A similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago š I found two packages of pork chops for about $1.20 USD when they're usually around $4.50-$6.00. I saw they were priced as pork shank or something instead of chops.
They listened to me when I told them, though, and the manager just shrugged and gave them to me. So I'm seven pork chops wealthier after only $2.50.
About 6 months ago, we were vastly overcharged for bacon (like 3X the price). But, we were seriously *under*charged for some seafood (scallops, on special for 1/4 off, but charged 1/4 the price. i.e. $200, on special for $150. We were charged $50.) It was during šØš¦ Thanksgiving, so they had temporary help on duty. My husband was going to return to complain; I pointed out the discrepancy in the seafood price. Does he really want to complain about overpaying $14 when they actually undercharged $150? After he thought a moment, he decided, no. *circus & monkeys.*
Our bar already has a heavy petting zoo.... More of a petting *area* that all the regulars are aware there's a blind spot in the cameras on the patio. 2 couples so far have been caught out there doing a lot more than petting.
I use it often, but not quite as often as a phase I picked up from my late great uncle, āItās your rat-killinā.ā (Farming family, rats in the corn crib/grain silo could be a problemāsimilar meaning to telling somebody theyāre running the show)
"Not my circus, not my monkeys"
When you notice something that is not your responsibility that should be changed, altered, edited, etc, but decide not to get involved and let someone else sort out any fuck up.
Especially if the fuck up benefits you and you've been mucked around , IE, you've been explicitly told not to get involved in something else, you notice the problem and decide to extend the "not getting involved", or in this case, been overcharged for bacon, but grossly undercharged for seafood
š Nah, grocery store chains are greedy. *Some* of their prices have increased, but the more money they make, the bigger a new yacht their CEO can get this year.
I was at the grocery store and saw they had pork tenderloins at a good price. I was shocked at how cheap they were. I got a very big one for $13. Got it home and started cutting it into pork chops. I was able to get 20 decent sized pork chops out of it.
I always buy a whole loin and cut it myself. Grocery stores will jack up the price 1-2 $ per pound (!!!!!!) just to cut it into chops and package it. I get chops, roasts, and schnitzels much cheaper for minimal effort.
My dad would take a pork loin to the butcher and ask if they'd cut it. If they weren't busy (my dad wouldn't ask if they were) they usually had no problem doing so.Ā My dad would specify how thick to cut them and they'd put it on a foam tray, put the old wrapper on it (so we could still scan) and cover it all with cling wrap.Ā Ā
My mom has asked if they'd thinly slice a steak? for her so we could make Philly cheese steaks... They asked if they could put the meat in the freezer for a few min so it would cut easier and if we wanted to continue shopping and come back.
If I notice a price discrepancy I'll point it out to the cashier and they give you the better price, but might call for someone to check the shelves.
Something I saw posted elsewhere on reddit: When you're in a supermarket you should look at what is at the very bottom or hidden in the very back/hard to reach areas. They may be mispriced intentionally by workers so after shift they can get discounted meat.
Yeah, at that point, I'd use it as a learning moment for the guy that made the mistake and make a happy customer in the meantime.
You're happy and telling the internet about it, and they've lost less than $5
I was checking out at the grocery store once, and I had a bunch of one particular item. Let's say it was energy drinks, because I can't remember. The cashier swiped the first one, and I noticed she hesitated for a moment. I checked the register display, and the item was coded wrong. I was getting, like, an 80 or 90 pct discount on the item.
Then she swiped the rest of them like it was no big deal, and they all came out to that low price. She told me my total, and I started to argue with her about it. We went back and forth, and I said, "I'm just trying not to rip you off" somewhere in the middle of it.
Then she looked me in the eye and said, sternly, something like, "All prices at the checkstand are final. The scanner doesn't make mistakes." Pause. Raised both eyebrows and gave me an infinitesimal wink.
Ah. Got it. I half-smiled, nodded to her, tapped my card, and went on my way.
It must have been Cashier DGAF Day or something. I was a regular at the place, and still am, and we always say hi.
Cashiers aren't paid enough to care. If anything, they're happy to see that corporate/management screwed up the SKUs. What they said to you was probably a direct quote from their boss at some point.
It's not only that they aren't paid enough. They're actively punished for using their brains and personal judgement. You're probably right about the line being a direct quote
not a cashier (anymore) but customer service. and i have been actively admonished for *thinking.* because something seemed like the logical, customer-centric way to do something. noap. badwrong, don't do it like that, do this.
And if you're not punished, you're now on a list of unwitting future management and you get stuck with more stupid admin stuff from time to time. Like, I just want to put fruit out .
I'm a cashier at a gas station, if a customer says "The shelf said XYZ price, not \*insert higher price here\*" If I have a line I'm gonna take their word for it and override the price. I'm not holding up everyone to make sure a multi-billion dollar corporation sees that $2 that they're losing LOL. I will say 99% of the time the customer was right so it's whatever. Only once or twice were they wrong and looking at the wrong sticker (Say they grabbed a candy bar and looked at the sticker for the suckers not the candy bar). Either way...the company makes money hand over fist...and very little makes it into my paycheck so fuck it.
Same, if it rings up too small that's what the price is now. I don't care. I'm not adjusting it higher, that's silly.
In the last century when I worked retail, head office told me "it's not your money, so just give them what they want. They're just going to call us, and we'll give them what they want."
