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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Yep. If you had just done it, nobody would have cared. But by telling the employee, you put her in a position where OF COURSE she had to tell you no. So while it’s not an “asshole” move, it was perhaps a little bit of a “dick” move. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Originally Posted By c7aea15: Your problem was in exposing your plan. Yep. If you had just done it, nobody would have cared. But by telling the employee, you put her in a position where OF COURSE she had to tell you no. So while it’s not an “asshole” move, it was perhaps a little bit of a “dick” move. Years ago I took back $50 worth of cans to kroger. The daily limit is $25. So I used a checkout at one end of the store for my first $25 and a different for my next $25. It's not difficult to defeat kroger employees. |
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Originally Posted By GTLandser: This is where I'm at. Dude, the kid on the register is hearing that the world is falling apart, and she's probably feeling lucky to be alive, let alone having a job. They also don't have enough life experience to give you a wink and a nod, or to know the difference between "OP, our regular who is an all around nice guy", and "Karen, our mortal enemy, who should be fucked with at every opportunity". Next time, just to flex and give someone the chance to be a hero (plus your spend $800-1600 or some shit each month on groceries, tf?) ask the bag boy if he has a hankering for the remaining type of cheese you want, and then tip him $5 to take a break, circle the fridge case, and bring you the cheese you wanted during his ciggy break. You'd be a hero 10x over. View Quote You know how I know you didn’t read the whole thread? |
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Quoted: Yeah, I know...that question usually answers itself Went to Publix to spend $100 (again) this morning. I do this about 4 times a week. (During hunting season I spend about $200 every Friday on the way to Camp). Point is, I think I’m a pretty good customer for them, we easily spend $15K plus a year for the last 18 years. Among my items were three small packs of sliced cheese. I’m making sammich wraps for the beach today and burgers for dinner tonight. We all like different cheese. I had one Swiss, one cheddar, one provolone. I was informed at check out that I could only buy two packs of cheese due to the “upcoming shortage”. I said “no problem, just set it over there on the counter. I’ll go put my groceries in the truck and return as a new customer to purchase the other pack”. I was told that was a no-go. Look, I get it. (Even though I’m a flu-bro and this whole thing is a fucking charade). But it’s not like I was filling a damned buggy with every single pack of cheese they had, I was just trying to buy three different kinds, in the minimum quantity possible. I politely paid for my shit and left but as God is my witness, I’ll never spend another dime there again, Publix subs be damned. View Quote I quoted this part for you, so that when you inevitably break down and go back, you will be able to reference the exact moment you cursed yourself. |
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Quoted: Yeah, I know...that question usually answers itself Went to Publix to spend $100 (again) this morning. I do this about 4 times a week. (During hunting season I spend about $200 every Friday on the way to Camp). Point is, I think I’m a pretty good customer for them, we easily spend $15K plus a year for the last 18 years. Among my items were three small packs of sliced cheese. I’m making sammich wraps for the beach today and burgers for dinner tonight. We all like different cheese. I had one Swiss, one cheddar, one provolone. I was informed at check out that I could only buy two packs of cheese due to the “upcoming shortage”. I said “no problem, just set it over there on the counter. I’ll go put my groceries in the truck and return as a new customer to purchase the other pack”. I was told that was a no-go. Look, I get it. (Even though I’m a flu-bro and this whole thing is a fucking charade). But it’s not like I was filling a damned buggy with every single pack of cheese they had, I was just trying to buy three different kinds, in the minimum quantity possible. I politely paid for my shit and left but as God is my witness, I’ll never spend another dime there again, Publix subs be damned. View Quote Same thing happened to me when this whole shit show kicked off. I usually get a gallon of milk and then 5 separate pints to bring to work each day for coffee. I also had some cheese from the deli and 2 bags of shredded cheese for tacos and eggs. (buy one/get one.) I got the rest of my groceries which included a bunch of frozen items. Went to the register and they said ONLY ONE Dairy product per person. I said OK. And I told them to take out the 5 pints of milk. They said "You can buy the gallon of milk. But, the rest of that dairy can not be sold to you." I asked for the manager. Guy bagging for the cashier is the manager. Tells me "It's the LAW." I walked out and told them they could keep all their damn groceries. |
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu: ^^^ This. Automatically makes you the a-hole. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy That’s what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees |
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Originally Posted By WDEagle: Actually ... $100 x 4 (time/week) = $400/week $400/week x 52 weeks = more than $20K/year. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By WDEagle: Originally Posted By konger: 15k a year in groceries? Actually ... $100 x 4 (time/week) = $400/week $400/week x 52 weeks = more than $20K/year. I was trying to be conservative in case we ate out more than usual one week or we were on vacation for a while |
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Just a quick bit of advice for OP and for others like him.
