When the cashier yelped, I had no idea what was going on, until I looked up at the monitor to see my bill’s total growing past $3,500 and change. Panic and fear set in as I took a quick inventory of the products in my basket (thinking maybe I slipped a diamond necklace in there or something…though I’m not quite sure they sell those at grocery stores).
Finally, the total stopped going up and starting going down. It seems that my 4 measly mangoes weren’t good enough for the clerk and he decided I needed 4,051. The number started going down only because the mangoes were on sale and the computer was deducting $0.29 for every single pair of the 4,051 mangoes.
After explaining to the store manager that I really love mangoes, but not quite that much, she crashed the computer and started checking me out again…making sure to type in 4 mangoes before she let the cashier take over.
Everyone got a good chuckle out of it and life was once again right.
Who says grocery shopping can’t be fun? 
August 25th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
LOL! That is hilarious!
August 28th, 2006 at 6:16 pm
I dunno, Teli. It looks like they’re deducting $29 (not cents).
But, geez, what a mistake!
August 28th, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Yea, Diane, you’re right.
The computer was doing it in batches of 100 pairs, but it was literally processing them 2 at a time up to a 100 before deducting the money (that’s the $29 you’re seeing). In other words, the money wasn’t coming off nearly as fast as it was added LOL.
Luckily I wasn’t in any hurry, but it sure was funny
August 31st, 2006 at 5:37 am
Believe it or not, Teli, doing the groceries is one of my favorite chores! My mom (God bless her soul) used to take me along to the nearby supermarket when I was a kid, and we enjoyed it every single time.
My now-4-year-old daughter also enjoys going and doing the groceries, thanks to her dad.