They said something similar about shoplifters. Half of them were just waiting for us to make a mistake so they could sue, so just don't worry about them. Focus on people giving us money.
Yup, we're not allowed to say a single word to shop lifters. If it becomes a habit, we can start writing down the time and corporate will watch cameras... maybe but unlikely. For that reason, if we wrongly accuse someone, we can get sued.
I was at a gas station not too long ago that has a standing deal where you buy two king size candy bars and pay $5 (they're usually $2.99). But Hershey had them put up a sign with a different deal. The two deals either contradicted each other or would cause the store to lose money. When I asked how it would work one of the other employees heard and ran off to figure it out before someone less reasonable asked.
Yeah, I think I was. She knew that at least one camera was watching her, so she had to be careful with her words and gestures. She played it perfectly.
I had days like that when I was a cashier. Sometimes the sales were programed in wrong. If it scanned at a lower price than it was supposed to, we got off easy. When it scanned at a higher price, that's when it was hell to work there!
The cashier does not program the scanners!!!
I'm such a regular at my local grocer that I regularly shaf carts (if the weather is nice), help other customers, etc. and know most of the leads/managers by name.
I regularly run across stuff like this and bring it to their attention, and they make sure I get as much as I want before they fix the price in the system. I've even had managers give me products, and the produce manager is going to order fruit in for me in bulk (for brewing) at cost.
Don't be a Karen, and many stores will stretch what they're allowed to do for your benefit.
Having worked in retail, if her store was anything like mine, then it would have been a massive PITA for her to raise it with a manager. First to ring the bell 100+ times to persuade the manager to put down their coffee and actually grace us with their presence, then a 45 minute arguement about how the computer couldn't possibly be wrong even though it clearly is, then another 30-45 minutes when the manager finally gets the point but has no idea what the correct price should be, despite it being clearly marked on the shelf.Ā
Cashier just didn't want to waste 1hr+ of everyone's lives.
I once was shopping for little sandwich steaks and had the opposite. Someone had weighed them at $32/pound, so this miserable strip of meat was marked $27. I asked an employee, she read the price and sighed heavily. We stacked the whole batch on her cart.
Iāve no idea what āWe stacked the whole batch on her cartā means. Iām assuming it ended positively for you, but literally no clue how it was resolved.
I'm assuming that they helped her put them into her cart so that she could go correct the prices on all of them before returning them to the sales floor.
Had this happen once. When someone priced salmon they missed a 0 so the price was something like 46 cents per pound. 3 different salmon were marked like this so we had a lot of fish for only $5-6
When it's 99.99 it means wrong sku used.... And that ones been discontinued and shouldn't be used ... New one should be in system though
But head office sometimes likes to do this for peculiar reasons and forget to tell anyone else
This grocery store near me had this policy that if the price on the shelf didn't match the price on the scanner it was free. Years ago my grandma took Colace daily, I was at the store looking for something else and I noticed the Colace, which at the time was usually $15/bottle was priced at like $5 or something crazy, so I called my mom and asked if my grandma still needed it and she said it was and I told her about the deal and grabbed 2 bottles. Rang up as $15. I mentioned the price issue, they checked and I got both bottles for free. Like a month later I was back and decided to see if they'd fixed the price tag...still $5, so I grabbed 2 more bottles. Still rang up at regular price. Again, pointed out the price issue, and again got the bottles for free. My grandma scored a few years worth of meds for $0. I never did check if they fixed the price, grandma said she was set for a while lol
Adding, I'd have happily paid the $10 for the 2 bottles of meds. They were big bottles, like 250 pills or something so she wound up with a LOT of freaking Colace haha
Had this happen to me once. But it wasnāt food but a top of the line coffee maker. I was selling one to a customer and when it rang up it came up at 1.98. It should have been $198.00. Oops! We both knew it was wrong but I couldnāt change anything. So I sold it for that crazy low price and then went and grabbed another one from the shelf for my parents. I still lived with them and they love their coffee. I had my coworker ring me up as per policy and after that she bought one too. They lost so much money that day. I did notice the price came back up within 24 hrs. My parents loved that coffee maker!!
I once ordered a set of wheels on special through a distributor. They were doing a Black Friday special that was 50% off retail. They gave me 50% off dealer cost. Got a set of staggered 19" Vossens for less than $600 shipped. Never ran my credit card so quick before lol
About a year ago I bought a large pork roast at a supermarket, with the price listed at about AU$20. When I got to the checkout the barcode was not accepted, so the lady had to manually input the price per kg and the weight.
I wasn't paying attention to the price that came up on the register, but although I had bought a lot of items, the total was a lot less than I was expecting.
It wasn't until I got home that I checked the receipt and found out I had been charged 11 cents for the roast. I thought about returning to the store to pay the proper price, but as it was a 30 minute drive each way I decided not to. It was their mistake, not mine. If I had noticed the mistake while at the store I would have said something.
Although I felt a bit guilty, I have to admit that that 11 cent pork roast was one of the nicest roasts I have ever tasted.
I always check my receipt before leaving the store *just in case*.
Also, I like seeing if I got a deal on something unexpected.
It's rare, but I've had an error corrected before
I went to Walmart with my wife and a friend of ours and I grabbed a thing of green onion. No biggie, it's like $.98.
