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

[Mikkel]

As for the bath salts....I thought they were putting drugs into the bath salts to hide them?

They are actually selling the drug labelled as bath salts. They won't work as bath salts at all. There is a thread over at Fratching.

[EvilEmpryss]

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.

Ooo, bait and switch suckage!

If I can't get away with the massive suckage I came her to do (using ten internet coupons that may or may not be legitimate), I'll try muddling the issue by insisting that your website says I can use four coupons at once!

The store got away lucky of she didn't use any of them. I'll bet they wasn't a legitimate coupon in the batch.

[Amusement Gal]

The coupon lady is just who coupons were created for. They give you a tiny sum off of something you probably don't buy normally to begin with, and cash in on it. So at least thank her for being the reason coupons exist! Other than that, she's just being petty.

[bainsidhe]

Only some cough syrup at *big box retail* required ID. I don't remember the ingredient, but some of the medicines could be used to make meth. Some of the other medications I think had something even more potent, because they were kept locked in the pharmacy, even though they were considered over-the-counter drugs. *shrugs*

And IPF is right, people are highly creative when it comes to killing brain cells. Local store here used to card for markers.

[Teefies2]

Had a similar situation happen to me. This couple comes through my register with a Load of groceries, and I mean a LOAD, cart piled full. I rang it all up and they swipe their food stamp card (EBT, whatever you call it). I will say, however, there was nothing in their order that was unusual or sucky, just normal groceries (no steak, shrimp, beer, or all the other things *some* assistance customers try to get away with).

Anyway, once they run their assistance card, there is a balance due of $2.19. I'm confused, they're confused. "This is ALL food!" Yes ma'am it is. Let me see if I can figure out what is causing you a balance due. I go through their order, item by item, but I can't see it. I call for a supervisor ... the assistant manager comes over. He also goes through their order, item by item and he can't figure it out either.

He & I both say we are sorry, but they will have to pay the $2.19, or contact the assistance office in the morning when it is open. Cue the catbuttface ..... "Well we don't have any money! Screw it!" And they walk off, leaving their entire order, which has been charged to their assistance card - the only way it wouldn't be if the entire order is voided. The AM and I are WTF????



Turns out, when I actually found someone who knew what was going on with the assistance program, they had purchased a brand of milk that wasn't on the program. So they blew their entire food budget by walking away from a purchase that would have been completely paid for by assistance program, if they had simply purchased the correct brand of milk.

[jjc927]

Ooo, bait and switch suckage!

If I can't get away with the massive suckage I came her to do (using ten internet coupons that may or may not be legitimate), I'll try muddling the issue by insisting that your website says I can use four coupons at once!

The store got away lucky of she didn't use any of them. I'll bet they wasn't a legitimate coupon in the batch.

Yup, that's the issue with them, along with people printing out several of the same coupon at once instead of the singular coupon that is intended.

[vloglady]

Sorry, OP, the coupon lady is probably correct. I have that Valentine's coupon myself and I am (modestly) a coupon expert.

the coupon states $1 off any two Valentine's candy. It does NOT state bags. Pictures on coupons don't mean a thing. they can't put a picture on the coupon of all the different Valentine's candy in the world. the coupon would be three feet long.

What does it SAY? I think the brand is mars candy. You certainly CAN buy bars, as long as it is a Valentine's day candy.

Read the coupon. Pictures don't mean squat.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I've yet to see checkout bars of candy being sold as Valentines candy, with the appropriate packaging that goes along with it. Only the bags.

Actually I have, but it's Palmer chocolate bars made and packaged for specific holidays, which the swamp carries way too damn many of.

I'm assuming that's what the customer brought up. Without seeing the actual coupon and assuming the coupon is only for Valentines candy, I have to say the OP made the right call.

[Spork4pedro]

The way I read it was that the coupon that was for candy specifically marked for valentine's Day (didn't specify the coupon needed bars or bags just that a bag was in the photo) and that the customer brought up a regular candy bar. Either way I find it weird that people do the "ditch the whole order if something small doesn't go my way" bit. Fortunately I haven't dealt with this at any of my places of employment but I have been the customer behind this jerk MANY a time!

[PepperElf]

The latest scare in my state is nutmeg. Yes, nutmeg, the spice.

Yeah, I heard about that before but never looked it up until now. ... Apparently the side effects are likened to "a hellish case of the flu".

I doubt the fad will last long after the kids experience *that*.

[mattm04]

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 remember in HS, in the food service class I took, we had to research some of the common spices. When we got to nutmeg, the websites were blocked under the drug category by the content filter. The IT dept ended up removing the block on that lab and had the principal hover over everyone while they did their research.

[Food Lady]

Sorry, OP, the coupon lady is probably correct. I have that Valentine's coupon myself and I am (modestly) a coupon expert. the coupon states $1 off any two Valentine's candy. It does NOT state bags. Pictures on coupons don't mean a thing. they can't put a picture on the coupon of all the different Valentine's candy in the world. the coupon would be three feet long. What does it SAY? I think the brand is mars candy. You certainly CAN buy bars, as long as it is a Valentine's day candy. Read the coupon. Pictures don't mean squat.

It did say 2 Valentine's candies, and the bars she picked up were not.