/2008 2:28:07 PM

^

i'd say 5% of the price, minimum $1 total

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:28 PM. Reason : ]

12/7/2008 2:28:25 PM

5%, but only if it's a discount (coupon, etc)

If it rang up more than was on the tag, I want every penny back and then some for my trouble.

12/7/2008 2:28:33 PM

what if 1% was a million dollars? your percentage fails!

12/7/2008 2:29:18 PM

^your percentage fails too. Both replies said 5%, not 1%

12/7/2008 2:31:54 PM

uh the amount that would make it not worth it to buy, or not worth it to walk back and show them the sign. then again i work general stock in a grocery store so i know how much everything costs and i rarely shop anywhere else

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12/7/2008 2:35:00 PM

Quote :

"i don't make a stink. if the price doesn't ring up as advertised, i let them know. if they don't fix it, i just don't buy it. no need to argue with idiots."

That's pretty much what I mean.
Not throwing a fit, but not getting taken advantage of.

On the other hand, I refuse to back down even when some clerk is copping an attitude or otherwise trying to intimidate me.

Quote :

"uh the amount that would make it not worth it to buy, or not worth it to walk back and show them the sign."

Also acceptable.
Of course, both my mom and I remember the price of everything we pick up, and this sometimes drives sales clerks crazy when someone confirms what we told them.


Yesterday, I bought a box of Kashi bars, but got the wrong kind. Today, I went back, and asked the CS girl if she'd rather do a refund, give me cash, and let me check out again, or if she'd prefer to do an even exchange. She chose the latter.
I get up there, she rings the barcodes, and goes 'you owe $0.16'. I'm like 'these were both priced the same, and they weren't on sale yesterday'. She just stands there for a second, and goes 'well, I guess it's tax'. I'm like 'do I ask for a manager, try and make her realize that if it is, that's not right, or should I just leave?'

Since she never offered to call a manager, try the transaction a different way, see how glaringly wrong this was, or do anything but stand there dumbly, I took a refund and left.



[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:40 PM. Reason : klfjd]

12/7/2008 2:37:16 PM

I can't imagine having to be on the other side of the counter when some overweight lesbian ogre comes up with a passive agressive stance at the ready,

god DAMN you're disgusting^

12/7/2008 2:38:33 PM

it's not like the cashiers can really do any damn thing about it. they ring shit up, not control prices.

12/7/2008 2:39:22 PM

The night I did a ride a long w/ the police, a woman held a convience store up for what was left of a box of Newports.

The officer immediately recognized the car, plate, and woman, looked through his files in the car, found her number, and called her. By the end of the night, she had turned herself in.

The police officer and I were LOLing the whole time.

12/7/2008 2:40:50 PM

^nice

Quote :

"t's not like the cashiers can really do any damn thing about it. they ring shit up, not control prices."

Sometimes they can Or sometimes they've made a mistake.

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : backwards]

12/7/2008 2:41:47 PM

well, in that case i'd raise hell

but yea, i'm thinking more like the average walmart cashier that just swipes shit and hits total

12/7/2008 2:42:31 PM

Don't shop at walmart

(I know what you mean, though)

12/7/2008 2:43:08 PM

Ok, on topic, I'll usually point out anything i notice, w/ idea that the slip up probably affects many more people than just me.



[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ]

12/7/2008 2:46:03 PM

I've made a hissy over 24 cents before. not one of my proudest moments.

12/7/2008 2:47:16 PM

its acceptable to bitch if you don't have enough money in cash and don't want to use a debit card or something as well. but when you come in with your designer clothes, your 8 year old kid has an iPhone and fake nails, then you bitch over something being 2.30 instead of 2.15 then give me a $100, i have the right to shit on your existence


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12/7/2008 2:49:13 PM

unless the total is under 10 dollars i won't fight over anything price difference under like 3 or 4 dollars.

12/7/2008 2:56:13 PM

depends on how poor i am atm

12/7/2008 2:57:34 PM

Quote :

"Yesterday, I bought a box of Kashi bars, but got the wrong kind. Today, I went back, and asked the CS girl if she'd rather do a refund, give me cash, and let me check out again, or if she'd prefer to do an even exchange. She chose the latter. I get up there, she rings the barcodes, and goes 'you owe $0.16'. I'm like 'these were both priced the same, and they weren't on sale yesterday'. She just stands there for a second, and goes 'well, I guess it's tax'. I'm like 'do I ask for a manager, try and make her realize that if it is, that's not right, or should I just leave?' Since she never offered to call a manager, try the transaction a different way, see how glaringly wrong this was, or do anything but stand there dumbly, I took a refund and left."

That's kind of ridiculous. Fucking Scrooge.

12/7/2008 2:58:18 PM

What's ridiculous?
Not giving her a hard time?

^^That too


[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Reason : lfkjd]

12/7/2008 2:59:52 PM

look, when i'm a cashier, i don't give a fuck about you, i don't give a fuck about whats on sale, i just want to get you through the line as fast as possible so i can stand around for another 6 miserable hours

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12/7/2008 3:01:03 PM

I, for one, am not in the least, shocked, by ambrosia1231's shenanigans,

comma

12/7/2008 3:02:28 PM

Quote :

"What's ridiculous?"

Not paying the $.16. Or did I read the post wrong??

12/7/2008 3:03:18 PM

yeah, like the time the poor old guy at walmart asked to see her receipt and she said "fuck you gramps, and fuck war veterans" and spit on his shoe or something

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12/7/2008 3:03:22 PM

when you return/exchange an item, the tax goes along with it. if the two boxes of bars were the same price, the transaction would have come up to $0.00. someone fucked up somewhere. either the cashier didn't do the exchange transaction correctly or the bars were $.16 more than the others, which would be a problem if the tags said they were the same price.

it's just the principle of the thing.

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM. Reason : everyone should have to work in a grocery store for a month]

12/7/2008 3:03:26 PM

^Thank you.

If I legitimately owed the money, you bet your ass I'd have paid up.

12/7/2008 3:04:16 PM

besides, 9 times out of 10, customers don't know what the fuck they're talking about. When i can go 15 minutes without being handed an expired coupon i'll treat customers as if they have a bit of intelligence and might have a clue as to what they're talking about.

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12/7/2008 3:04:59 PM

You know why they do that, right?

Because sometimes expired coupons will still scan, and most cashiers definitely don't check expiration dates.

It's a 'might as well try it' scenario. IMO, it's only okay if you're gonna buy the item with or without the coupon. Otherwise, you're making more work for the cashier or someone else.

[Edited on December 7, 2008 at 3:06 PM. Reason : lkdfj]

12/7/2008 3:05:50 PM

if you had've come into one of the grocery stores i worked in during HS i would've just checked that the prices were the same, put the old box back on the shelf, and give you the box you wanted and initialed your receipt. easiest thing for all parties involved. common sense is hard to find in a grocery store employee.

12/7/2008 3:06:50 PM

idk where i work they definitely don't scan the week after they expire

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12/7/2008 3:07:21 PM

that must mean that its ok for cashiers to shake a lil extra cash outta you

that wouldnt make them dumbasses or inept

its worth a try!

12/7/2008 3:11:02 PM

Quote :

"it's just the principle of the thing. "

Its the principal if the cashier is being a bitch/dick about it. If they aren't...then it's just $.16.

12/7/2008 3:11:44 PM

don't have to be a bitch to be an idiot

12/7/2008 3:19:15 PM