So yesterday morning before work I hit up the local Target ... nothing but soccer boxes (see baseball thread for my soccer break, LOL).
After that I stopped at a Walgreen's to see if they had any of their famous $5 football mixers.
I was shocked and delighted to see that in addition to the mixers, they had two fat packs of 2020 Donruss Football on the shelf, so I grabbed them both and headed up to checkout.
The lady scanned my soda, candy and then tried to scan the cards ... nothing came up on the screen.
She called the manager over, he tried it ... nothing.
And then ...
"I'm sorry, sir, I can't sell these to you," he says.
"What???," I say, I can't believe it.
"They aren't showing up in the system because they don't have a code yet," he says.
"Why were they on the shelf then?" I reply.
"They weren't supposed to be put out yet," he says.
"OK, well, they were put on the shelf and I'd like to buy them. Every single Walmart and Target in the country is sold out of this stuff right now so I was pretty excited to find these," I say.
"I'm sorry, sir. I can take your name and number and hold them for you, and when they're in our system you can come back in and pick them up," he says.
"OK, how about this," I say, "I'll go grab a couple of the $5.49 mixers, you can scan those in and I'll just take these instead."
"I'm sorry, sir, we can't do that ... we need to make sure our inventory is accurate."
Two things ... you can't make this stuff up, and I'm not holding my breath that they will call me.
The capper was that the original checkout lady said, "OK, that will be $4.88 for the soda and candy."
"You know, I'll just get those next time I'm in to pick up the cards," I replied.
After that I stopped at a Walgreen's to see if they had any of their famous $5 football mixers.
I was shocked and delighted to see that in addition to the mixers, they had two fat packs of 2020 Donruss Football on the shelf, so I grabbed them both and headed up to checkout.
The lady scanned my soda, candy and then tried to scan the cards ... nothing came up on the screen.
She called the manager over, he tried it ... nothing.
And then ...
"I'm sorry, sir, I can't sell these to you," he says.
"What???," I say, I can't believe it.
"They aren't showing up in the system because they don't have a code yet," he says.
"Why were they on the shelf then?" I reply.
"They weren't supposed to be put out yet," he says.
"OK, well, they were put on the shelf and I'd like to buy them. Every single Walmart and Target in the country is sold out of this stuff right now so I was pretty excited to find these," I say.
"I'm sorry, sir. I can take your name and number and hold them for you, and when they're in our system you can come back in and pick them up," he says.
"OK, how about this," I say, "I'll go grab a couple of the $5.49 mixers, you can scan those in and I'll just take these instead."
"I'm sorry, sir, we can't do that ... we need to make sure our inventory is accurate."
Two things ... you can't make this stuff up, and I'm not holding my breath that they will call me.
The capper was that the original checkout lady said, "OK, that will be $4.88 for the soda and candy."
"You know, I'll just get those next time I'm in to pick up the cards," I replied.
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