Rang up and Rung out

I raised a big stink in Coffman Union today when I bought a bag of chips that had 99¢ on the bag, and when the lady rang me up it was $1.17, so as I was looking at the receipt, she said that’s with tax, and I pointed out that it rang up as $1.09 with 8¢ tax, and then she just said, well that’s how it rings up in the system, and I went to walk away, but then I decided I couldn’t let that go considering how I’m getting screwed from every other direction already.  I walked back in and started to looking around for a manager, when the cashier came up and asked for my ticket and proceeded to go find a manager, not before explaining to me that no matter what the product price from the distributor says, they are allowed to charge whatever they want.

A minute later a manager came out and then a second, and the blue shirt manager said, that he was unaware of this error on their behalf, and that he was grateful that I brought it to his attention, and that he was going to correct it in their system right away.  I then followed the cashier and red shirt manager back to the cash register, and I was refunded 10¢ on my card; it might sound like a waste of time, but it was the principle.  It reminds me of this time when I was in Rainbow Foods with my son, and he likes to run around and wreck havoc on my patience while I’m trying to just get in and out.  Anyway, when I was checking out my bill came to $49+ and I noticed I didn’t really buy that much stuff, but I was in a hurry to get him out of there and into a place I can contain him—my apartment.  After he settled down to Benji The Hunted—a remarkable film by Joe Camp, I settled down to read the City Pages when I went to the kitchen for a drink and for some reason decided to look at the check again, and upon reviewing the produce section of the bill, I noticed that I had been charged for 19 green peppers, which came to a total of $19.  I knew I had to act quick, so I grab my boy and we rushed back to the grocery store where I could explain to them that even if I care about my prostate health, I think buying 19 green peppers at one visit is a little overkill, so I got my refund. 

So be warned, most cashiers don’t care or pay attention, hell they are just doing their job and could care less if something is over charged because they get paid the same any.  As far as Coffman goes, I will check back in on these weasels and see if the “error on their behalf” has been adjusted.  I’ll keep you posted.