There’s a certain percentage of people who always have to do everything the hard way. They feel like it’s their calling to make life miserable for the rest of us. I call them “rules people” but you probably call them something different. 1. Don’t Be one of those people. 2. When you encounter one, just use your superior intelligence to perform a soft workaround. You could have simply and quietly re-shopped a second time; but then you’d have nothing to bitch about. Refer to #1. |
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Quoted: I was trying to be conservative in case we ate out more than usual one week or we were on vacation for a while View Quote That isn't some really expensive high brow food either, publix. It's sheer volume. |
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Why did you tell them? Just walk out and come back in and use a different register. Do you think she's going to remember you're the max quantity cheese guy?
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If you have to ask if your an ahole, then you probably are. Your mistake wasn't taking someone with you.
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Not necessarily an a-hole, but you fail at OPSEC. No need to telegraph your next move to the worker drone.
Kinda like when the Bond villain explains his plot to our hero instead of just putting one in his melon with no further discussion. |
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Originally Posted By Garyindiane: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... View Quote Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. |
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Quoted: Just cause you guys are single gents doesn't mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. View Quote Using OPs new figure, if you spent what he does at your current food cost, you would have nearly 11 people under your roof. |
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OP writes Hollywood scripts. I have James Bond tied up. Instead of killing him, I am going to chat for a while and I'm going to tell him my whole plan. Oops, he escaped. Foiled again.
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Quoted: That's what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Florida is part of "the south?" I thought it was North Cuba. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By redfish86: Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy That's what we call them in the south. Suck it yankees Panhandle We are basically Alabama |
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In this thread I learned I need to buy cheese before it runs out.
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Remember we are going to ration everything. Welcome to Socialism or Communism. We which one you want to get passed off more.
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Originally Posted By Burnsy: Just for some perspective, your original estimate of 15K, if you live to be 70 you will have eaten over 1 million dollars of food. That isn't some really expensive high brow food either, publix. It's sheer volume. View Quote Food is expensive. I have two kids I feed plus myself, my wife, her MIL, and whatever guests drop by. :shrug: |
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If you would just use the self-check lane you wouldn't have these sort of problems.
Of course, then you wouldn't have been able to flirt with The Golden Girls.... |
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Would they even put it back on the shelf for another customer to be able to buy at that point?
I figured all the big chains had the same policy about not returning food to the cooler after it had been left at the register or setting somewhere else. |
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Originally Posted By joekizanyu: ^^^ This. Automatically makes you the a-hole. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By joekizanyu: Originally Posted By 10mmManiac: Hahah you said buggy The hell do you call them? It's a buggy. |
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Originally Posted By TheDiggity: Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TheDiggity: Originally Posted By Garyindiane: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... Just cause you guys are single gents doesn’t mean the rest of us are. I have a family of 5 and we spend $750 a month on food at the grocery store. This is very typical for the Philly region. Family of 3 here. We spend $250-$300 every two weeks. OP said $400 a week for a family of 5. That's $1,600 a month. |
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Nobody likes a master-plan gloater. Don't you watch superhero movies? Usually the only difference between the good guys and the bad guys is the gloat.
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Don’t they sell packs of cheese with multiple types of cheese in them in Florida?
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I spend 3 months every Winter in Fort Myers at my condo. There are actually 3 publics within 2 miles of each other just go to another public's. Also Publix is way overpriced I shop at Walmart
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Quoted: Sorry, but the only thing that I took from your story was that you go to the grocery store 4 times a week and spend $100 each time. That's insane... View Quote To answer your question; yes, you are. |
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