Do You Take The Meat?

What do you do about the fact that someone else’s visa just got charged for your turkey meat?

  • 1) I walk out with the turkey meat. It’s paid for. Not my fault.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 2) I tell a clerk, hand them the receipt and pay with my card.

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • 3) I run out the door to arouse suspicion!

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 4) I eat all the turkey meat right on the spot.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 5) I walk out the door, leaving the turkey meat behind.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 6) I grab 2 gallons of milk and then hot foot out the door!

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • 7) I dance like Klaus Meine right out the door.

    Votes: 1 20.0%

  • 8) “I don't want anybody else. When I think about you I touch myself…”

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    5
jrockbridge

jrockbridge

Stealing Your Riffs
You grab a pound and a half of sliced turkey meat from the deli at Safeway. You scan it at self checkout and before you have a chance to put your credit card into the machine it spits out a receipt for two gallons of milk, $4.99 x2 + your turkey meat at $17.91. Someone else’s visa just got charged for your turkey. What do you do?

*This actually happened at Safeway Saturday night.*
 
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jrockbridge said:
You grab a pound and a half of sliced turkey meat from the deli at Safeway. You scan it at self checkout and before you have a chance to put your credit card into the machine it spits out a receipt for two gallons of milk, $4.99 x2 + your turkey meat at $17.91. Someone else’s visa just got charged for your turkey. What do you do?
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Quickly grab two gallons of milk, and then hotfoot it out of there.
 
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I am willing to give the self checkout about 10 seconds of grace before I start ringing up everything as bananas. It sucks that someone else got charged for your meat (my light fraud it's always at the expense of the corporation I'm doing unpaid labor for), but I don't think there's much you can do in this scenario. The victim of the store's tech failure can contest the charges.
 
Chicken Man said:
I am willing to give the self checkout about 10 seconds of grace before I start ringing up everything as bananas. It sucks that someone else got charged for your meat (my light fraud it's always at the expense of the corporation I'm doing unpaid labor for), but I don't think there's much you can do in this scenario. The victim of the store's tech failure can contest the charges.
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As soon as it happened, I told the self checkout clerk about it. I handed him the receipt, thinking they’d be able to reverse the charge. He told me that it happens a lot because old people (ageism) forget to press “Finish and Pay” to complete their transaction. The clerk went to a supervisor to see what could be done.

I walked over to a self checkout register. I paid for the turkey meat. After paying, I asked the clerk if they had been able to fix the mistake. He said, “No. Turns out we can’t do anything unless they notice the extra charge and come back to the store to fix it.”

Safeway got paid $17.91 twice. I did the right thing and Safeway got paid double. I guess I should have walked out the door without saying anything. Lesson learned.
 
I'd have done the same thing if I thought it would help a person. But if the machine can't read a barcode, I'm not going to fix that for my corporate overlords. I have also walked out, very accidentally, with unscanned items in my cart because I'm juggling my own bags and I've buried stuff. I'm still returning my cart to the corral, because not doing that could directly impact my fellow shopper, but it's fucked that I'm doing that unpaid labor, as well.
 
How well is your Saturday night going that you need to jump out to the Safeway for a pound and half of turkey meat?
 
dodgechargerfan said:
How well is your Saturday night going that you need to jump out to the Safeway for a pound and half of turkey meat?
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I was headed to Arby’s to grab dinner and Safeway is next door. I decide to kill two birds with one stone.

I don’t think anyone can deny the excitement of a dual Safeway/Arby’s trip on a Saturday night. Obviously, my Saturday was going very well considering I had the opportunity for free turkey meat. I was just too stupid to take advantage of the situation.

I should have played the lottery. But, there’s only so much glamour and excitement that I can handle in one night.
 
mongooz said:
yea....nobody wants some of those Turk-sons :lol:
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jrockbridge said:
I was headed to Arby’s to grab dinner and Safeway is next door. I decide to kill two birds with one stone.

I don’t think anyone can deny the excitement of a dual Safeway/Arby’s trip on a Saturday night. Obviously, my Saturday was going very well considering I had the opportunity for free turkey meat. I was just too stupid to take advantage of the situation.

I should have played the lottery. But, there’s only so much glamour and excitement that I can handle in one night.
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Do you get a sandwich at Arby's, then bulk it out with your own sliced turkey?
 
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