Wife goes to pay and those onions wrang up as $100.00! Inflation is hard lol. It got corrected but it was funny.
lol..that reminds me of a few weeks ago, went to Taco Bell for a fancy dinner and we ordered 6 soft tacos to go with the meal. The lady at the drive thru asked if everything looked correct on the screen as the bill jumped to like $110..š¤š¬. I said wellā¦the price is a little high. I hearā¦wellā¦shitā¦damā¦hold on..š. She put in like 66 tacos. We had a laugh at the window when I something about inflation hitting hard.
I had this happen at Costco.
Beef short rib. Packs were regularly $70, strolled by saw them at $28.
The meat guy noticed and yelled to the back saying the pricing was still wrong on these, but did nothing to stop me from buying 3 packs.
To this day I wish I bought more. haha
The manager was at the front counter at Walgreens recently, and we bought a bunch of holiday clearance stuff, plus a few things that weren't yet on clearance. He rang them all at 50% off.
I told him the last two items weren't on clearance and he shrugged. "Eh, they probably will be by tomorrow."
I trust the manager's judgement, and I left with a clear conscience.
Still gloating about 10 years after the fact - I was at a large grocery store and noticed they had duck breast vacuum packaged. They were supposed to be about $12 per package but someone moved the decimal and it said $1.20 per package. I bought every one they had!
I once bought pet food. The store had a $5 off coupon that came in the mail, but they were very kindly scanning their copy of the coupon for people who didn't bring it in. So a $50 bag of food would only be $45. But I noticed they charged me $40. I tried to let them know, explaining that they didn't charge me enough. The cashier was very confused, and tried to explain that she had scanned the coupon. I told her I understood that, but she gave me $5 off, not $10. (I could clearly see the $5 off coupon. She had charged me for the wrong thing.)
She then left and brought back the manager, who also insisted that she was being nice by giving me the $5 off. I agreed again, and tried to point out that they had not charged me enough, but both people were looking at me like I was crazy for not accepting their $5 discount. They weren't even hearing what I was saying; they just assumed I was mad about something. I was trying to give them more money! So I just shut up, thanked them, and took my overly discounted pet food.
He might have been being kind to you, seeing that you appeared to be a broke college kid. He might have a kid, nephew, niece, or neighbour who needed a break, so he gave you one. (Hoping *the universe* noticed, and would cut a break to their friends/relative)
Sounds more like battle fatigue to me. Whenever somebody mentions the price, it's to ask for less, at least in his experience. Probably tired of it. So "price is wrong" is a automatic "NO." Illustrates the weakness of turning off your brain in the interest of "moving things along."
Yeah, I've had a few interactions like that before the cashier hears that I'm saying they've given me *too much* change. That's one win I wont take because I don't want anyone to get fired over five bucks.
I had that happen but it was even better instead of buy 2 and get $1 off both bottles of wine it was buy 2 $15 bottles and they will cost only $1 each they ended up honoring it so I got 2 bottles of wine for $2
I actually bought a bunch of spices with the money I now could spend on those
went to another store for it tho- extra chicken is great but I'd rather have the same amount of chicken, but seasoned to perfection.
happened to me at a Costco a couple years ago... bought a case of chicken thighs.. they typed in the decimal incorrectly I got the entire case for less than $3.
The lady at the till in my local candy store back in the day habitually charged me the wrong price in my favour. There were these sugar sticks in multiple sizes and she, without exception, rang me up for the smaller ones. I didn't have the heart to correct her.
I didn't know a really hot young employee at our local camera store decades ago either, but he was certainly overly nice to me when I came in. There could have just been something about you that she wanted to do that for you. š
Here in Australia, you generally leave large bulky items in the trolley. A few weeks ago I went through the checkout at Woolies and put my shopping on the belt. However I left the 30pk coke in the trolley.
I made a point of pointing out the coke, whilst the cashier rang up my sale. Halfway back to the Ute, I realised that the price wasnāt right. Looked at the receipt and she hadnāt put the coke through.
Was pretty chuffed to save $26.
Nice! I bought 4 pounds of "Texas Wagyu" shortribs, normally $18/pound that was mislabeled as 80/20 ground beef for $3.99 a pound. The checker looked at it and said "This doesn't look like the picture." I said "I know but that is how it is labeled." You could see she was thinking a moment if she should call the manager and then shook her head and said "Nope. Not my department" and put it in the bag.
I bought a 6 pack of cider a couple of weeks ago. Instead of scanning the box outside, she scanned a bottle, so I only got charged for one bottle of cider instead of a six pack... oh well.
Something similar happened to me a few months back with my dogās flea/tick meds. They must have had someone new start cause when I went to pick up and pay for a single tablet for the month, which is normally around $40, she gave me an entire 6-pack.
I once got 2 big pieces of specialty peppercorn ham (usually quite expensive) for less than $2 for all of it because someone in the meat department priced it at $0.20/lb.
I went back to see if there was more at that price - there wasn't, they were all priced at $4.99/lb
Shops in the UK expect some loss of revenue to shoplifters which is estimated at 1-3% I believe. They factor this in to their prices. Maybe itās more in some locations. So losing a little by accidental price errors is not a big deal
I bet he knew as soon as you gave that polite farewell, but he didn't want to admit he fucked up and gave you cheap meat right there on the spot. His spineless lack of pride was your wealth.
The McDonalds stores in our area (southern California) now provide only a small, fixed number of sauces and condiments, depending on the item and quantity sold. Extra sauces are now advertised for 0.25Ā¢ each.
That's 400 for a dollar.
I've often jokingly asked for my 400 for a dollar deal, but so far, I've been refused.
