Mark Thorson wrote:

> If this isn't the most absurd situation I've seen
> in a checkout line, it's close. Maybe it ties with
> the kid who threw the phoniest temper tantrum I've
> ever seen in front of a doormat mother who obviously
> lost control of her kid when he was very young.
>
> There were two Chinese women in front of me, an
> elderly one and a middle-aged one. The younger one
> was translating for the older one, and as it turned
> out, she didn't know her. She just volunteered to
> translate, because the older woman didn't speak
> any English at all.
>
> As I stood there and learned more of the story,
> it appeared the older woman was trying to return
> a watch battery. She had the original packaging
> for the battery, and the watch that the battery
> was put into, but the problem was that the battery
> was inside the watch. Nobody knew how to get the
> battery out of the watch, and the clerk didn't want
> to give a refund without getting the battery back.

Stores are usually reluctant to give refunds on
batteries...... period. How are they to know that is the
battery they sold her and not the old one that she was
replacing?