Free Is The New Stupid
My mom and my sister's birthdays are coming up, so yesterday at lunch I went to buy some birthday cards. I found three that I liked, and went to pay for them. The clerk informed me that they are having a "Buy three, get three free" sale event, and that if I came back with my receipt, I could get three more cards for free, as long as they were $4.25 or less (the price of the cheapest card I bought).
Today I remembered another upcoming birthday I need a card for, so I went back at lunch and picked on out. I brought it up to the counter, and had his rather stupid exchange:
HER:I can't give you this card for free. It's a "Buy three, get three free" sale. You have to have three cards.
ME :But I only want this one.
HER:You only get them free if you have three.
ME :So I need to go pick out two more cards and then I get all three of them for free?
HER:Yes.
ME :So you're forcing me to ... take stock away from you that you would normally have available to sell to someone else?
HER:Umm... all I know is, you get three free cards.
I excused myself from the line to go and pull two cards at random off the shelf, but then inspiration struck, and I cut back into my spot. I turned to the woman in line behind me.
ME :How many cards you got there?
GAL:Two.
ME :Either of 'em $4.25 or less?
GAL:...both of them.
ME :Can I borrow those for a sec?
GAL:You sure can.
ME :[To Cashier] I'll take these three, please.
Everyone (except the folks at Carlton Cards) came out a winner. Way to force a sale loss, Carlton cashier!
Today I remembered another upcoming birthday I need a card for, so I went back at lunch and picked on out. I brought it up to the counter, and had his rather stupid exchange:
HER:I can't give you this card for free. It's a "Buy three, get three free" sale. You have to have three cards.
ME :But I only want this one.
HER:You only get them free if you have three.
ME :So I need to go pick out two more cards and then I get all three of them for free?
HER:Yes.
ME :So you're forcing me to ... take stock away from you that you would normally have available to sell to someone else?
HER:Umm... all I know is, you get three free cards.
I excused myself from the line to go and pull two cards at random off the shelf, but then inspiration struck, and I cut back into my spot. I turned to the woman in line behind me.
ME :How many cards you got there?
GAL:Two.
ME :Either of 'em $4.25 or less?
GAL:...both of them.
ME :Can I borrow those for a sec?
GAL:You sure can.
ME :[To Cashier] I'll take these three, please.
Everyone (except the folks at Carlton Cards) came out a winner. Way to force a sale loss, Carlton cashier!