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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 1:28 am
OMG lol sponge-worthy!! (PS - I really think there is something TO the change in barcodes)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 2:55 am
Having met Dylan, I don't think he'll turn into some little hardened criminal if you don't go back and let the manager know of the mistake, lol. But, I think that our kids look to us to teach them morals, ethics, values, and how to treat other people. I also think he has to be considered. He not only knows of the mistake with the price of the tiles, but worse, he saw the crappy way the employee treated ya'll. I worked in a service industry for years, and I know people can have a lousy and hectic day, but no matter how bad it is, you can't treat the people who are basically giving you a reason to have your job disrespectfully. I'd have a hard time underpaying for the tiles, but the bigger problem for me would be my kidlets thinking that employee's can get away with treating customers badly without consequence. If it were me, I'd take him back to the store to complain about her attitude. You don't have to like me, but I do expect to be treated with some respect, and I hope in the process my kids learn there is a certain way to treat people and a way that they should be treated. (I can't stand rudeness, drives me insane!) About the mistake in cost, you have to do what you think is right. Though honestly, having done many home improvements and with a few looming in the near future, I would absolutely love it if someone made a mistake in my favor, lol. Probably a good thing no one ever has, they know I'd be agonizing over it!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:31 am
Boy, my morals must be severely lacking. I would not even think twice. I would lay the floor and be extremely happy that I got it at a discount. The error was in scanning, so the clerk will not be responsible for it (although she was obnoxious) and she should be reported. The store will absorb the minute loss. If the store was better at putting in the correct prices, it would not have happened. There is no karma in this situation, as far as I am concerned, you did not harm anybody in any personal way. Just lay that floor and smile every time you look at it. Now, that is what I would do. But, I have a feeling you are going to report it. Lots of guilt thrown around here LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:40 am
LOL Ginger! War, being in cust service for yrs myself, rudeness irritates me to no end! My thought is that if you don't like ppl don't work in cust service. I tried to explain to Dylan why that woman should work in a factory and not with the public! Then he said 'well, she would still be around ppl!' LOL
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:41 am
eta..I didnt know about the barcode thingy, I bet that is why I had the trouble at 2 different stores yesterday.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 8:02 am
<jumps on the Sponge and plans on doing so for another 24 hours> Yay!!!

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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 9:23 am

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Heyltslori
Member
09-15-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 9:40 am
HAHAHAHA Half! 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 9:48 am

