There's always that one retired Karen who has all the time in the world to go to the local Michaels every other day with a new stack of coupons. Every cashier knows their Karen very well and holds their breath whenever Karen is about to choose which checkout line to terrorize. u/Neat_Warthog2633 recently shared a short and sweet story about a local Karen who came in hot, making demands about stacking coupons and senior discounts. She even asked the manager over (shocking!), who maliciously complied with the Karen's irritating request.
"You insisted on your senior discount and the customer is always right now good day." said u/ReactsWithWords.
“You lose! Good day ma’am!” said u/Von_Moistus.
“You get nothing.” said u/LibraryMouse4321.
“Think this is a reason for coupons having a cash value of 5c. So that if someone bitches hard enough you can go ‘ok, I’ll honor it as cash value’ hand them a dime or something and then trespass them if they aren’t heading for the door.” said u/631-AT.
“When I was a kid coupons had a value of .01 cents, that is it would take 100 to be worth a penny. Not valueless but darn near.” said u/UncleNorman.
“Nah a good manager would have told the lady that the trick is to stack 3 40% off coupons. That way you get everything for free plus the store even gives you 20% of the cash value back!! /s” said u/DystopianAutomata.
“*you're...what do you mean grammar pedants get +20%?!” said u/Intentional-Blank.
“She is part of the reason why we have owners manuals with more warnings than operation instructions.” said u/SourcePrevious3095.
“After using coupons for about 50 years, yeah she knows how it works.” said u/fist4j.
Read the full thread here.