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I used to work at a small candy and popcorn store. The cash registers were kind of old and had to have the tax rate changed manually, and I didn't know how to do it.
The owner had the rate set slightly too high, and every once in awhile someone would notice.
An old woman came in one day, and she noticed I overcharged her. I figured out the difference...it was 4 cents. I gave her the 4 cents and she left. A few minutes later her husband comes in, totally irate, and demands the rest of what I owe her. I get the calculator and he demands a paper and pencil because he doesn't need the "damn machine". After figuring out the difference by hand, as well as telling me I'm stupid and need to go back to school, he says the difference is 40 cents. I tell him if I give him 40 cents, he will be paying less than the cost of the item. (The total was around 6.50, with actual cost being 6.25, he would have paid 6.10 for the item). He proceeds to rant and rave and I tell him he can speak to the owner tomorrow if he'd like, but I was through with him, and turned around and left. I was so pissed off.
He came back the next day for his 40 cents, and the manager gave it to him. He probably spent more in gas than he got back.
Everyone has their dumbass moments, but insulting someone in the process is a surefire way to not get what you want.
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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"
Formerly Medusa
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