A Hundred Bucks Is All It Takes To Learn Telepathy
(A lady comes in to buy ink for her printer. She buys a combo pack that has both the black ink and tri-color cartridge, and also gets one extra tri-color cartridge by itself. She then comes up to check out.)
Customer: *hands me a $15-off-$75 coupon*
Me: “Oh, right now your total is $63; did you want to get anything else?”
Customer: “I guess. Get me another combo pack.”
(I go get and another combo pack and ring it up.)
Me: “Okay, now your total is $107 before the coupon.”
Customer: “What? Why so much?”
Me: “Well, each combo pack was $42, and the extra color cartridge is $23.”
Customer: “Wait, why did you scan that extra color cartridge?!”
Me: “Oh, well, you brought it up with you. Did you not want it?”
Customer: “No! Why did you scan it?! A hundred dollars is way too much; you should have known I didn’t want it.”
Me: “Um… All right. I’ll remove it.”
(I remove the extra cartridge and apply the coupon.)
Me: “Your total is $63 now.”
Customer: “See, now isn’t that better and easier when it’s done right?”
Me: “Yep.”