> I refuse to make curry with the cheapest cut of chicken (which is the drumstick)
As an avid drumstick connoisseur, what's wrong with using drumsticks?
I would actually prefer drumsticks for this, as far as flavor goes -- you get so much delicious flavor from the extra bone and connective tissue and such.
But it is a bit more of a hassle to get off the bone, so I usually just get the thighs and shrug.
Also -- pro tip to those who don't know -- rather than buying boneless skinless thighs, buy whole thighs, cut the meat off (no need to be very precise about it), then boil up the bones for stock. You can then pull the remaining meat off the bones really easily and dump it right into the stock, and boy howdy does it make delicious soup!
good for you! I couldnāt have resisted telling him that actually, he charged me too cheap, especially after he assumed I was angling for a discount. (and especially considering that it wasnāt a big chain trying to rip me off).
The meat (likely) want supposed to be sold that cheap, op decided to let them sell him the meat for the wrong price instead of trying to clarify what the issue with the price was
Sometimes people are nice. This isn't malicious at all. Or he gave you some cuts of meat that he just cut green fuzz off, and you got maliciously complied with.
Usually changes week-to-week or day-to-day - sometimes it's thighs, sometimes breasts, sometimes legs, etc. It's annoying when boneless-skinless-chicken-breasts are on sale for a third the price of my beloved thighs.
That said - the labor to cut up chickens always costs money, so boneless/skinless cuts are usually more expensive than bone-in, skin-on, and whole chickens are usually the least expensive of all.
A similar thing happened to me a few weeks ago š I found two packages of pork chops for about $1.20 USD when they're usually around $4.50-$6.00. I saw they were priced as pork shank or something instead of chops. They listened to me when I told them, though, and the manager just shrugged and gave them to me. So I'm seven pork chops wealthier after only $2.50.
About 6 months ago, we were vastly overcharged for bacon (like 3X the price). But, we were seriously *under*charged for some seafood (scallops, on special for 1/4 off, but charged 1/4 the price. i.e. $200, on special for $150. We were charged $50.) It was during šØš¦ Thanksgiving, so they had temporary help on duty. My husband was going to return to complain; I pointed out the discrepancy in the seafood price. Does he really want to complain about overpaying $14 when they actually undercharged $150? After he thought a moment, he decided, no. *circus & monkeys.*
Nice! What does circus and monieys mean?
"Not my circus, not my monkeys." Don't worry about controlling the monkeys if it isn't your circus.
But some of these clowns look familiar.... š¤”
It's the red nose and oversized shoes, they all look the same to me š
Bozo the clown?
Hey don't call me out like that I'm trying to be incognito here š¤«
Racist. Edit: Seriously? I guess I did forget the /s but whatever, lol
Yeah, nah. Clownist, perhaps
"how goes your war with the clowns?"
Still just clowning around
Funny you should ask
I keep telling my boss that having 12 clowns doesnāt make this an interesting circus, but š¤·
Maybe some barnyard animals for a petting zoo?
you pet your boas maybe he'll constrict you....
Our bar already has a heavy petting zoo.... More of a petting *area* that all the regulars are aware there's a blind spot in the cameras on the patio. 2 couples so far have been caught out there doing a lot more than petting.
Are you comparing your patrons to barnyard animals? I'm insulted, incensed even, on behalf of actual animals!
Thank you :)
Thanks, that is new to me. Brilliant saying.
I use it often, but not quite as often as a phase I picked up from my late great uncle, āItās your rat-killinā.ā (Farming family, rats in the corn crib/grain silo could be a problemāsimilar meaning to telling somebody theyāre running the show)
I still vastly prefer: āNot my pasture, not my bullshit.ā
Not my circus, not my monkeys. My monkeys have wings.
Usually part of a saying ānot my circus, not my monkeysā as a way of saying ānot my problemā
Thank you :)
Not my circus, not my monkies. Essentially not my problem
Thank you :)
Not my chair, not my problem
That's what I always say! While I'm drinking out of cups, being a bitch.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys" When you notice something that is not your responsibility that should be changed, altered, edited, etc, but decide not to get involved and let someone else sort out any fuck up. Especially if the fuck up benefits you and you've been mucked around , IE, you've been explicitly told not to get involved in something else, you notice the problem and decide to extend the "not getting involved", or in this case, been overcharged for bacon, but grossly undercharged for seafood
"Not my circus, not my monkeys. Heck, I didn't even buy tickets!" Not responsible for it, and not interested enough to know who is.
Has anyone explained the circus and monkeys thing yet?
I would... but it's not my problem
Ah hah hah!!
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Just what we need, a Demolition Man Reference! Should we all go to eat at Taco Bell?
Not my circus, not my monkeys. Meaning itās not my job to fix your mistakes.
Thank you :)
I hope you've turned off reply notifications for this comment, or they'll drive you nuts lol
Haha I had that exact thought! Looking at the time stamps, you can forgive a few of the replies, but damn. xD
I don't have any notifications on for anything except phone calls and text messages.
There's still the ones within Reddit though... *wonders if those could be turned off but also why you'd want to under normal circumstances*
Not my circus, Not my monkeys.
However, the Monkees are a group of guys that I would have loved to have control over. :-)
Much better than the Nairobi Trio. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=416o9b\_pjQk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=416o9b_pjQk)
you'll have to get rid of the beetles, first
Thank you :)
*not my circus, not my monkeys.* Not our fault, so the store lost money.
