Free Floss Is Good Floss

The world works in misterious ways.

Monday night I was freaking out over a money issue that I *think* I've gotten straightened out now. (hope, hope). Then, last night I go to Kroger to buy some dental floss...and got it for free!!

See, the policy at Kroger is that if the item rings up for a higher price than the sign, you get it for free. I know this because when I worked at Valu, customers would remind me of this fact any time a price would be ring higher than the sign. I'd have to politely tell them that, "this is not Kroger. Our policy is to change the price to the correct price for you." They'd get mad, and so on...but whatever.

So, when at Kroger, I try and pay attention to my prices. The floss was labeled $1.59, but rang up for $2.99. I told the lady and she went to check the price. I was right, so I got my floss for free :D And the funny thing is that that was all I bought...er...didn't buy as it turned out.

I was so excited. I had just saved 2 bucks! That means I have 2 dollars for food or something fun...not that dental floss isn't fun...oh wait...it isn't :P

Wanna know something strange though? After I got to the car and told John what happened I said, "I should have gotten two of them!!" And I hear this so often from other people too. The store/cahsier/whoever makes a mistake on 1 item, they fix it for you, above and beyond what you expected them to do, and then you only think about how you "should have gotten more of that item to get the deal." Isn't that a bit selfish...or maybe greedy is a better word.

Anyway, that's my thought o'the day. My 2 hour break is halfway done. One hour to go...and the interwebs are starting to bore me....