YOU know the type...

[Mnemjian]

...and I know everyone here probably gets them as much as I do! The people that when you tell them the total amount they owe they say, "WHAAAT?!?! HOW MUCH?!?!" and you must then explain to them slowly and clearly the amount of every item and remind them that there is sales tax in this state and they still stare at you like you have just finished beating a newborn kitty with a nail bat. Sometimes people act shocked by the price because they are leading up to asking for a discount because it's so expensive to by luxury items that they don't need these days waaaah But it seems like usually it's because the amount was added up wrong in their head and they are angry because reality has failed to magically conform to their own personal dream world standards.

I consider this more of a Brain Burp and not a SC thing because I miscalculate prices in my head while shopping pretty frequently because I suck at mathz, and it's of course perfectly acceptable to question the bill; I am happy to clarify it for you and maybe somebody did make a mistake, who knows! Nobody is perfect. But you shouldn't get snippy at the person ringing you up! Just remember, the fancy addin' machine that the slave person is pushing buttons on generally doesn't make mistakes Humans, however.....

[llythe]

I usually don't question the bill until I'm home - gives me a chance to think it over, and check everything (sometimes things are rung up twice, or the scanned price didn't match the sale price, etc.) but usually at the till I'm too shy to say anything.

I did have one lady at the drug store check the bill for me, though. I was buying tylenol and womanly-things, so two small boxes for a total of $30. Even she couldn't believe how expensive some things are.

[Balgram]

I don't make a major suck about it, but I am pretty good at math, and I usually over compensate for sales tax (multiplying with decimals is fun!). When the bill is off by more than about $1-3, I ask the cashier about it. I never ask if there is a line or a busy store, but when it's dead quiet and something seems off I'll double check it. Usually it's a case of something getting rung twice, or me grabbing an item next to the item on sale, at which point I get to apologize and ask if I can run and grab the real item, or have it taken off and not buy that item today.

I'll get it wrong sometimes, and not realize how much that broccoli really costs, or something, but I can understand when people miscalculate. When you are expecting to spend $5 and the total comes up to $12.75, it can be pretty alarming.

I can't understand them shouting about it, though.