Seventh Entry

Seventh Entry: 10/23/09 3:33:50 PM
It’s friday, and I can finally relax from all the useless stress of school. However, upon immediately getting home I realized that I still have a whole host of chores to do. I also realized that people are expecting me to write another entry. So here I am writing this entry, but I cannot finish it now, because my dad is telling me to clean the whole house. Even though this is extremely annoying, I realize that my dad is tired too. I am about to reluctantly turn off the Elvis Tunes and give my room a GI cleaning.
Continued at: 5:01:50 PM
I am back from completing my required duties. I think I was talking about fridays or something like that, but we can be honest with each other. No one really cares about that. This past wednesday, I witnessed a very comical event. My Dad and I had to run into Big Y to get a couple things. We semi-jogged down the aisles, quickly collecting our items, and got in line. The lady in front us appeared to be a little frazzled, to say the least. The following conversation went something like this.
“Ma’am, how would you like to pay today?”
“Hold on please, I have a coupon in my purse somewhere.”
The cashier scanned the coupon and proceeded to tell her:
“Ma’am, I am sorry, but we do not accept this coupon.”
“Why not? It is a brand coupon.”
“I see that, but I am sure you can see that Stop and Shop is printed above the barcode.”
“What? I know, but can’t you understand that the manufacturer put out this coupon. Stop and Shop accepts Big Y coupons.”
“Yes, I see that, but at Big Y we do not accept Stop and Shop coupons.”
My Dad and I, sensing that this could be a hassle, found our way to another line. I thought about the scene I just witnessed and realized how ridiculous that was. It was the equivalent of walking into Dairy Queen and expecting them to accept a coupon from Ben and Jerry’s. First of all the women was obviously BSing, when she said that Stop and Shop accepts Big Y coupons. Obviously, they don’t. Also, another thing that made no sense was that Stop and Shop is two minutes away from Big Y. If the coupon was so important, she should have taken a short drive and got her 10% off for a total savings of 2 cents. From all of this evidence, I would assume that this woman just really wanted to ruin someone’s day. And that pisses me off.