hushed gray: the Kevin chronicles

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Another weekend too short
And it's not that I haven't gotten some stuff done today--I have, just not as much as I would have liked to accomplish. But that's how it always seems to be. I wonder what it would feel like to "catch up" on the various projects and obligations. We may never know....

You know, when I go grocery shopping I generally try to keep an eye on items as the cashier rings them up just to make sure the prices aren't too far out of line with what I'm expecting, especially on items supposed to be on sale. If I miss something and discover after paying that I was overcharged for something, I generally just go on. Yeah, maybe I got "cheated" out of a quarter, but it's not worth the time and hassle to complain.

But today I checked my receipt before heading out of the store, and I discovered that I'd been charged $15 for a 24-pack of toilet paper (yes, that's a lot of toilet paper) marked $10 on the shelf. $5 is enough for me to say, hey, wait a minute.... The manager happened to be out front and I told him what had happened, and he walked with me back to the shelf where I had gotten the TP. Apparently the reduced price was leftover from a previous sale because he pulled the tag off the shelf, but he honored the price that was there and I got my $5 back. That was kind of a nice surprise--I'd figured I'd probably just have to ask for a refund and give the TP back.

This was of course at the end of a shopping trip that took three times as long as it should have. They're rearranging the store, and there seems to be no rhyme or reason for stuff to end up where it has. You'd think IBC root beer would be on the same aisle as A&W root beer (and all the other soft drinks and beverages), but no...it's two or three aisles away. Grrrr.

We got a bit of rain today which made it muggy by the time I got out for a walk this afternoon. But the temperatures were cool enough that it wasn't uncomfortable. Looks like it's supposed to be chilly this week, though--highs only in the 50's with lows predictably cooler than that.

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