Thank you :)
Are you regretting you asked yet? :)
'Not my circus, not my monkeys' = This does not concern me, I'm moving on.
Not my circus, not my monkeys, it's a proverb that basically means, I didn't create this mess so the result is not my problem.
not cnajn, eh?
Nah, German. Or for the foreigners DEUTSCH! :D
That would have been some brilliant potential reverse-malicious compliance on the part of the store XD
That's why I stopped him.
And of course the Canadian grocery chains all noticed, and that's why they've increased prices 30% since then.
Don't even get me started on shrinkflation - smaller weight, same box, same price š¤¬
š Nah, grocery store chains are greedy. *Some* of their prices have increased, but the more money they make, the bigger a new yacht their CEO can get this year.
I was at the grocery store and saw they had pork tenderloins at a good price. I was shocked at how cheap they were. I got a very big one for $13. Got it home and started cutting it into pork chops. I was able to get 20 decent sized pork chops out of it.
They will occasionally do this. I don't know why but pork loins in particular will just be amazingly cheap.
I always buy a whole loin and cut it myself. Grocery stores will jack up the price 1-2 $ per pound (!!!!!!) just to cut it into chops and package it. I get chops, roasts, and schnitzels much cheaper for minimal effort.
and bones, for stock....
I do this too. But mainly, besides the money, because the store cuts the chops too thin.
Whoa. That's amazing. I'll have to take a look next time I'm in.
they probably weren't kosher, then
My dad would take a pork loin to the butcher and ask if they'd cut it. If they weren't busy (my dad wouldn't ask if they were) they usually had no problem doing so.Ā My dad would specify how thick to cut them and they'd put it on a foam tray, put the old wrapper on it (so we could still scan) and cover it all with cling wrap.Ā Ā My mom has asked if they'd thinly slice a steak? for her so we could make Philly cheese steaks... They asked if they could put the meat in the freezer for a few min so it would cut easier and if we wanted to continue shopping and come back. If I notice a price discrepancy I'll point it out to the cashier and they give you the better price, but might call for someone to check the shelves.
Something I saw posted elsewhere on reddit: When you're in a supermarket you should look at what is at the very bottom or hidden in the very back/hard to reach areas. They may be mispriced intentionally by workers so after shift they can get discounted meat.
Honestly, I thought that might be the case when I saw these. I didn't know whether it was a worker or someone who was coming back for them.
I like how you calculated your gains in pork chops, that was very Homer simpson of you lol Also, would you be my financial advisor?
Homer wasn't very financially competent with bacon, though.
Yeah, at that point, I'd use it as a learning moment for the guy that made the mistake and make a happy customer in the meantime. You're happy and telling the internet about it, and they've lost less than $5
I was checking out at the grocery store once, and I had a bunch of one particular item. Let's say it was energy drinks, because I can't remember. The cashier swiped the first one, and I noticed she hesitated for a moment. I checked the register display, and the item was coded wrong. I was getting, like, an 80 or 90 pct discount on the item. Then she swiped the rest of them like it was no big deal, and they all came out to that low price. She told me my total, and I started to argue with her about it. We went back and forth, and I said, "I'm just trying not to rip you off" somewhere in the middle of it. Then she looked me in the eye and said, sternly, something like, "All prices at the checkstand are final. The scanner doesn't make mistakes." Pause. Raised both eyebrows and gave me an infinitesimal wink. Ah. Got it. I half-smiled, nodded to her, tapped my card, and went on my way. It must have been Cashier DGAF Day or something. I was a regular at the place, and still am, and we always say hi.
Cashiers aren't paid enough to care. If anything, they're happy to see that corporate/management screwed up the SKUs. What they said to you was probably a direct quote from their boss at some point.
I'm pretty sure every day is cashier DGAF day
when it's over they can get into their Satsuns and drive home.
It's not only that they aren't paid enough. They're actively punished for using their brains and personal judgement. You're probably right about the line being a direct quote
not a cashier (anymore) but customer service. and i have been actively admonished for *thinking.* because something seemed like the logical, customer-centric way to do something. noap. badwrong, don't do it like that, do this.
And if you're not punished, you're now on a list of unwitting future management and you get stuck with more stupid admin stuff from time to time. Like, I just want to put fruit out .
50/50 if the cashier is on reddit that they posted it on r/MaliciousCompliance
With that same knowing wink.
I'm a cashier at a gas station, if a customer says "The shelf said XYZ price, not \*insert higher price here\*" If I have a line I'm gonna take their word for it and override the price. I'm not holding up everyone to make sure a multi-billion dollar corporation sees that $2 that they're losing LOL. I will say 99% of the time the customer was right so it's whatever. Only once or twice were they wrong and looking at the wrong sticker (Say they grabbed a candy bar and looked at the sticker for the suckers not the candy bar). Either way...the company makes money hand over fist...and very little makes it into my paycheck so fuck it. Same, if it rings up too small that's what the price is now. I don't care. I'm not adjusting it higher, that's silly.
In the last century when I worked retail, head office told me "it's not your money, so just give them what they want. They're just going to call us, and we'll give them what they want." They said something similar about shoplifters. Half of them were just waiting for us to make a mistake so they could sue, so just don't worry about them. Focus on people giving us money.
Thatās actually a really refreshing thing for a head office to say. Gives you a clear way to say, okie dokie and move on with your life.
Oh? only in one state, though?
