When The Customer’s Actions Are Tagged

Customer: “I found these items, but I don’t know how much they are.”

Me: “These are $4, that one is $9, and those last two are $5.50 each.”

Customer: “How… how do you know how much they are?!”

Me: “I remember because I put the price tag on them all literally this week, and just because all the price tags have been torn off, it doesn’t mean the prices have changed.”

Customer: “Well, I’m not gonna pay that much! That’s way too much! I thought this was a thrift store! Why are your prices so high!?”

Me: “We have to keep replacing the price tags that people keep ripping off of the items.”

The customer goes red, and I look around the not-too-large store.

Me: “It’s curious how none of the other items around the store had their tags ripped off except your items… and only your items.”

The customer goes even redder, places all the items on my counter, mumbles some excuse about needing to be somewhere else, and rushes out. I found the tags on the floor a little later…