http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-6972 Ben Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:24:58 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-hohttpmindyourdecisionscomblogwp-adminpostphpactioneditpost287w-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-6972 Lou, it drives me crazy when customers mix up the fruits. What they do is they start picking the $2.49 peaches, and then they'll see the Eastern Peaches on sale for $1.49, so they dump the $2.49 peaches in the Eastern Peaches. Today I bagged a bunch of Eastern Peaches, but one of them (out of six) was an Orchard Perfect peach, and of course, that got scanned for the whole bunch so I paid $2 extra for the Eastern Peaches that were supposed to be on sale. Lou, it drives me crazy when customers mix up the fruits. What they do is they start picking the $2.49 peaches, and then they’ll see the Eastern Peaches on sale for $1.49, so they dump the $2.49 peaches in the Eastern Peaches. Today I bagged a bunch of Eastern Peaches, but one of them (out of six) was an Orchard Perfect peach, and of course, that got scanned for the whole bunch so I paid $2 extra for the Eastern Peaches that were supposed to be on sale.

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-5459 Richmond Proper: On Waiting in Line | RVANews Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:55 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-hohttpmindyourdecisionscomblogwp-adminpostphpactioneditpost287w-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-5459 [...] This way you don’t hold up the line for other customers, and you may even get rewarded with free items or other perks. “I typically get a price adjustment, but I some times get more. Twice recently, store managers have given me a free item because for pointing out the scanning error.” – Presh Talwalker in a blog post on mindyourdecisions.com [...] [...] This way you don’t hold up the line for other customers, and you may even get rewarded with free items or other perks. “I typically get a price adjustment, but I some times get more. Twice recently, store managers have given me a free item because for pointing out the scanning error.” – Presh Talwalker in a blog post on mindyourdecisions.com [...]

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-4306 Simple Games for Passing the Time | Make and Takes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:41:33 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-hohttpmindyourdecisionscomblogwp-adminpostphpactioneditpost287w-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-4306 [...] Image from Mind Your Decisions [...] [...] Image from Mind Your Decisions [...]

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-3652 Presh Talwalkar Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:42:07 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-hohttpmindyourdecisionscomblogwp-adminpostphpactioneditpost287w-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-3652 Yes, the world would be better if people acted considerately. I make it a point to act nice so as not to add to the mess :) Yes, the world would be better if people acted considerately. I make it a point to act nice so as not to add to the mess

]]> http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-how-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/comment-page-1/#comment-3625 Prabhu Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:33:58 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2008/05/12/line-etiquette-pays-hohttpmindyourdecisionscomblogwp-adminpostphpactioneditpost287w-i-accidentally-saved-money-at-the-grocery-store/#comment-3625 I don't so much blame the customer. I blame the corporate retail's policy of "customer first" which everyone, myself included, takes ruthless advantage. Rather than take a product back to where you found it, you dump it on the nearest shelf. If you have a problem of any sort, you stamp your feet until some overly-earnest manager comes to your rescue. People want to feel like they are somebody, even if it means obnoxiously holding up a line just to make a point of being the "key stakeholder". I don’t so much blame the customer. I blame the corporate retail’s policy of “customer first” which everyone, myself included, takes ruthless advantage. Rather than take a product back to where you found it, you dump it on the nearest shelf. If you have a problem of any sort, you stamp your feet until some overly-earnest manager comes to your rescue. People want to feel like they are somebody, even if it means obnoxiously holding up a line just to make a point of being the “key stakeholder”.

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