Buyer Beware
Published: September 27th, 2007
By: Michael McGuire

Buyer beware

Have you ever given money to a cashier and walked out of the store without taking the item(s) you bought?

It’s like you paid them to stand in line.

“I thoroughly enjoyed watching you tickle the ivories of that money drawer, Neal. Your company wasn’t bad, either. Here, take this wad of my hard-earned cash and do with it what you will. Hopefully it’s enough for allowing me the pleasure of shuffling through your wonderful check-out lane for no particular reason with all these really nice, courteous and, I must say, refreshingly attractive people.”

When in reality the whole experience of purchasing something, anything, is usually a nightmare.

“Do you have a discount card today?” the cashier asks.

“Nope.”

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“Would you like one?”

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