Quick whine, which is preceding me putting away my groceries because I am so perturbed.
I went out for a few items, one of which was Espresso Powder.
The shelf said $3.89. Fine.
I get the rest of my stuff, and when I check out, I notice the sticker on the item says $4.09. Fine.
I am fine with this because it's not like the sticker said one thing and the computer is wrong, so I calmly tell the cashier that they need to update their shelf sticker because it doesn't match the product sticker. The cashier begrudgingly gets her manager and charges me $3.89 instead -- although I didn't ask them to.
But, that is not why I am annoyed.
The tab, you see, was $15.68 total, so I hand her $20.68. I know because I meticulously counted out 2 quarters, a dime, a nickel, and 3 pennies.
She seems to have trouble adding the coins in her hand, and then the last words out of her mouth were something like "62" but I figure that she is counting the rest silently in her head. She turns around and cha-chings the register and proceeds to start giving me $4.95.
Call me crazy, but this annoys me. In my cashiering days if someone gave me $.95, I'd say (before putting money in and ringing up) "Excuse me, you gave me X, did you mean to give me Y?" or something to that effect.
I know I gave her that nickel. I care more about that nickel than the 20 cents I "saved" on the espresso.
And this is why, I really should only pay with a credit card. Because math is hard.