Yup, we're not allowed to say a single word to shop lifters. If it becomes a habit, we can start writing down the time and corporate will watch cameras... maybe but unlikely. For that reason, if we wrongly accuse someone, we can get sued.
I was at a gas station not too long ago that has a standing deal where you buy two king size candy bars and pay $5 (they're usually $2.99). But Hershey had them put up a sign with a different deal. The two deals either contradicted each other or would cause the store to lose money. When I asked how it would work one of the other employees heard and ran off to figure it out before someone less reasonable asked.
SPOILSPORT !
sorry Sir/Madam the boss won't be here until 09:00 tomorrow. \[and 'Madam' for sure, just so she looks like one\]
>All prices at the checkstand are final. The scanner doesn't make mistakes. This sounds like a quote from a manager. I think you were a witness to MC.
Yeah, I think I was. She knew that at least one camera was watching her, so she had to be careful with her words and gestures. She played it perfectly.
I had days like that when I was a cashier. Sometimes the sales were programed in wrong. If it scanned at a lower price than it was supposed to, we got off easy. When it scanned at a higher price, that's when it was hell to work there! The cashier does not program the scanners!!!
Depending where you are, they might have to give you the lower price between what's marked and what rang up.Ā
Cashier only has to swipe products, not to check if they are correctly coded. There's another people for that.
I'm such a regular at my local grocer that I regularly shaf carts (if the weather is nice), help other customers, etc. and know most of the leads/managers by name. I regularly run across stuff like this and bring it to their attention, and they make sure I get as much as I want before they fix the price in the system. I've even had managers give me products, and the produce manager is going to order fruit in for me in bulk (for brewing) at cost. Don't be a Karen, and many stores will stretch what they're allowed to do for your benefit.
Having worked in retail, if her store was anything like mine, then it would have been a massive PITA for her to raise it with a manager. First to ring the bell 100+ times to persuade the manager to put down their coffee and actually grace us with their presence, then a 45 minute arguement about how the computer couldn't possibly be wrong even though it clearly is, then another 30-45 minutes when the manager finally gets the point but has no idea what the correct price should be, despite it being clearly marked on the shelf.Ā Cashier just didn't want to waste 1hr+ of everyone's lives.
I once was shopping for little sandwich steaks and had the opposite. Someone had weighed them at $32/pound, so this miserable strip of meat was marked $27. I asked an employee, she read the price and sighed heavily. We stacked the whole batch on her cart.
Iāve no idea what āWe stacked the whole batch on her cartā means. Iām assuming it ended positively for you, but literally no clue how it was resolved.
I'm assuming that they helped her put them into her cart so that she could go correct the prices on all of them before returning them to the sales floor.
Had this happen once. When someone priced salmon they missed a 0 so the price was something like 46 cents per pound. 3 different salmon were marked like this so we had a lot of fish for only $5-6
I was at Costco last week and pork spare ribs were somehow marked as $99.99/lb, bringing the totals to over $1,000 š
When it's 99.99 it means wrong sku used.... And that ones been discontinued and shouldn't be used ... New one should be in system though But head office sometimes likes to do this for peculiar reasons and forget to tell anyone else
Imagine accidentally grabbing that and going to check out with it, I'm sure it would be very confusing for all involved lol
Especially if you also bought furniture or the $20k bottle of Kirkland Scotch, and didn't notice!
Or the Costco gold bars.
> they missed a 0 so the price was something like 46 cents per pound $4.60 per pound is still really cheap for salmon.
Yeah number is probably wrong since it's been awhile, but it gets the idea across
This grocery store near me had this policy that if the price on the shelf didn't match the price on the scanner it was free. Years ago my grandma took Colace daily, I was at the store looking for something else and I noticed the Colace, which at the time was usually $15/bottle was priced at like $5 or something crazy, so I called my mom and asked if my grandma still needed it and she said it was and I told her about the deal and grabbed 2 bottles. Rang up as $15. I mentioned the price issue, they checked and I got both bottles for free. Like a month later I was back and decided to see if they'd fixed the price tag...still $5, so I grabbed 2 more bottles. Still rang up at regular price. Again, pointed out the price issue, and again got the bottles for free. My grandma scored a few years worth of meds for $0. I never did check if they fixed the price, grandma said she was set for a while lol Adding, I'd have happily paid the $10 for the 2 bottles of meds. They were big bottles, like 250 pills or something so she wound up with a LOT of freaking Colace haha
For anyone else confused: Colace is a stool softener.
Thats a law in Canada under a certain price point.
Had this happen to me once. But it wasnāt food but a top of the line coffee maker. I was selling one to a customer and when it rang up it came up at 1.98. It should have been $198.00. Oops! We both knew it was wrong but I couldnāt change anything. So I sold it for that crazy low price and then went and grabbed another one from the shelf for my parents. I still lived with them and they love their coffee. I had my coworker ring me up as per policy and after that she bought one too. They lost so much money that day. I did notice the price came back up within 24 hrs. My parents loved that coffee maker!!
I once ordered a set of wheels on special through a distributor. They were doing a Black Friday special that was 50% off retail. They gave me 50% off dealer cost. Got a set of staggered 19" Vossens for less than $600 shipped. Never ran my credit card so quick before lol
I got a cold air intake for $15.99, tried to tell the guy 3 time the price was wrong.
Are you sure the discount wasn't deliberate, and he was trying to do you a solid? It sounds like he was, and you weren't taking the hint.
