A Fight for $0.22

I've seen crazy things in my life so far and have been through many difficult battles. I never would have imagined that someday I'd be in a battle for something as small as $0.22. Well today just so happened to be that day.

So I go to the small grocery store a few blocks from my house to pick up a gallon of water and a two liter soda. I get to the register and the cashier is having a conversation with the bag boy. I wait there for an approximately 10-15 seconds before she even turns around and acknowledges she has a customer waiting.

When she does finally turn around she gives me this weird look as if she were saying to me "Yes I made you wait and there's nothing wrong with it." She rings me up and the total came to $2.28. I hand her $2.50 in quarters. The silly girl did something wrong with the register so the screen and receipt didn't show the exact change do. She pauses more a moment and then hands me $0.17. Now I'm no math major but I can do simple math.

I then inform the silly girl that she didn't give me the correct amount back. She pauses again (trying to do simple math in that silly mind of hers), takes back $0.05. WTF!! I then informed her that she owes me $0.22.

A manager then comes to the register and they begin talking amongst themselves. The silly girl goes on to explain to the manager that the receipt didn't print correctly. The manager looks at me and says the change she gave back is correct. WTF! You both missed class that day?

I had to break it down to both of them as if I were speaking to two little kids.

"Don't think about dollars, we're dealing with cents here. If the change of the bill total came out to be $0.28 and I give you $0.50, you will then owe me $0.22."

THAT SIMPLE ASS EXPLANATION STILL WASN'T ENOUGH! So let's try a different approach.

I opened my hand that was holding the $0.10 and two $0.02. Again I had to explain as if I had two little kids in front of me.

"If you take $0.02 and add them to the $0.28, it will make it $0.30. Now children; if you take this sexy little $0.10 that I have hear and add it to the $0.30 from earlier, you now have $0.40. Now bitch WTF do you owe me?

I told them both they can do it on a calculator if they like. It then became clear to the manager so she then handed me the $0.10 that was due.

Wow; I had to fight for $0.22. I know it's a small amount but it was mine!

Aaron Davis

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