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Having ethics sometimes sucks
Dec. 21st, 2006 04:24 pmWhilst we were in Phoenix, Russet and I went to Bookman's for pillage. I found one book that I was interested in along with three CDs. One was a fantastic Tom Lehrer collection from Rhino Records (complete with a little hardback book with a Doctor Demento introduction) and two Tom Tom Club discs. I've been casually looking for TTC discs in used stores, I really like Talking Heads and with TTC having two TH members as its core, plus having a TTC song already on my computers from a collection disc, I thought they might be a good match. And thus far, I've liked what I've heard.
Yes, I pride myself on being woefully behind the times when it comes to music taste.
The store is getting ready to close, so we go to the checkout. Russ has a handful of books, plus my book and CDs. The total is $38.
I stop and ask Russet for the receipt. The Tom Lehrer alone was $25, the two TTC discs were $15 for both, not to mention the books. Somehow the clerk failed to ring up the two TTC discs, so we got back in line, brought it to her attention and paid for them.
Then as we were leaving town, at a gas station I was buying a bag of ice and a bottle of water, the ice for the massive quantity of yogurt from Trader Joe's along with some yummy cheeses. The bill was something like $2.78, so I gave the clerk a fiver and a nickel. The nickel threw her, she finally figured out that I wanted a quarter. Then she gives me two pennies and three dollar bills. I gave her one of the bills back.
If it weren't for ethics, I'd have an extra buck and a couple of free discs. Oh, well. It'd be nice if this positive karma that I'm earning would turn into a decent job! ;-)
Yes, I pride myself on being woefully behind the times when it comes to music taste.
The store is getting ready to close, so we go to the checkout. Russ has a handful of books, plus my book and CDs. The total is $38.
I stop and ask Russet for the receipt. The Tom Lehrer alone was $25, the two TTC discs were $15 for both, not to mention the books. Somehow the clerk failed to ring up the two TTC discs, so we got back in line, brought it to her attention and paid for them.
Then as we were leaving town, at a gas station I was buying a bag of ice and a bottle of water, the ice for the massive quantity of yogurt from Trader Joe's along with some yummy cheeses. The bill was something like $2.78, so I gave the clerk a fiver and a nickel. The nickel threw her, she finally figured out that I wanted a quarter. Then she gives me two pennies and three dollar bills. I gave her one of the bills back.
If it weren't for ethics, I'd have an extra buck and a couple of free discs. Oh, well. It'd be nice if this positive karma that I'm earning would turn into a decent job! ;-)