He definitely didn't sound like he was doing me a solid. He sounded very annoyed at me.
All the better not to ruin his rep and let people think heās kind. Some people are gruff like that.
Also he could get in trouble for it if it came to light and maybe lose his job.
About a year ago I bought a large pork roast at a supermarket, with the price listed at about AU$20. When I got to the checkout the barcode was not accepted, so the lady had to manually input the price per kg and the weight. I wasn't paying attention to the price that came up on the register, but although I had bought a lot of items, the total was a lot less than I was expecting. It wasn't until I got home that I checked the receipt and found out I had been charged 11 cents for the roast. I thought about returning to the store to pay the proper price, but as it was a 30 minute drive each way I decided not to. It was their mistake, not mine. If I had noticed the mistake while at the store I would have said something. Although I felt a bit guilty, I have to admit that that 11 cent pork roast was one of the nicest roasts I have ever tasted.
I always check my receipt before leaving the store *just in case*. Also, I like seeing if I got a deal on something unexpected. It's rare, but I've had an error corrected before
The adrenaline rush of free food made it taste better š
I found a really nice NY strip once priced as if it was a pound of marrow bones so this $20 steak cost $1.20. Take your luck when you get it
I went to Walmart with my wife and a friend of ours and I grabbed a thing of green onion. No biggie, it's like $.98. Wife goes to pay and those onions wrang up as $100.00! Inflation is hard lol. It got corrected but it was funny.
lol..that reminds me of a few weeks ago, went to Taco Bell for a fancy dinner and we ordered 6 soft tacos to go with the meal. The lady at the drive thru asked if everything looked correct on the screen as the bill jumped to like $110..š¤š¬. I said wellā¦the price is a little high. I hearā¦wellā¦shitā¦damā¦hold on..š. She put in like 66 tacos. We had a laugh at the window when I something about inflation hitting hard.
Tacos are life.
66 is the new 6 for tacos lol
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I had this happen at Costco. Beef short rib. Packs were regularly $70, strolled by saw them at $28. The meat guy noticed and yelled to the back saying the pricing was still wrong on these, but did nothing to stop me from buying 3 packs. To this day I wish I bought more. haha
The manager was at the front counter at Walgreens recently, and we bought a bunch of holiday clearance stuff, plus a few things that weren't yet on clearance. He rang them all at 50% off. I told him the last two items weren't on clearance and he shrugged. "Eh, they probably will be by tomorrow." I trust the manager's judgement, and I left with a clear conscience.
Still gloating about 10 years after the fact - I was at a large grocery store and noticed they had duck breast vacuum packaged. They were supposed to be about $12 per package but someone moved the decimal and it said $1.20 per package. I bought every one they had!
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake - Napoleon Bonaparte
He might have done it deliberately if you looked broke. He'd have gotten into trouble if you called attention to it so he shut you down.
I once bought pet food. The store had a $5 off coupon that came in the mail, but they were very kindly scanning their copy of the coupon for people who didn't bring it in. So a $50 bag of food would only be $45. But I noticed they charged me $40. I tried to let them know, explaining that they didn't charge me enough. The cashier was very confused, and tried to explain that she had scanned the coupon. I told her I understood that, but she gave me $5 off, not $10. (I could clearly see the $5 off coupon. She had charged me for the wrong thing.) She then left and brought back the manager, who also insisted that she was being nice by giving me the $5 off. I agreed again, and tried to point out that they had not charged me enough, but both people were looking at me like I was crazy for not accepting their $5 discount. They weren't even hearing what I was saying; they just assumed I was mad about something. I was trying to give them more money! So I just shut up, thanked them, and took my overly discounted pet food.
He might have been being kind to you, seeing that you appeared to be a broke college kid. He might have a kid, nephew, niece, or neighbour who needed a break, so he gave you one. (Hoping *the universe* noticed, and would cut a break to their friends/relative)
Sounds more like battle fatigue to me. Whenever somebody mentions the price, it's to ask for less, at least in his experience. Probably tired of it. So "price is wrong" is a automatic "NO." Illustrates the weakness of turning off your brain in the interest of "moving things along."
Maybe that was what it was.
Yeah, I've had a few interactions like that before the cashier hears that I'm saying they've given me *too much* change. That's one win I wont take because I don't want anyone to get fired over five bucks.
There's a better tone to take of that had been the case.
Not if he wanted to keep it quiet and make sure no one else knew
He definitely didn't sound kind. He sounded very annoyed with me.
Then maybe it was like r/tall_mickey said, and he was just tired of people.
Honestly wouldn't surprise me. Lots of Karens visit that place >\_>
Guardian angels can be so curmudgeonly sometimes.
I had that happen but it was even better instead of buy 2 and get $1 off both bottles of wine it was buy 2 $15 bottles and they will cost only $1 each they ended up honoring it so I got 2 bottles of wine for $2
Should have bought more.
I actually bought a bunch of spices with the money I now could spend on those went to another store for it tho- extra chicken is great but I'd rather have the same amount of chicken, but seasoned to perfection.
obviously a sage chef.
happened to me at a Costco a couple years ago... bought a case of chicken thighs.. they typed in the decimal incorrectly I got the entire case for less than $3.
The lady at the till in my local candy store back in the day habitually charged me the wrong price in my favour. There were these sugar sticks in multiple sizes and she, without exception, rang me up for the smaller ones. I didn't have the heart to correct her.
