If It Don’t Make Dollars, It Don’t Make Sense, Part 2
Convenience Store | Michigan, USA | Money
Customer: “Can I have a pack of [brand] cigarettes?”
Me: “Sure, that’s $5.51.”
Customer: “Are these the dollar-off ones?”
(I look behind me. There are no dollar-off deals right now.)
Me: “No, sorry, there’s no sale on that kind.”
Customer: “That sign says ‘Save 30 cents on two packs.’”
Me: “Yeah, but you have to buy two packs.”
Customer: “Then will I save a dollar?”
Me: “No, you’d save thirty cents.”
Customer: “Why wouldn’t I save a dollar?”
Me: “Because the sale is for thirty cents?”
Customer: “Oh, okay…”



