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"Phil Marshall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

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~~Phil~~

Not only that, but someone thinks "shaving" is synonymous with "shaved". :-)

(Phil Marshall) said:

Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

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~~Phil~~

I didn't realize at first about the screw-up. I paid for my items with my
ATM debit card and started to walk away. Then I though the total seemed
REALLY high for the amount of items I had. One look over my receipt and
I found the mistake. They ended up refunding the $60, and gave me the
lunch meat for free 🙂

~~Phil~~

"Phil Marshall" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

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Ouch! is right, that's funny. Reminds me of a time when cashiers at
my supermarket were accidentally charging 10X the price for meat,
happened to me twice, how other people hadn't noticed it I have
*no* idea. When even a $2.50 item rings up at $25, you tend to
notice, no?

Can't imagine what they could sell at your store for that much per
pound, she was off a decimal place, too, I guess.

nancy

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Quoted message said:

Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

img.villagephotos.comLunchmeat$$.jpgOpen ↗

~~Phil~~

LOL... At least you caught it. I'd say that was some exotic turkey meat
you got at almost $59 a pound ;o)

Michael
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"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> news:[email hidden]:

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Ouch! is right, that's funny. Reminds me of a time when cashiers at
my supermarket were accidentally charging 10X the price for meat,
happened to me twice, how other people hadn't noticed it I have
*no* idea. When even a $2.50 item rings up at $25, you tend to
notice, no?

Speaking only for myself; there have been times I didn't notice unless I
looked at the prices when I got home. It all depends on how much I buy.
If my grocery total is a couple of hundred bucks, I might not notice a $20
over ring.

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

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Quoted message said:

Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

img.villagephotos.comLunchmeat$$.jpgOpen ↗

~~Phil~~

LOL... At least you caught it. I'd say that was some exotic turkey
meat you got at almost $59 a pound ;o)

Michael

But Michael! It was *brined* turkey, I'm sure! All that extra salt and
water surely costs extra! 😉

Jill

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Speaking only for myself; there have been times I didn't notice unless I
looked at the prices when I got home. It all depends on how much I buy.
If my grocery total is a couple of hundred bucks, I might not notice a $20
over ring.

Because of the number of errors, I tend to scan the receipt every time
before I leave the store. It seems as if there is an error of some sort
about a third of the time. If I wait until I get home, it is often not worth
returning to get it corrected. Luckily I tend to shop often and buy a
relatively small number of items each time, so looking for errors is not
overwhelming. I also have a pretty good memory of the shelf price of
everything I've bought, so I know if something is wrong.

It is usually a sale item that rings up at the normal price. The latest time
was yesterday. Granny Smith apples on sale at $1.00/pound, regularly
$1.49/pound. The problem seems most frequent in produce. From what a manager
said, it is caused by multiple codes for the same basic item, where only one
of the possible codes have been entered on the computer. When an error is
reported by a customer, they do go and enter the missing code. But I'm
surprised that the sale started Wednesday, and the code still wasn't correct
by the following Sunday. I get the feeling a lot of people never notice they
are overcharged, and those that do notice don't complain, so it doesn't get
corrected.

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"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Speaking only for myself; there have been times I didn't notice
unless I looked at the prices when I got home. It all depends on how
much I buy. If my grocery total is a couple of hundred bucks, I might
not notice a $20 over ring.

I agree!

Anyway, a week later or so, I was with Ron, I was putting stuff on the
belt and it was being checked through, Ron exclaimed, Hey! it happened
again! (laugh) The cashier was being trained, there was a manager
type watching over her shoulder, they both jumped out of their skin.

This time, a $7.50 meat item. Now, tell me you wouldn't notice that.
$75 for one meat item? Unlikely. That would jack up your bill to a
noticable (what the heck did I buy??) level, no?

I am ashamed to say I still might not notice it. Especially if I'm
shopping at Straubs. I'd notice it at Shop N Save or Schnucks for sure,
but not at Straubs. I might notice it when I get home. I usually don't
watch the register as the cashier rings me out. I'm too busy thumbing
through Southern Living magazine, saying "Plastic please" and swiping my
debit card through the machine 😉

Michael <- now wonders how many times he's been overcharged and not noticed

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"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

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~~Phil~~

LOL... At least you caught it. I'd say that was some exotic turkey
meat you got at almost $59 a pound ;o)

Michael

But Michael! It was *brined* turkey, I'm sure! All that extra salt and
water surely costs extra! 😉

Jill

Oh I'm sure it was brined and at least seasoned generously with saffron as
well as being laced with truffles 😉

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

Phil Marshall said:

Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

img.villagephotos.comLunchmeat$$.jpgOpen ↗

~~Phil~~

It takes more manpower to shave lunch meat extra thin (more
swipes with the slicer), so they added a surcharge.

