By brunurb - 29/05/2012 11:40 - United States - Norwood
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I hope he wasn't too overwhelmed... I was checking out 5 items, and had a single coupon for 50 cents off one of the items. He just looked very confused when I handed him the coupon! :)
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While said employee sounded pretty naive, I certainly hope you weren't a condescending buttface about the whole thing.
#122, I'm a guy, not a girl. Read the details under the original post. and no, I'm not a couponer, it was a single coupon... for 50 cents. #13, no I wasn't a jerk about it, but I did laugh my ass off after I left the store.
Today, I realized I F'ed up my own FML post. It should have said "refused to accept the coupon" (singular) since I only had one. this caused some confusion in the comments and made a few people think I'm an extreme couponer. FML :)
He was just making sure that it wasn't in the fine print. People change policies all the time. Sounds like the employee must come from a different country.
42- some countries may not have coupons and don't know how they work. Maybe they came from a country that does all their grocery shopping through produce stands. Who knows?
Yea, I see where you could get that. Next time, my comment will be so crystal-ball clear, I will even throw in a horoscope in there for ya.
You talkin' to me, punk?
Another indictment of the american education system. GOD BLESS AMERICA
More like God help America D:
Coupons are just so complicated...
sounds like its the manager's fault for not properly training the cashier before putting him on the register
During training I was always told to assume the trainee knows nothing. If I was to skip the basic stuff it was after a conversation of the person telling me what they know. Maybe ask a few questions about the business. If someone knows nothing or never had experience with coupons, it wouldn't be common sense to them. Toss in some coworkers may find this amusing and plant the idea that the money comes from their check to screw with them, or during training deductions from pay was went over and scared the employee. Yea, it sounds stupid to not get how it works but there could be 100 reasons why, including a simple brain fart. I've had web jobs where we had to teach people simple computer things like cut and paste. If they can code, you think they'd know that. More often then not, it came more from nerves then stupidity.
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Someone needs to watch extreme couponing.
The next generation looks promising.