Stares and Glares

This afternoon I went to Publix armed with a bunch of coupons. I knew exactly what I was there to get (cheap cheese, free lunch meat, cheap organic milk and better than free bars) and made it to the check out fairly quickly. I chose a line with a young, friendly looking cashier and began checking out. As she was scanning my items a lot more people lined up behind me, some with not very many items (note- this was not an express line). I handed the cashier my coupons and she began to very slowly examine each one and then scan it. In her credit, she wasn't being obnoxious about studying them or anything- I think she was just doing her job conscientiously (and maybe a tad bit slowly). As she worked, I could feel the stares, glares, and sighs behind me. I heard an older couple whispering about my large stack of coupons.

Then, of course, she had to call a manager over. Apparently, I had more coupons than items (because I had both manufacturer ones and store ones). This doesn't violate any policies but apparently requires a manager to enter a code to override the register to make it allow more coupons to be scanned. I could really feel the glares now!

But then there was that sweet moment when she gave me my total: $13.90. I paid as quickly as I could and thanked her and fled to my car. Was it worth it?

To save $41.48...I would say so.