Wierd, no gross, no wierd AND gross!

[PepperElf]

thing is it won't matter which is bigger, the "bogo" or the "50%". SCs will always see only what they want to see.

Take "bogo 50% off"
make the BOGO bigger and they'll think it's "buy one get one free"
make the 50% bigger and they'll think it's 50% off total.

[ShootMePlease]

We should all be glad he is trying to prevent himself from procreating

[cashierbex]

Ha, usually happens the Thursday after the papers all go out. They expect me to pull one out of thin air.

[EricKei]

People read it as:
"In-store coupon"

Or, better yet, stealing it from one of your papers without buying it (if yer store sells papers), or demanding that YOU do so...

[cashierbex]

My other favorite:
"Coupon found in most Sunday papers"

People read it as:
"In-store coupon"



So much frustration for me .

[raudf]

This is one of the reason I wanted off the main register so bad. I don't have to fight as many customers over this in cosmetics. Yay.
Why make '50% OFF' huge and 'buy one get one' so small if it's gonna cause your employees so much stress?
(I hate these ad tags too.)

Because corporate knows that's all the customer is going to read anyways. You could make the 50% OFF so tiny it'd require a magnifying glass to read, but that'd still be all the customers see. In this case, it's not being unable to read. It's selective reading.

Oh, this drove me so up the wall when I worked at the Wart of Mall. I even threatened to tape over the 50% OFF part just to see if customers would still see it!

[dragon_wings]

I love it when people get pissy with me and the damned BOGO half off deals. This is why we need to make the BOGO part bigger. But thats too logical for said drugstore.

This is one of the reason I wanted off the main register so bad. I don't have to fight as many customers over this in cosmetics. Yay.
Why make '50% OFF' huge and 'buy one get one' so small if it's gonna cause your employees so much stress?
(I hate these ad tags too.)

[cashierbex]

I love it when people get pissy with me and the damned BOGO half off deals. This is why we need to make the BOGO part bigger. But thats too logical for said drugstore.

[siskaren]

I find it interesting that the guy insisted that the condoms were 50% off, not buy one, get one 50% off, yet he bought 2 boxes.

[muppet101]

I realize older people have sex, but assuming your partner is around the same age as you, there is no danger of pregnancy. And let's be honest, unless you're worried about STDs, there's no other reason to buy condoms at that age!

The age group with the most new cases of hiv is over fifties. Kids grown up and leave home, couple divorce who in the meantime only had that one partner and missed the aids education and information over lasf 30 years, gets new partner, too shy to ask to use a condom or pregnancy is only concern= catching something.

Yes customer in this case was a dumbass but please always use a condom.

[Teefies2]

I realize older people have sex, but assuming your partner is around the same age as you, there is no danger of pregnancy. And let's be honest, unless you're worried about STDs, there's no other reason to buy condoms at that age!

[Teefies2]

Not sure exactly where this belongs, but because the Customer got pissy with me, I'll put it here

We are a drugstore. Yes, we sell condoms. Saturday (today) is the day we put out the ad tags for Sunday's sales. Yes we will honor those tags, even if technically it's not Sunday yet.

Guy with Worst Bad Breath I've EVER Smelled (not actually relevant to the story, just added for your amusement) comes up to my register with some stuff and two boxes of condoms. I ring it all up, tell him the total, and he's CBF. "These" pointing to the two boxes of condoms "are 50% off!!" Well okay, our ads are almost always Buy One Get One 50% off, but I'll play along.

I flip through both the flyer that ends tonight AND the one that starts tomorrow. I see the condoms as a Buy One Get One 50% off and show it to him. "NO NO NO that's not right!!!!!!!!!!! I'll go get the tags and SHOWWWWWWWWWWWW you!!!!!" He storms back to the condom aisle, comes back, and SLAPS two ad tags down on the counter. "SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE???"

I say "yes sir, that's what it says. Buy one get one 50% off." As I point to EACH word on the tag. "That's what I did. I rang the first box of condoms up at full price and then rang the second box up at 1/2 price for you".

"Well yanno what? Just f***ing FORGET it!!!!!!!" as he storms out.


Not really too bad huh? But here's the kicker. I'm 54 and this guy was WAYYYY older than me. He was 70 if he was a day. WTH does a 70 year old need to buy condoms for .... unless he's got him a sweet young thing going?? just ewwwww