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From my little brain
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[7/10/2002]
Eight cents. That's all it cost, can you believe it?
I was at Home Depot today at lunch, last stand of all that is sacred and manly. Well, that's not true really, there were plenty of the female persuasion cruising the aisles, but we'll ignore that and pretend they're shopping for nail polish. (We'll also ignore the fact Home Depot has a gardening section.) All I needed was to replace my nut from the bike. It had fallen off on the way to work this morning. No biggie, right? Well first, I'm a moron. I found the right size nut and went to the cashier, dime in hand. Lining up, I was already thinking to myself: Who in their right mind goes and buy a 6 cent nut? How stupid do I look?? When it was my turn to pay (stuck at the longest/slowest line, natch.), I showed the nut. The cashier said: "What's the part number for this?" "I dunno" replying (well I didn't). "But it's only six cents." "Sorry sir, you'll have to find the number, either that or I call someone for a price check." "You're kidding me right?" I asked, slightly annoyed. "It's six whole pennies." "Just the same, I need a number, or you go and check for me." So off I went, now totally miffed that I had to go back and find the stinkin' number. I looked at the drawer holding them, it said -> Restock 670-006. Great. I walked back and reported the number, thinking all is well. "Sorry sir, but that number doesn't come up in the computer...." "Oh gracious! It's six cents. Take my dime, and keep the change." "Sir, I can't. I have to have a number....." So the cashier calls another lady, who forces me to walk back with her to find the number. I was really getting upset. I mean, all this for a freakin' little nut. ARG! She was correct, the number I read was wrong. There were two numbers, and the one I didn't read was of course the sku code they were looking for. Silly me. Anyway, to make a long story short, we're back at the cash now, and I'm paying for my nut. Incidently, I was trying to scam them. For the nut costs eight cents, two cents more than what I had quoted. My bad. To top it off, I had already given my dime to the first cashier, so she had to return it to me. A total of 9 cents, after taxes.
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