Big-time hairpats for everyone who needs them, especially Theo for her hat trick.
I'm now starting to get excited by the idea of the surgery, because I've already got myself scheduled for splurging on a really nice corset when I get close to my target weight!! It'll probably be the only thing that'll give me the appearance of boobage, so it'll be worth the investment. (My sister had gastric bypass, and if it weren't for the fact that she's currently unemployed, she'd probably have had a boob job by now. Her weight loss moved her cup size from B to negative-A. I'll probably be in the same boat.)
I don't feel disconnected, but there's a lot of free-floating anxiety about work. We have a company meeting in 20 minutes to discuss our catastrophic financial state. Ugh.
Also, I went to the grocery store at lunch, and the cashier got shirty with me for using a coupon that she felt took "too much" off the price of the item. The coupon was NOT expired; it was for the correct item; I, personally don't control the grocery store's pricing of said item, nor do I control the company's decision to issue a $4 coupon.
She told me I was committing coupon fraud. I told her that I would speak to the manager. She followed me to the manager, told the manager that I was committing coupon fraud, grabbed the coupon from my hand and shoved it at the manager. I kept my cool, ignored the cashier, looked at the manager and said, "I don't appreciate being accused of 'coupon fraud,' nor is that my intent. Here is the item I would like to purchase -- what do YOU think, looking at the item and the coupon? Is that a legitimate coupon?"
The manager glared at the cashier, looked at me all apologetic and said, "Looks valid to me -- let me ring it up." The cashier stalked away, and I thanked the manager.
I am SO e-mailing the grocery store. Way to lose a customer.
Also, I went to the grocery store at lunch, and the cashier got shirty with me for using a coupon that she felt took "too much" off the price of the item.
WTF? Does she work on commission or something?
That is crazy Steph, it's not like the money is coming from her pocket.
Right? Maybe she was just having a bad day. I don't know. I was baffled.
What the hell, Tep? Didn't you just recently have a similarly shitty customer service experience at a car dealership?
"coupon fraud"?
seriously?
None of the decisions - issue , price or even if the store is going to take coupons is a cashier's choice. all the cashier can do is decide if they match, if the coupon is expired, and maybe question the legitimacy of the coupon.
edited for weird word choice
That's weird. Why would she care so much?
Speaking of weird retail experiences. I went into an Office Max a couple of days ago to buy a 4GB flash drive that cost all of $12. The cashier asked if I wanted an extended warranty. I just said "no" instead of "are you fucking kidding me?". To the cashier's credit she didn't try to push the issue and quite possibly thought it was just as stupid as I did.
