Did You See Me, Santa?
This sucks. Something wrong with the computer's USB port. All of a sudden, it's rejecting my camera's cable so I can't download any pictures at the moment.
Computer's probably thinking: "I've had enough of your junk!".
So anyway, I guess I'm just gonna do some aimless tattling about my shopping experience last weekend instead.
Despite the TV news of some moronic guys fighting and punching each other's eyeballs out over an inane toy, the whole family decided to join in the fun and mingled with the throng of mad shoppers last Sunday.
Store discounts are biggest on Black Friday and a lot of stores even extended their discounts throughout the weekend.
Anyway, we decided to do a one-stop shopping and dropped by this mall which carried everything we wanted:
* P wanted to buy some shirts and ties (denim blue, sky blue, cobalt blue, light blue with dark navy stripes, everything in blue...),
* I was looking for an espresso machine and wanted to browse through some great houseware bargains as well,
* and S wanted to drop by the Toy Department to watch a 25 minute puppet show about some Christmas moose.
As I passed by the Housewares Department, I happened to see some soup bowls (which matched my dinner plates) on display. There was a large red sign propped up next to them stating that they were on sale for 50% off its lowest price.
The original price for a bowl was $14.00, and I saw that it was already marked down to $6.99 each. Hey, I could buy the whole lot for just $3.78 (including tax) each!
Not one to pass up a good bargain, I scooped up all remaining ten of them.
Strangely, when the cashier rang them up, it came up to $4.53 each. I pointed out to her that the sign clearly says "50% off" and not "40 % off". She retorted somewhat snippingly that the half-priced discount was effective only "last Friday" and had in fact, expired. They had "forgotten" to take down the sign.
Miffed, I spoke to the manager who didn't make a big deal out of it.
She instructed the cashier to give me the 50% discount while she took down the sign.
Now I don't know if that cashier was mathematically challenged, or just didn't know how to adjust the price change on the cash register. All I heard after she fiddled with its buttons to ring up my purchase was:
"Your total is $22.70 for ten bowls. Is that okay?"
Okay? Are you frickin' kidding me?? BAG THEM UP, MISSY!!
As I was inspecting and admiring my great bargain/loot at home, I happened to glance at the receipt again.
Printed on the bottom was: "Your total savings is $128.85".
Uh oooh... Poor woman took off 50% more from the 40% that she had already deducted from the sale price.
The question is, did I return to the store to point out her blunder?
Well, all I can say is:
"Santa - if you were watching me that day, I can assure you one thing: during the rest of this year, I had been a very very GOOD girl".
I hope I don't choke on the darn soup.
Computer's probably thinking: "I've had enough of your junk!".
So anyway, I guess I'm just gonna do some aimless tattling about my shopping experience last weekend instead.
Despite the TV news of some moronic guys fighting and punching each other's eyeballs out over an inane toy, the whole family decided to join in the fun and mingled with the throng of mad shoppers last Sunday.
Store discounts are biggest on Black Friday and a lot of stores even extended their discounts throughout the weekend.
Anyway, we decided to do a one-stop shopping and dropped by this mall which carried everything we wanted:
* P wanted to buy some shirts and ties (denim blue, sky blue, cobalt blue, light blue with dark navy stripes, everything in blue...),
* I was looking for an espresso machine and wanted to browse through some great houseware bargains as well,
* and S wanted to drop by the Toy Department to watch a 25 minute puppet show about some Christmas moose.
As I passed by the Housewares Department, I happened to see some soup bowls (which matched my dinner plates) on display. There was a large red sign propped up next to them stating that they were on sale for 50% off its lowest price.
The original price for a bowl was $14.00, and I saw that it was already marked down to $6.99 each. Hey, I could buy the whole lot for just $3.78 (including tax) each!
Not one to pass up a good bargain, I scooped up all remaining ten of them.
Strangely, when the cashier rang them up, it came up to $4.53 each. I pointed out to her that the sign clearly says "50% off" and not "40 % off". She retorted somewhat snippingly that the half-priced discount was effective only "last Friday" and had in fact, expired. They had "forgotten" to take down the sign.
Miffed, I spoke to the manager who didn't make a big deal out of it.
She instructed the cashier to give me the 50% discount while she took down the sign.
Now I don't know if that cashier was mathematically challenged, or just didn't know how to adjust the price change on the cash register. All I heard after she fiddled with its buttons to ring up my purchase was:
"Your total is $22.70 for ten bowls. Is that okay?"
Okay? Are you frickin' kidding me?? BAG THEM UP, MISSY!!
As I was inspecting and admiring my great bargain/loot at home, I happened to glance at the receipt again.
Printed on the bottom was: "Your total savings is $128.85".
Uh oooh... Poor woman took off 50% more from the 40% that she had already deducted from the sale price.
The question is, did I return to the store to point out her blunder?
Well, all I can say is:
"Santa - if you were watching me that day, I can assure you one thing: during the rest of this year, I had been a very very GOOD girl".
I hope I don't choke on the darn soup.