-sw

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

Speaking only for myself; there have been times I didn't notice unless I
looked at the prices when I got home. It all depends on how much I buy.
If my grocery total is a couple of hundred bucks, I might not notice a $20
over ring.

I know the price of everything I buy, and I find problems 75% of
the time I shop. Unfortunately I don't shop at a store that
gives you the item for free if it scans over the advertised
price.

-sw

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I know the price of everything I buy, and I find problems 75% of
the time I shop. Unfortunately I don't shop at a store that
gives you the item for free if it scans over the advertised
price.

-sw

I *think* the National (now defunct in St. Louis) chain used to give
the item free if it was over rung. Steven used to catch it all the time
when he went shopping. I never shopped at the National stores when they
were here. I hate it when Steven goes to the store with me. I'm a deli
addict and a label reader. He's always in such a hurry ;(

Michael

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"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

Doug Kanter said:

"Phil Marshall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

img.villagephotos.comLunchmeat$$.jpgOpen ↗

~~Phil~~

Not only that, but someone thinks "shaving" is synonymous with "shaved". :-)

Like that Jack In The Box commercial for the sandwich with "melting
cheese." What the heck is melting cheese ?

Tom

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"Phil Marshall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Went to the market over the weekend. Got quite a surprise when
the clerk rang up my purchases. It seems the lady in the deli area
keyed in an incorrect code on my turkey breast lunch meat. OUCH!!

img.villagephotos.comLunchmeat$$.jpgOpen ↗

~~Phil~~

Not only that, but someone thinks "shaving" is synonymous with "shaved".
:-)

Like that Jack In The Box commercial for the sandwich with "melting
cheese." What the heck is melting cheese ?

On a related note: As you're driving around, pay attention to how many times
you see apostrophes misused on business signs. "All tree's on sale this
week"

This country's going to hell in a handbasket. I think terrorists are dosing
the water with something that affects the language processing parts of the
brain. If there were factors pulling in the other direction, we might have a
chance, but there are none. Our congressmonkeys say "This heinous crime
cannot be allowed to happen again", but they make "heinous" rhyme with
"penis". And, the monkey in chief says "nookular", to make "folks" feel
comfortable with the fact that they can't get off their fat, stupid Jerry
Springer-addicted asses long enough to help their kids speak our language
nicely.

So, we have "melting cheese" and "shaving turkey".

Doug Kanter said:

On a related note: As you're driving around, pay attention to how many times
you see apostrophes misused on business signs. "All tree's on sale this
week"

There's a drugstore in town here with a "Stationary" aisle. Yep. that
thing hasn't moved an inch in the whole time we've lived here.

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC

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Doug Kanter said:

On a related note: As you're driving around, pay attention to how many
times you see apostrophes misused on business signs. "All tree's on
sale this week"

There's a drugstore in town here with a "Stationary" aisle. Yep. that
thing hasn't moved an inch in the whole time we've lived here.

Carol

We've got a store here with an aisle sign stating "can goods" which hasn't
changed since I first went in there.

Michael

--
"The first zucchini I ever saw I killed it with a hoe."
John Gould, Monstrous Depravity, 1963

"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote

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On a related note: As you're driving around, pay attention to how many
times you see apostrophes misused on business signs. "All tree's on sale
this week"

This country's going to hell in a handbasket. I think terrorists are
dosing the water with something that affects the language processing parts
of the brain.

For sure, and it's making people say Where do you shop AT?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

nancy

On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:22:17 -0400, "Nancy Young" <[email hidden]>

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"Doug Kanter" <[email hidden]> wrote

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This country's going to hell in a handbasket. I think terrorists are
dosing the water with something that affects the language processing parts
of the brain.

For sure, and it's making people say Where do you shop AT?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And grocery store aisle signs are popping up everywhere, proclaiming
the presence of "soda" where they sell the pop! It's an atrocity!

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC

Nancy Young said:

I never watch the scanner, but I often check over the tape when
I get home, just a once over, where I shop they are quite accurate.
I have no complaints in that department assuming they don't charge
me 10X the price on meat! (laugh)

I never leave the store without checking the entire thing.

Brian
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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)