Iliterate or aliterate? Does it even matter?

[HawaiianShirts]

It's only worth my while if you're bribing me with an amount which, strangely enough, equals the regular price of the "sale" item. Tempting, isn't it.

Or more.

Why is it so easy for me to believe in the possibility of some clueless customer attempting to bribe an employee with $20 in exchange for a $10 discount on something?

[Jetfire]

Or more.

Why is it so easy for me to believe in the possibility of some clueless customer attempting to bribe an employee with $20 in exchange for a $10 discount on something?

Karmic justice would have him then return the item and only get the discounted price back because he did 'buy' it for the sale price. :P

[Becks]

But there's no harm in asking, right?

Yes. There's a reason why it's stated in the flyer that the sale starts on Oct. 7th, not "on the 6th if you ask nicely, attempt to bribe employees and/or make puppy dog eyes at everyone".

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

And again today.

We have blue plastic storage totes on sale for $X.xx (lowest price of the season, and I'm not going to disclose that because it may give away my employer ). We also have them lined up in stacks down the middle of the main aisle between housewares and toys.

And people just walk right past them into a different aisle and pick up totes that are significantly more expensive.

Swear I must've been called to bring up the correct totes and return the incorrect times at least 5 times today. If you're so dense as to miss the big honkin' pile of the right totes, you should have to haul your ass back there yourself to grab the right ones.

[bainsidhe]

You have a point, asking if the ad can be honored early is a harmless question. But so are the jokes "If it doesn't scan, it's free yuk yuk yuk". Employees begin to resent such question/comments.

And let's not forget that about half the folks asking for an early discount will then argue with you, convinced they deserve that discount now Now NOW! After being told no, they'll look for another employee and ask the same question again, or demand a manager and complain, trying to force a discount. If the item is small enough, some SCs try to steal it because they are "owed" this product. I've lost a lot of faith in humanity.

[Skeksin]

Once you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk. And so on.

I stake the mouse...

[Geek King]

Honestly, you are special and unique. Just like everyone else is.

I'm not. >.>

[Brojekk]

They ignore expiration dates,

Correction...they pay too much attention to expiration dates. If there's 15 bottles of milk in the dairy cooler.....each dated 12 days in advance.....they're ransack the entire shelf looking for the one listed as 13 days.
Often moving most of the bottles onto different shelves and leaving it like that when they get their precious 13. Seen that too many times back in my dairy days.