(Coat)ed In Stupidity

We are having a buy-one-get-one-half-price sale, where the signs all say, “On items equal to or less than.”

I am checking out a customer, and I show them the total.

Customer: “That’s not right! That coat should be half-price!”

Me: “Ma’am, you’re buying a five-dollar pair of shorts and a 250-dollar coat.”

Customer: “Yeah! I want to pay full price for the shorts and half price for the coat!”

Me: “That’s not how it works, ma’am. The cheapest item is half-price.”

Customer: “Get me your manager! This is your fault for not telling me before I got my heart set on that coat!”

Thankfully, the manager followed store policy and not her heart.