I took two packages to the cashier, showed them this picture and told them I'd prefer to pay the single price. The cashier couldn't understand why since it was on sale. The shift manager couldn't override it. They had to call the store manager. I wonder how many customers thought they were getting a deal? I had to explain it to three people. The third person understood. What a world.?ÿ
Back in the olden days it was a hoot watching cashiers try and figure out taxes AND correct change.
It's really strange that we still don't show full price + tax for items on the shelf. I've heard several "reasons" why this is the case over the years, and not one of them holds up.
And tickets to events and hotels and ...
Even the brain needs exercise. Don’t use it you lose it.
Not the same but I once had a 7-11 employee refuse to honor the 99 cent cup of coffee price if I used my own cup. I poured the coffee from my cup into a store cup, paid, poured it back into my travel cup and threw away the store cup as per their request.
Not the same, but one local pub would offer the 16 oz draft for $1.99 and the 22oz draft for $2.99. They always wonder why I only get the 16 when you get the big one for only $1 more.
The general public, on average, are almost as intellgent as a hamster. Which means over half of the general public are not as smart as a hamster.
Client calls. Says his buddy who is getting the new tract from him reports the survey is wrong. It can't be correct, he says, because it cuts his private dirt bike course in half. Sends a text later apologizing. He had temporarily forgotten his neighbor had told him it was OK to build it over onto his tract as he might use it once in awhile himself.
True story.
When I was a tadpole I worked in a corner neighborhood grocery store (one register). The owner was a wise old life-long grocer and butcher.
We had a shelf of various canned vegetables. Most of them retailed out at that time for anywhere from $0.22 to $0.29. He wanted to move them quicker so he had me make a stacked can display by an end cap. The first price we posted was "25 cents each".
After a week the old man wasn't happy with the few sales he had. He made a bigger sign, in color, that read "WEEKLY SPECIAL! 3 for $1".
The pile sold out in a week.
PS - I learned how to write big numbers with markers from that old man. He had the prettiest "grocery store calligraphy" I had ever seen.
True story.
When I was a tadpole I worked in a corner neighborhood grocery store (one register). The owner was a wise old life-long grocer and butcher.
We had a shelf of various canned vegetables. Most of them retailed out at that time for anywhere from $0.22 to $0.29. He wanted to move them quicker so he had me make a stacked can display by an end cap. The first price we posted was "25 cents each".
After a week the old man wasn't happy with the few sales he had. He made a bigger sign, in color, that read "WEEKLY SPECIAL! 3 for $1".
The pile sold out in a week.
PS - I learned how to write big numbers with markers from that old man. He had the prettiest "grocery store calligraphy" I had ever seen.
True story.
When I was a tadpole I worked in a corner neighborhood grocery store (one register). The owner was a wise old life-long grocer and butcher.
We had a shelf of various canned vegetables. Most of them retailed out at that time for anywhere from $0.22 to $0.29. He wanted to move them quicker so he had me make a stacked can display by an end cap. The first price we posted was "25 cents each".
After a week the old man wasn't happy with the few sales he had. He made a bigger sign, in color, that read "WEEKLY SPECIAL! 3 for $1".
The pile sold out in a week.
PS - I learned how to write big numbers with markers from that old man. He had the prettiest "grocery store calligraphy" I had ever seen.
Story so nice, he posted it twice
There is no better story teller on this site than Paden!
