Nice Try, But Game Over

Two guys are in my lane at the superstore, which is odd already, as two other checkouts are open and there aren’t any other customers queuing at those.

The first guy has a PlayStation game in his hand, changes his mind, and tosses it into a bin of $5 items. I internally roll my eyes and make a note to go fish it out after I’ve served these two customers.

The guy pays and leaves, no issue. I start scanning the second customer when he presents the same PlayStation game.

Customer: “I found this in the $5 bin.”

Me: “That’s a $60 new release, sir.”

Customer: “Doesn’t matter. It was in the $5 bin, so you have to honor that price.”

Me: “It was actually just dropped in there a minute ago by the customer ahead of you. I can’t sell it to you for $5.”

Customer: “Nope. None of that matters. You have to give it to me for $5 or I’m reporting you for false advertising.”

Me: “Go on then.”

Customer: “What?”

Me: “Report me for false advertising. I’m a minimum-wage employee at a billion-dollar company. Why should I care? Now, am I checking you out for your other items?”

The customer just stood there, stuck in some mental loop where he didn’t anticipate me not really giving a f***. He just tosses the game on the belt and walks away, leaving behind all his other items.

I saw him walk up to the previous customer in the parking lot, and they started arguing, so they were obviously in cahoots.