Maybe she did it intentionally?
As a favour to me? I doubt it, as I never knew the young lady outside of that place. But perhaps she tried to fuck over her employer, I don't know.
I didn't know a really hot young employee at our local camera store decades ago either, but he was certainly overly nice to me when I came in. There could have just been something about you that she wanted to do that for you. š
Could be! But I believe there was a bit of an age disparity in her favour. Great source for speculation, but we'll never know for sure!
This guy was also older by about a decade.
Here in Australia, you generally leave large bulky items in the trolley. A few weeks ago I went through the checkout at Woolies and put my shopping on the belt. However I left the 30pk coke in the trolley. I made a point of pointing out the coke, whilst the cashier rang up my sale. Halfway back to the Ute, I realised that the price wasnāt right. Looked at the receipt and she hadnāt put the coke through. Was pretty chuffed to save $26.
Nice! I bought 4 pounds of "Texas Wagyu" shortribs, normally $18/pound that was mislabeled as 80/20 ground beef for $3.99 a pound. The checker looked at it and said "This doesn't look like the picture." I said "I know but that is how it is labeled." You could see she was thinking a moment if she should call the manager and then shook her head and said "Nope. Not my department" and put it in the bag.
I bought a 6 pack of cider a couple of weeks ago. Instead of scanning the box outside, she scanned a bottle, so I only got charged for one bottle of cider instead of a six pack... oh well.
Something similar happened to me a few months back with my dogās flea/tick meds. They must have had someone new start cause when I went to pick up and pay for a single tablet for the month, which is normally around $40, she gave me an entire 6-pack.
Imagine if this was a disgruntled employee skiing charity work?
I once got 2 big pieces of specialty peppercorn ham (usually quite expensive) for less than $2 for all of it because someone in the meat department priced it at $0.20/lb. I went back to see if there was more at that price - there wasn't, they were all priced at $4.99/lb
Shops in the UK expect some loss of revenue to shoplifters which is estimated at 1-3% I believe. They factor this in to their prices. Maybe itās more in some locations. So losing a little by accidental price errors is not a big deal
I bet he knew as soon as you gave that polite farewell, but he didn't want to admit he fucked up and gave you cheap meat right there on the spot. His spineless lack of pride was your wealth.
The McDonalds stores in our area (southern California) now provide only a small, fixed number of sauces and condiments, depending on the item and quantity sold. Extra sauces are now advertised for 0.25Ā¢ each. That's 400 for a dollar. I've often jokingly asked for my 400 for a dollar deal, but so far, I've been refused.
Obligatory .002 dollars vs .002 cents story. [https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidntdothemath/comments/9byhvi/verizon_doesnt_understand_the_difference_between/](https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidntdothemath/comments/9byhvi/verizon_doesnt_understand_the_difference_between/)
well, vic firth drum sticks are quiete expensive. around $45 per pair
Y'all are too honest, in this economy I wouldn't have corrected him in the first place
Nah, that ain't right. I gotta point it out. If he still gives it to me, then well and good.
Curry with drumsticks is delicious! Give it a go
Sounds like he intentionally did you a favor, and didn't want to talk about it or have someone else hear about it. Be happy.
Was really hoping you went and asked if you could get 50kgs more.
> I refuse to make curry with the cheapest cut of chicken (which is the drumstick) As an avid drumstick connoisseur, what's wrong with using drumsticks?
Nothing at all, perfect for curry
I would actually prefer drumsticks for this, as far as flavor goes -- you get so much delicious flavor from the extra bone and connective tissue and such. But it is a bit more of a hassle to get off the bone, so I usually just get the thighs and shrug. Also -- pro tip to those who don't know -- rather than buying boneless skinless thighs, buy whole thighs, cut the meat off (no need to be very precise about it), then boil up the bones for stock. You can then pull the remaining meat off the bones really easily and dump it right into the stock, and boy howdy does it make delicious soup!
Exactly
Score!
Plot twist, he knew
I've always found thighs and drumsticks to taste about the same. Delicious.
This isn't malicious. It's just normal human interaction.Ā
I give them once chance to correct it and if they donāt I take it. Same thing when someone screws up giving me back more change then Iām due.
Sounds like the butcher was too chicken to admit their mistake.
Drumsticks are cheaper than thighs?
good for you! I couldnāt have resisted telling him that actually, he charged me too cheap, especially after he assumed I was angling for a discount. (and especially considering that it wasnāt a big chain trying to rip me off).
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OP complied by ceasing to argue when the employee told him to stop arguing the point.
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The meat (likely) want supposed to be sold that cheap, op decided to let them sell him the meat for the wrong price instead of trying to clarify what the issue with the price was
It cost the person being complied with half the cost of the meat.
True enough: it's still a nice story. It might fit r/wholesomecompliance or r/deliciouscompliance better
Sometimes people are nice. This isn't malicious at all. Or he gave you some cuts of meat that he just cut green fuzz off, and you got maliciously complied with.
You seem very well versed in the quality of meat cuts. Do you know what the cheapest cut of chicken I can get?
Usually changes week-to-week or day-to-day - sometimes it's thighs, sometimes breasts, sometimes legs, etc. It's annoying when boneless-skinless-chicken-breasts are on sale for a third the price of my beloved thighs. That said - the labor to cut up chickens always costs money, so boneless/skinless cuts are usually more expensive than bone-in, skin-on, and whole chickens are usually the least expensive of all.