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Fishball
Canada4788 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:22 BlackJack wrote: Why? that's a pretty retarded opinion to have. I thought that was pretty fair. He did say when "he worked" in a grocery store, which I agree won't be the most pleasant thing to deal with. It's awesome from a bystander/beneficiary point of view though. | ||
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TuElite
Canada2123 Posts
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Darkchylde
United States473 Posts
On January 29 2011 13:51 nalgene wrote: Madcatz sticks? Are they better than the hori ones? I've never touched the madcatz ones Off-topic but the Madcatz TE sticks are probably the best mass produced stick in the US and comparable to the Hori Arcade Pro sticks. Hori makes a lot of sticks so just stating Hori is vague. | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:25 nalgene wrote: The company still pays you the same regardless of what the customer is buys...? and she' might be poor and actually need the money... or perhaps she's not as fortunate as you... Its not a question of fortune, its a question of hassle. Have you ever worked at a grocery store? I guess I should have said that I "hated it when those people come through my line", since I don't really have a reason to hate the actual person. I thought people here would understand the sentiment behind it, but guess I was wrong. Oh well. Anyway, dealing with them is a complete pain in the ass, for reasons someone else has already outlined. | ||
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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Duke
United States1106 Posts
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:42 lac29 wrote: It's annoying for you as the employee ... but come on ... it's your store that honors the damn coupons. On January 29 2011 14:42 Duke wrote: there are worse jobs out there than being a cashier, guys. seriously. Doesn't make it any less frustrating. Anyway, I'm done arguing about this. Anyone who has been a cashier before would understand the feeling. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:26 Fishball wrote: I thought that was pretty fair. He did say when "he worked" in a grocery store, which I agree won't be the most pleasant thing to deal with. It's awesome from a bystander/beneficiary point of view though. I wouldn't even say it's a pleasant thing as a bystander. I've had the misfortune of being behind people with a lot of coupons as well. Somebody with 2 carts jam packed full of stuff moves the line faster. | ||
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BoX
United States214 Posts
So Wal Mart would pay him $1 for taking a free (normally $1) soda. Of course this was just for the fun of it =] | ||
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RisingTide
Australia769 Posts
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vek
Australia936 Posts
On January 29 2011 13:51 nalgene wrote: The wording there alone allows them to just only give you a card board box... ( some guy was posting pictures of an xbox360 on ebay a few years ago with some play on words and he only sent the buyer some pictures ) Madcatz sticks? Are they better than the hori ones? I've never touched the madcatz ones Yeah the new Madcatz fighting sticks are awesome, they use real sanwa parts and feel so sturdy. Madcatz has really lifted it's game the last few years. I got the last one in stock in a sale from PCCG for about $40 off  | ||
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Almin
United States583 Posts
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Zooper31
United States5713 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:25 sharkeyanti wrote: it ends up holding up the line for quite a long time, and you ALWAYS have to call the manager to approve this that or whatever. And then something goes wrong, and coupon-obsessor must have every last drop of savings, down to bag credit (which is like 5 cents). It's not bad for small checkouts, but big ones are just retarted This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc. But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car. Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them. I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work. This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while. It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders. | ||
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
Smith's was running a 4/5 promotion, then had manufacturer's coupons for $1 off two. It was also eligible for their buy 10 of a certain item, get $5 off promotion. So that came out to .25 a piece, and I had a $5 off your order coupon that had printed out on a previous purchase. Still not anywhere near as awesome as that lady getting so much shit for $7, but it was nice to not pay a penny. | ||
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
On January 29 2011 14:58 Zooper31 wrote: This totally. Work in grocery store. It's totally fine wanting to save money and making sure we rang everything up right and everything is good. There's thousands of items in the store and people are behind making all those prices correct and match the right barcode. Sometimes they don't ring up right or the coupon doesn't work or etc. But going into a store with $230 worth of groceries. That alone is about 10+ paper bags full of items. Not counting any items not big enough to fit in bags, 12packs, 8/12pack of paper towels/toilet paper, giant bags of pet food, charcoal, bags of ice, etc. Thats alrdy 2 carts full of items. Meaning we now have to expend a person to help you out to your car and unload it all for you into your car. Then for the heck of it lets give you 100 coupons. Now have to scan them all one by one while making sure the coupon is for what they are buying, then god forbid theres any problems in which you need a manager to resolve (customer not agreeing over if the coupon is correct). Then you have to make sure coupons arn't over lapping on the same items and you use the best one only. Then you have to write on each coupon individually, about 50% of them, the price the coupon is worth. And you have to check if the coupon isn't outdated. Also if you ran out of the item they have a coupon for you now need to write a raincheck for that item at that price if applicaple. Not to mention making sure the coupons they printed off at home from different websites arn't actually fake and have the right certification on them. I could go on about the things that can go wrong or things you have to do to make this work. This amounts to essentially taking a cashier, bagger, and manager away from the store for i'd say 30min while other customers are still waiting for service and getting annoyed all the while. It's makes no sense to do this. If you know you are going to have a humungous order and going to take up alot of time, do it during a slow part of the day or shop fequently with small orders. I don't see how it's the customer's responsibility to worry about the availability of employees at a grocery store. How does it not make sense to save money? Unless of course, you dislike money or enjoy giving it to grocery stores. It's totally reasonable for you to suggest they go to the store more often, though. I mean why make one trip a week when you can make a trip every day? | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On January 29 2011 15:08 Enervate wrote: I don't see how it's the customer's responsibility to worry about the availability of employees at a grocery store. How does it not make sense to save money? Unless of course, you dislike money or enjoy giving it to grocery stores. It's totally reasonable for you to suggest they go to the store more often, though. I mean why make one trip a week when you can make a trip every day? If you've studied coupons in business school, you'll realize how stupid they've become. However, when manufacturers realized it, it was too late. Some companies tried to end their coupon programs and they got roasted by politicians and pressured to continue it. Yeah, it makes sense for people to save money. But surely you can understand how inconvenient it is for all the other customers waiting in line. | ||
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
How does it not make sense to save money? It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else. In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people? | ||
micronesia
United States24799 Posts
Regarding coupons annoying cashiers... I can attest that it is in fact really annoying and cashiers have a right to be annoyed. It is not however the customer's fault as long as they aren't assholes about it. Honestly if I had a million coupons I'd buy 200 dollars of groceries for 5 dollars also. The system is just dumb. On January 29 2011 15:25 NicolBolas wrote: It's a question of what money is worth to you. Is money worth the extra time it takes to finish the checkout? Is $200+ worth 30 minutes of your life, combined with the time it takes to mine the coupons? Coupons don't count themselves; that takes time and effort. Time you could be spending doing anything else. In terms of being courteous to others, is money worth the time you're taking out of other people's day? Is it worth it to you to take 30 minutes of time away from other people? In times like today, yes it is worth 30 minutes of your time plus coupon searching time, plus some inconvenience to those around you to get 200 dollars of groceries (life's necessities) for virtually free. At least for many people... edit: btw even a lot of coupons really won't take 30 minutes most of the time... that would be the exception | ||
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