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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 11:06 am
<...threatens to sue for copyright infringement...>>
© © © © <...is also a little concerned about what people will say about the last two hybrids...>
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 11:29 am
I don't see a problem. 
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Bob2112
Member
06-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 12:18 pm
© | "It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!" | Do not make me breakout all the hybrid sponges from the infamous Sponge Vs. Sponge chess game. It will not be pretty!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 12:49 pm
Hybrid or Inbred ?
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Mware
Member
09-14-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 1:05 pm
I just want to know, based on previous information given, how the game took more than 24 hours. 
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:34 pm
<perks up> What's lewd, lascivious, salicious and outrageous?? I don't quite see how we got from flooring to sexual innuendoes, but what fun!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 4:56 pm
roflol, sponge, sponge... copyright spongements
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 5:06 pm
Ok, call the store, tell them what happened, tell them about the clerk, and see what they say to do. If they say bring it back, then you should, it is the right thing to do. But, my guess is that they will thank you for being honest and, and allowing you to keep the flooring at the price you paid, well, that will be your reward. If they ask you to bring it back, let them know that they will be charged for your time, and mileage. It will be more work and cost them more to have you return it, but by you letting them know, it will be a load off of your shoulders and the karma won't come back to bite you in your nether regions.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:29 pm
Speaking of the nether regions, here's my story. A couple years ago, DH and I were out of town to meet another couple for dinner. We had about an hour to kill before we were to meet, so we went into the mall and coordinated watches and split up, planning to meet up again in 45 minutes. I went right to the undergarment semi-annual super-duper-beats-all-other-sales at Filene's. I knew which brand and style I wanted and knew they were half-price, PLUS I had a 10% off coupon. Oh happy day, the department was nearly empty, nobody to slow me down! I figured I would get my stuff, check out the bookstore, and maybe have a quick power-walk through the mall in that 45 minutes. Well, I did fairly quickly (15-20 minutes) pick out 5 undergarments and made my way to the cashier. There were items of clothing scattered around her counter, which will come into play later. When she rang up my sale, she noted that the coupon wasn't applicable to 2 of the items. I knew that, no problem. She told me my total, which I questioned politely, because I knew it was wrong. She checked and found that the half-price items had rung up at full price. She tried to correct it...several times. Then she voided the whole thing and started all over again. She began with two of my items, then added in one of the aforementioned items laying on her counter. She seemed quite surprised when I told her that wasn't mine. Funny, because it was off to her far right, away from my stuff. She had to reach for it...odd. She fixed that, and rang up each item, saying aloud "no discount on this" "50% on this", etc. The register still didn't ring up the discounts, so she tried to do it another way with no luck. She confessed this was her first night working alone, nobody was around her dept. but she could go ask the cashier in the nearest dept., if I would wait. Sure. She came back looking more flustered. This woman had told her a different way to do it, not the way she had been taught. She started over again. She moved the junk that wasn't mine underneath the counter (what a novel idea). She began again, more slowly this time, again saying each discount/non-discount aloud. It didn't work again! She was really flustered now, and said she appreciated my patience. I told her I am very patient, but that I have an appointment and was running out of time. She thought of another way to try. I asked if she would mind if I used the ladies' room while she did that. That was fine with her. Imagine my surprise when I returned, only to find her standing there doing nothing. Then she said to me, "This style is not on sale. I went to check on the sign. I wish I had done that earlier!" My stubbornness and desire for half-price underwear would not let me leave in a huff. Instead, I said "Yes, it is." in a firm yet polite manner and told her I could see the sign from where we were standing and asked her to follow me. I pointed out the style number on the tag and the coordinating style number on the sign which said it was 50% off. She said "Oh, I didn't notice that rack." My time was almost up (not to mention my patience). She put my 5 items in a neat pile and rang up one, then moved it to a spot to the right; rang up second item, put in same pile to the right; picked up third item ($11 full-price no-discount undies), put it in same pile to the right without ringing it up (!?WTH!?); rang up and piled fourth and fifth items. She then totaled the sale and ran my credit card through. I was dumbfounded and didn't trust myself to speak to her other than to say "thank you" when she returned my card and handed me my 5 items in a bag. At the time, I knew I didn't have time to let her ring up the undies, so I left. We spent the night in another town before returning home late the next day. I could have obtained the store's phone number and called long-distance two days later to report the error, but I didn't. I could have written, but I didn't. My conscience told me I was a petty panty thief, but I didn't care because I had been so aggravated. Okay, I really did care, but not enough to waste my own money or any more of my time to try to correct it. I thought it might be important to let management know that the woman needed to have more training or perhaps a different job, but then I figured it would be apparent to them very soon, if not already. In retrospect, here's what I wish I had done. When she asked me to wait while she went to find another cashier to help her, I wish I had asked her to let me go to that cashier to ring up my purchase. Sheesh, why didn't I think of that at the time? Since I didn't think of that, I wish I had made the call to the manager when I returned home. I'm sure the manager would have appreciated knowing about the employee's problem, and I would have had a clear conscience. (Whew, that was a long story!)
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:39 pm
LOL!!! What a hoot! I think they should have given you the entire lot for nothing after all that headache; they could consider it training for the new clerk.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 6:44 pm
....petty panty thief 
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:05 pm
LOL you all are cracking me up!! Mak, ROTF! loved your story PPF(petty panty thief) haahaha
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:42 pm

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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Ok, Mak, great story! Now you know you're never gonna escape from the PPT label, don't you? I'll give you this: you are faaaaarr more patient than the average bear. (I would have been tempted to let out a menacing growl, push her out of the way and ring it up myself!)
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 7:52 pm
I almost burst out laughing at one point. I thought perhaps I was on Candid Camera, but it was too unbelievable for that! I felt sorry for her until she said I was wrong about that style being on sale, lol. I hope none of the little girls I taught the Girl Scout promise, laws and motto to ever hear about me being a <gulp> PPT.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 10:05 pm
Oh, I pity the petty panty thief who tries to one-up THIS story. <hoping that will be enough to lure Weinermr back in and get him into trouble making salacious puns. I haven't got Weinermr in big mod trouble in a really long time, and it's really one of my favorite things to do>

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