After my appointment I was feeling stressed and wanted a bit of therapy. I thought about FOOD, what I could eat and how much I could eat but instead of turning to food, I turned to shopping. I found two new tops that were on sale and I headed into Staples, an office supply store, to pick up a few things I needed from there.
After making my selections I proceeded to the checkout and the older gentleman working asked me if I had one of their reward cards. Don't you hate that these stores expect us to carry around little cards just to get a discount? Just give me my discount already and lets get on with it.
He said "I can look it up by phone number" so I blurted out my phone number while still digging through the card section of my wallet.
"I'm sorry, I can't find that number in our system" he said
"Thats ok, I've found my card" I said as I handed him my card
"Oh, we're going to have to get you a new card" he said.
"I haven't used it in a while, I didn't realize you'd changed them"
"Oh its not that" he said, "its just that this is Office Depot, and your reward card is for Staples"
"Oh so it is" I said, looking around and feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Would you like to fill out a form for one of our reward cards?" he said
"No thanks, I really have a lot to do and my day just got busier, clearly I need to stop at the store and find the appropriate shade of 'dumb blonde' to dye my hair because stuff like this only happens in 'dumb blonde' jokes"
That shiz happens to me frequently because I have like 10 million rewards cards on my key chain. I am right there with you somtimes when I dont want to deal with them I am just like "Do YOU have a rewards card I could use" and sometimes I get lucky and they will be nice and scan theirs. I bet they give those poor sales people quotas on getting people to sign up for those things.
ReplyDeleteMoments like that always humble me. And I agree, just give us the discount. It must be psychological.
ReplyDeleteDrat--I had to go and get blonde highlights yesterday! (it's okay--still brunette at the roots :)
lol...that's too funny. If it makes you feel better, my dad tried to deposit a check at the wrong bank one time (wrong bank's deposit slip). Plus, who doesn't confuse Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max?! I know I do!
ReplyDeleteAAAH... Yes. The good ol' office supply store switcheroo! I used to work for the OfficeMax call center in the online division. We would get people calling for staples and office depot. Most days were amusing, and others were pure hell.
ReplyDeleteI wish they would just give you the discount. I was being all "green" last week and walked to my other grocery store, and forgot my card. The guy behind me scored $10 towards his gas perks. Awesome!
thats funny but dont bother Diana, it happens to all of us many a times.....
ReplyDeletethat is SO MY LIFE AS WELL.
ReplyDeletewith an angry mob typically forming behind me at the register.
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Hahahahaha!! If it makes you feel any better, I put both contacts in the same eye yesterday morning.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't even get me started on those freaking discount cards. The mere idea of them tracking my purchases makes me want to slap somebody.
It does go back to your original question though -- why do they bother to make us carry round all these separate reward cards for every store?
ReplyDeleteoh no....stuff like that happens to me all the time! (of course I am blonde....)
ReplyDeleteOne day I pulled into the driveway and noticed my car was gone. Dang daughter! She borrowed it even though I'd told her I needed it that day! So I called her while I was still in the driveway and asked why she did that!
Long pause.
Mom...er...what are you driving right now?
Um...my car. Sorry. Bye.
LOL so funny Lora!! That IS something I'd do too. I've lost my car at the mall only to figure out after a lot of looking that I wasn't driving my car I had Ken's or my sisters.
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