Was this weird?

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Today, I went out to replace my badly worn boat shoes. They're pretty much part of my summer work uniform and when I put my old ones on, I realized that my limping had really screwed up the wear patterns.

So I'm standing at the register checking out and I've got 3 20% off coupons that expire tomorrow. I used one, then tried to pass the other one (the third was for kids shoes) off to the woman at the next register to use.

She just stood there staring at me while I tried to hand her the coupon to use. I felt stupid and was going to crumple the coupon up and shove it into my pocket, when she reluctantly took it out of my hand, muttered thanks and passed the coupon off to the clerk.

This isn't the first time I've passed off a coupon that I can't use - I've done it more than once at Bed Bath and Beyond and have never gotten a response like that.

Hell, if someone's going to hand me a coupon that I don't have, I'm going to gratefully accept it and use it. So what was this woman thinking???

[chiver78]

yeah, that's weird. I would have pulled it back if she wasn't going to at least look like she wanted it.

[Genuine GA Peach]

it's odd, Mich. But you never know what's going on in somebody's life. She may have been dealing with an illness or death...just in a daze.

[busymom]

If you would've offered that coupon at Kohl's, everyone would have been on it like a dog on steak!

I guess you got the weird customer.

[TD2K]

I think you must have caught her off guard, maybe she was thinking about something else. If she objected to being handed something like that, a simple 'no thanks' would have been sufficient.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Courtesy/manners seem to have flown out the window in the last few years. A simple thanks or no thanks doesn't take much effort and woud suffice. (I've gladly accepted a coupon or two myself in the past, but I always thanked the donor).

[Sammy]

Mich, here's there thing...... you need to quit wearing that aluminum hat.. the one with those little things that look like antennas. Maybe a skull cap would be less scary.

[TD2K]

Maybe you've got a point Sam

[Sammy]

Now see how much better that outfit is than some old worn out aluminum hat. Mich needs a shopping outfit makeover.

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

That was weird. I love love love love it when people give me coupons!

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

you need to quit wearing that aluminum hat.. the one with those little things that look like antennas. Maybe a skull cap would be less scary

Dang! I KNEW I should have left that hat in the car!

[DebMD (banned)]

Some people aren't used to random acts of kindness.

[queenofcorona]

Maybe she thought she'd have to buy boat shoes?

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

What was funny about this though was that she WAS thinking about the price. The shoes were on sale and didn't ring up on sale so she caught the difference in price. If she was that distracted, then I don't think she'd have noticed.

In fact, it was her arguing with the clerk about the price that made me think that she might need some help with the price and could really use the coupon with the additional $$ off.