I didn't pick the right product, so I won't buy anything

[Food Lady]

Had a lady with 2 coupons for Valentine's candy. They even had pictures of bags of candy on them. She tried to use them on candy bars, regular ones. I rejected them and she didn't throw a fit, but had me cancel out the candy bars, and then decided to cancel her entire purchase. Seriously?


Another SC today stood and whined at me about how unsafe it is to not require her signiature on a credit transaction. I told her that was pretty standard nowadays and her response was, "Not at the places I shop!" Um then go shop there and quit arguing with me. I bet she gets mad next time I ID her for cough syrup, though.

[Mytical]

Really? The savings on two bags of candy were that important? Wow the recession must be worse then people think...

As for 'signature lady' you can't make people happy regardless what you do .

[Mr Hero]

Off topic a little, but is cough syrup an age-restricted product now? I had to get some this morning and I was never asked for ID. Maybe I look old enough already.

[barainga]

Off topic a little, but is cough syrup an age-restricted product now? I had to get some this morning and I was never asked for ID. Maybe I look old enough already.

Yeah.. sadly. Kids starting buying it and drinking it to get a buzz. But still... wow.

[Amusement Gal]

It's mostly/only the nighttime stuff though. The daytime stuff doesn't have what they're trying to prevent, from what I notice. Some mucus softeners as well get the treatment.

[dalesys]

Yeah.. sadly. Kids starting buying it and drinking it to get a buzz. But still... wow.

Yeah, they'd started at least by the '60's
I remember over-the-counter mouthwash that was 80 proof... in Utah!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Next on the age-restricted list: bath salts, because apparently crushing and snorting them gives one a cocaine-like high.

I swear people can make drugs out of just about anything.

[dalesys]

Next on the age-restricted list: Air. Water.
I swear people can make drugs out of just about anything.

Hyperventilation... Hyponatremia...

[mharbourgirl]

Yeah, they'd started at least by the '60's
I remember over-the-counter mouthwash that was 80 proof... in Utah!

Or as my grandfather used to call it, 'Prohibition-style mint julep fixin's'. I learned a lot of really interesting things from Grandpa Ed, I must say.

[Project_Mars]

Next on the age-restricted list: bath salts, because apparently crushing and snorting them gives one a cocaine-like high.

I swear people can make drugs out of just about anything.

Not really the age-restricted list, but i've heard lawmakers are thinking about just out-right BANNING them.

Also, at star-mart, credit transactions always need a signature to go through, but it doesn't always prompt me to check the signature, so i guess she must shop there quite a bit.

[Taboo]

Not really the age-restricted list, but i've heard lawmakers are thinking about just out-right BANNING them.

That's... pretty silly, honestly. You can't really ban people from doing stupid things; they'll just find something else.

[MoonCat]

Some registers don't require a sig on credit. I've had that happen at Aid of Rite.

As for the bath salts....I thought they were putting drugs into the bath salts to hide them? Most bath salts are epsom salt and/or sea salt with fragrances added. I've made some myself. But then, I wasn't adding drugs!

[BrenDAnn]

As for coupon lady: Stupid, but unsurprising. People are beyond petty nowadays. Now, about the whole credit card thing, we do things similarly at the c-store. If their purchase is under $25, then they don't have to sign. However, we were told that if a customer INSISTS on signing, to let them, just to appease them and avoid situations like you mentioned. You're probably right about her though! You can't win sometimes!

[EvilEmpryss]

Cough syrups are restricted in some places here (mostly in drug stores), though it's mostly just put behind the counter and you have to ask for it.

The latest scare in my state is nutmeg. Yes, nutmeg, the spice. For a while they were talking about putting it in locked cabinets or requiring you to be over 18 to purchase it. I had a good laugh with my daughter over that one. I told her that if she's going to snort anything out of my spice cabinet, she needs to make sure to tell me if she uses up the last of it.

I swear, the more you lock things away and tell kids it's bad for them to have it, no matter how poisonous or innocuous it is, the more they'll want. It's kinda like sticking a tree in the middle of a garden and telling the kids that it's really super-duper special and if they eat from it they'll die. We all know how well that tactic worked.

[jjc927]

Had a lady with 2 coupons for Valentine's candy. They even had pictures of bags of candy on them. She tried to use them on candy bars, regular ones. I rejected them and she didn't throw a fit, but had me cancel out the candy bars, and then decided to cancel her entire purchase. Seriously?

I had something similar happen Friday. This woman had like 10 internet printed coupons and our store has a policy of only allowing one to be used per visit. The manager tells her this and the customer promptly throws a hissy fit and claims that the store allows 4 to be used at a time and it's on the official policy on the store's website (again, she had like 10) and has her whole order cancelled.