Today I made a quick stop at the supermarket for some fruit and juice, since we were out of both. I went to a store on the other side of town, since I was on my way to somewhere else. When the cashier was ringing up my order, I noticed that the little bag of grapes was going to cost $6.41 (!). I stopped her, apologized, and asked if she could remove it from the order, because that was way too much to pay for grapes. When I arrived home, however, I discovered that the lady bagging had mistakenly put those grapes into one of my bags anyways.
There was no way, after driving around all day, that I was going to head back across town through traffic to return them to the store. And I do NOT want to have to end up paying such a ridiculous price for grapes that I didn't want in the first place! I just stuck them in the fridge to wait for Tom to come home and give me advice on what to do. He suggested calling the store tomorrow and offering to pay for them. Ugh. This is so annoying. Is that really what I need to do?
UPDATE: I called this morning, and was happy to hear that I don't need to bring the grapes back OR to pay for them! They said since it wasn't my fault, to just accept them as a gift from the store. I'm glad I won't have it nagging at me anymore.
Hm.honestly, I think that would be above and beyond. You didn't intend to take them. And if you had returned them, they probably would have been tossed...grape bags being kind of open and all. I would probably not worry about it.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd chalk it up to the store making a mistake. Now if it were a different situation like one my husband experienced yesterday when either our six year old or our ten year old must not have shown the checker the muffin they were buying and subsequently weren't charged for it, then I'd say you need to pay for them the next time you're at the store. Our next trip to WaWa will include paying for a now consumed muffin that my husband had full intentions of buying.
ReplyDeleteYes, you do but you can probably mail them the money rather than going in. If you have your receipt, they can probably fix it easily.
ReplyDeleteI would wait until you go back in, explain honestly that you didn't want them after knowing what they cost but got them in your bag, and offer to pay anyway. I speculate that they will appreciate the gesture and call it a wash. Either way, you can feel good about acting honestly, and they will be heartened to see an honest person come through.
ReplyDeleteStore managers have to deal with far too much grift (theft), especially when it come to things like easily-snacked-on produce. Consider paying the $6.41 an act of charity towards giving the manager some more faith in human nature.
I'd just call and explain what happened, and offer to pay via credit card over the phone, but suggest that since the store made the mistake, maybe they could at least offer a discount. I'd be super surprised if they refused, and you never know, they might just say not to worry about it. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool that they just told you to keep them for free.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your gift of grapes.
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