I ran errands last night.
I hate errands. No. I hate errands. No, I hate errands.
I first had to go to Costco to get chicken. Chicken for the Kung Pao Chicken I was going to make but didn't. I was only going to spend $50 or so. Of course $115 later.... "Food storage. Food storage," was what I kept telling myself, mumbling on the way out looking at the reciept and clipping Costco shoppers heels.
Last destination: Target.
Why: To use my soon-to-be-expired coupons. It would be a waste to not use them. After I spend $16 a month or whatever it was to get 2 Sunday papers (which I cancelled by the way).
Wait for it: After being abused by James for an hour flipping through my coupons and getting mad at James ripping them to shreds, I finally make it to checkout. There are 3 checkers open in a cluster condensed with at least 4-5 customers waiting to get the #$%^ out of there. Of course I just had to be that coupon lady with the screaming child and there had to be that lady with 3 items right behind me who was in a hurry. So with 15 or so coupons (I had a coupon for every item that I bought), the cashier was annoyed and snapped, "Are these all current?" In my fury I flung myself over the counter and slapped her in the face and yelled, "of course they are you dumb *beep*."
Uh!
No I didn't say that... maybe if it was an off day, like if I closed the garage door on my 4-runner... Oh wait. I did that. But anyway, it was definitely "One of those days."
But I kept it together and clenched my teeth together and said, "yes." Polite or not I can't remember. But in the back of my mind I thought, if you only knew that the only reason I'm here is because the expiration date is today.
So she goes thru and scans the coupons in and James is throwing stuff out of the cart and being a punk face kid. A coupon isn't scanning and she asks if I bought that item. I thought, how can you scan something and not have any idea what your scanning (a monkey can do that). But I pulled it out since it was conveniently on top and she said ok, I'll just manually override it since it's not scanning in. Like she was doing me a huge favor. Honestly.
The lady behind was irritated beyond irritated.
But since the cashier gave me the $1.00 savings anyway I refrained from "b"-slapping either of them.
So then she goes down to two coupons that were together, I was too lazy to clip them separately. After all, I got both of them. Times two.
Then the cashier goes, "what am I supposed to do with this one?". Referring to the two unclipped coupons. I said, "I got both of them. One is for the pads and the other is for the tampons."
I didn't realize I said the latter so loud until I started blushing and realized just how many people were around me cuz they all looked at me and the cashier was embarrassed. Then she was really nice after that and said how coupons are so nice and every little bit helps.
Whatever.
I still hate coupons.
Results: Savings $10. Bill $80.
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8 comments:
I agree! I think grocery shopping is the worst! And even worse than that I always get stuck doing it because my husband claims that he hates it even more than I do! I love your stories, you crack me up!
Oh, Bianca! Two things: 1) You are so funny in your description; and 2) I feel your pain! I've been there, but with three screaming children. Fortunately, Rebecca is pretty mellow and usually doesn't act up in the store. Hunter is usually only fussy because he's either tired or hungry. The other two, I probably didn't go near the toy aisle. :)
I like how you said, Honestly. I could just hear your voice saying it.
Bary enjoyed reading your post and wanted me to come and read it. As I was reading it, he asked me why I was not laughing. I told him I could relate to the whole story. I have been using coupons all our married life and believe me, I ran into many "there's no way she could pass high school algebra class" type of cashiers. I don't care if they get mad, I still use it b/c I love saving money. Goal: $1M saved.
Mail is the worst for me. I have some serious issues. Erin, I honestly don't know how you do it... honestly.
I don't think I'd be couponing much without coupon sense - even though it costs a little to be a part of, I don't think I'd be good at using my coupons if coupon sense didn't make it a lot easier like it does. I was afraid of cashiers' and people's reactions too, but so far everyone's actually been really nice - so maybe it's Target? My good experiences have been at Albertson's, Safeway, Fry's.
And even price matching in the past at Walmart - people were surprisingly nice - in line & at the register - even though I expected sneers, evil laughs, and scary threats. ;)
I can understand why this night was not fun for you though!!
I suppose I shouldn't laugh at your expense, right? But it's a sympathy laugh. :) I don't do the coupon thing either - I figure my time and piece of mind are worth something.
Sometimes getting deals is such a hassle when you have stupid cashiers! I had a math-in-my-head contest with 3 grocery cashiers at the same time one day--it was SO annoying, but I was right! Plus, one cashier once accosted me for not buying Snyders and trying to use the coupon--then we had a battle of whether or not Snyders made chips and not just pretzels--so I had to fish them out of the grocery cart to prove her wrong--grr that can be SO annoying and I'm sure it was 10x's annoying to have James crying.
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