Honoring The Memory Of Purchases Gone By

(It is the end of my shift, and an elderly woman comes over with two lampshades. They ring in at $3.50, and she pays and takes her bag.)

Customer: “Can I return these if they don’t fit my lamps?”

Me: “Of course. Just hold on to your receipt.”

Customer: “What if I lose them?”

Me: “We can give you store credit.”

Customer: “Oh, no, that won’t do…”

Me: “Well… just hold onto your receipt.”

Customer: “Can I have five receipts? I’ll put one in my wallet, one in my purse, one in my fridge, one in my underwear drawer, and one with my husband’s ashes.”

Me: “…”

(The woman leaves with her five receipts.)

Co-worker: “That was a really important $3.50.”