I did a little solo shopping this morning as my little nest of vipers was busy in the kitchen preparing a gastronomic delight of chicken feet and chili for her lunch.
After a brief walk round the store I located wot I wanted and prepared to the checkout area. It was priced at five pounds seventy-five pence so as I was number three in the queue I sorted out the seventy-five pence from that small copper and silver you tend to accumulate in your left pocket.
My turn came, the young lady scanned the item and confirmed the price so holding the fiver in my left hand, I poured the assorted small denomination coins into her hand saying, “Please count that very carefully as the last person to count it was me.”
Count it she did, several times, suggesting counting wasn’t her strongest subject and declared it to be correct.
She then proceeded to place the coins in their rightful receptacles in her till, then closed said till and asked if I’d like a receipt. At this, I looked her in the eye and asked if she’d like the five pound note I had in my hand.
There was a loud humming noise as her brain quickly engaged followed by a bright, wide smile as she accepted the fiver. All I suggesting I was now her newest bestest friend.
Quote; Plato.
“Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.”
2 comments:
Mrs H was in a Sainsbury's checkout queue behind a chap who had only bought a £10.29 bottle of vodka. He handed over a £5 note and asked the young checkout lady if he could pay the rest in change.
She agreed so he gave her the other £5.29 in 2p coins and a single 1p coin. It took the young lady quite a while to count it as she had to arrange the coins in little piles.
A K Haart,
I wasn't in a supermarket just one of those bit of everything type stores but I know what you mean.
I'm sure you've noticed that paying seems to get more complicated by the day. Card. Damn, forgotten PIN. Wait! Wait! I have a loyalty card to poke in as well.
Then the new{?} one where folk pay by waving a smartphone about - which seems to take an awful long time.
I guess we'd better get used to the new order as I'm sure the end of cash being accepted in shops and such is just round the corner.
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