Nina wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008 12:53:35 -0400:

>> Nina wrote:
>>>
>>> (But I always wonder about the cost of misweighing and
>>> mistagging... not that I'd ever consider putting the code
>>> for a cheaper thing on a more expensive item. Nope, never
>>> crossed my mind...)
>>
>> It's not cheating if they make the mistake. I used
>> to get a good deal on bulk pecans, because I knew
>> certain checkers would type in the wrong code.
>> The store had codes for pecan halves and pecan bits,
>> the bits being much cheaper than the halves.

> Hm, what if I accidentally happen to put in the code for the
> $4.99 oyster mushrooms, rather than the $7.99 shiitakes? ;-)

> My husband actually does this kind of thing all the time;
> he figures that if they can't identify vegetables, it's like a
> stupidity tax or something, since by weighing and tagging
> his own vegetables, he's doing their job for them anyway.

Does he steal the magazine section from the Sunday NY Times too
since most people won't notice it has gone until they get home?
I have sometimes wondered where it went until I started to
check.
..

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