A Price For The Devil To Pay, Part 7

At The Checkout, Funny Stories, Math & Science, Money, Religion, Retail, USA | Right | February 17, 2023

I live in a VERY Catholic town. It’s not uncommon to see nuns around the town wherever you are.

It’s a normal day at work. A big church bus pulls into the lot, and two nuns hop out and come into the store. I greet them normally and let them go about their business, and they come up to the counter a few minutes later, armed with a couple of bottles of water and a snack or two.

Here’s where it gets… a little dicey. My register doesn’t take off two-for-whatever deals until I hit the total button, so right now, their total is around eight-something. I hit the button, and what does their total become?

$6.66.

I immediately start cackling like a crazy person.

Me: *Through stomach-aching laughter* “No. No, I’m sorry. Absolutely not. [Coworker]!”

My coworker came, and as best I could, I asked them to please finish the transaction because I physically couldn’t do it. They did, also giggling at the total at first before very kindly telling the ladies what it was. One of them quietly slipped a pack of gum onto the counter.

They paid and left, and I spent the rest of the day and many days thereafter telling this story.