Some People Just Piss Me Off

If you've read this dumpy blog before, you may or may not know that I manage a grocery story. Ok, so that explains why I know the following situation first-hand. Now, on with the story.

I was notified that the local police department gave a $15 Salvation Army certificate to a "homeless" man and he would be coming in to purchase some items. The reason I say "homeless" is because this was the cleanest looking homeless man I've ever seen. He wasn't dirty, was clean shaven, and his clothes were fairly nice. My guess is that he was homeless for about 15 minutes.

So anyways, he comes in, grabs a 20oz lemonade, and asks for a pack of Newport cigarettes (I didn't know this was the "homeless" man at the time). So I ring his stuff up and he hands me the $15 certificate. It clearly states "no alcohol or tobacco". The following is our exchange:

Me: "You can't get the cigs".

Him: "Can't you make an exception".

Me: "No".

Him: "I will just take the lemonade"

Me: "You need to get more stuff because I'm not giving you cash back"

Him: "I will just take it back and go somewhere else to shop"

Me: "Ok, see ya"

So I'm pretty ticked at the whole thing because it's now obvious he is trying to scam everybody.

A while later he comes back with his certificate and decides to buy some stuff. He buys a few groceries and then grabs some bottles of 16oz Gold Peak tea at $2.49 a bottle. I just loved the way he tried to stretch his dollars. So, his total comes to $13 and some cents. Again, the following is our exchange:

Me: "You need to get some more stuff, I already told you that I'm not giving you change"

Him: "It's close enough, why can't you just give it to me"

Me: "Because until it's $15, you're not close enough. If you go over I will take the difference off to drop it to $15.

Him: "Jesus Christ, it's just a dollar and change"

So he grabs another tea at $2.49. He needs to rot in a gutter, covered in his own urine.

 

Ok, done with my rant.