Yakk

Mikec, you stole 3.40$ from that store. And you did it after berating them over 9$.

Did you know your integrity was worth that little?

But, you stole it from a store who was first impolite to you. I guess that makes it ok.

I wouldn't usually care, but it is rather funny.

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TM875

Have you ever sat for 6 hours on a weekday afternoon, punching in endless strings of PLU code into a computer so that the next week's sale items print out correctly? I have, and I was just a bakery sales specalist. 6 hours, for about 30 price changes. That's about comperable to what seafood has to deal with. PLUs are long, confusing numbers - easy to make a mistake.

The real one to blame in your store is the price coordinator. S/He should have caught the error on Sunday and reported it, so that the computers should have gotten changed. Because she didn't (and each store is its own entity after the original prices have been sent, thus it's not the corporation to blame), the overcharge is her fault. Go bash in her windows.

Milk is a government regulated product. There is a price floor - ie: lowest price allowable to be charged. The larger the seller, the more the distribute, the higher the floor (the government realizes they sell a lot, so they exploit them in order to make up for the extra that they have to buy; supply exceeds demand). Thus, milk is more expensive at S&S because they have to pay the government more per container sold. That gas station, a lower volume seller, needs to pay out less per milk.


Or the gas station could be breaking the law. Either way.

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guthmund

Wow.

I keep waiting for someone to blame the end of the world on mikec's transgression over 3 bucks. I think we're slowly working up to it though, so maybe the wait won't be long. I mean we've progressed from simple 'jerk' and 'hypocrite' to questions about the legality of the situation into philosophically questioning mikec about how he sleeps at night, the price of his integrity and a rather fine example showing the karmic ramifications of mikec's outburst at the store.

Maybe I've read the thread wrong and maybe we're all taking this a bit too seriously. After all, it's only seafood and a little over three bucks. Certainly not the beginning of the end and certainly not enough to judge anyone on.

*thoughtful pause

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mikec

that comment cracked me up!!

I really knew nothing of the mechanics behind pricing....thanks for helping me to understand a little better TM875.

and guthmund....at home, and at work, it is usually my fault heheh, so I am willing to carry that load on my shoulders as well. after all, I'm the guy who gave georgie bush jr. his first line of yay-yo hahaha

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pattycakes

i hate people and companys like that. Some companys policies are to say no and most people will go along with it, the few who dont go along with it usually get what they deserve like you did