The other day at work I orchestrated an impromptu social experiment. On Wednesdays we change over to new sale items. This means among other things I have to change the signs in the front case from regular to sale and from last week's sales to regular. When I'm changing the signs I noticed that the bone in pork chops sale price and regular price were the same. I didn't think anything of it. I just figured that prices had gone up. I cut extra pork chops since it was "on sale" The next morning they were all gone but 3. I then realized that sign was for boneless pork chops. This means that everyone bought the bone in because of the sale sign not taking into account the price was the same it always is.
What does any of this mean? For me it indicates that everyone is looking for a good deal even if isn't actually a good deal. They paid $6.99 a pound for something that is normally $6.99 a pound. So in other words, if I hadn't mistakenly put the sale sign on the wrong item, I would have found the tray full of bone in pork chops the next morning.
This was not deliberate in a manner of speaking. It wasn't even supposed to be an experiment. I know that times are tough, but when I buy groceries I don't usually check prices that closely, unless the bill is ridiculously high. I had one man come in and purchase 4 sausages. The prices had not adjusted in the computer so they rung at $7.99 per pound when it should have been $6.99 per pound. The man takes the package and looks at me in disgust. It's supposed to be $6.99 per pound. I apologize for the mistake and take his package and reweigh it for $6.99. The package originally weighed .97 of a pound and with the paper the second time around it went up to 1.03. He proceeded to, in a stern voice, notify me that it didn't weigh that much at first and that it was $6.99 per pound. I fixed and walked away because even though I made the mistake, I wanted to punch him in the face because how petty he was being over a few cents. He was well dressed and didn't look like he would miss the cents but was sure that I was deliberately stealing his money.
I don't know some people are just that way. Shit happens. If I wanted to take his money, I would have waited in the parking garage with a .38 and made him "run his shit" I wouldn't have charged him an extra 20 cents for a measly sausage. It bothers me when people that are well off automatically assume that poor scum like me are always on the take. I guess they figure that I am uneducated and coarse because of what side of the counter I am standing at.
I beg to God to never give me wealth if it means I will have to be condescending and petty over chump change. I hope that if I ever amass any wealth I am in the position to help the people that truly need it and not forget that because you are working a menial job slinging ground beef you are not a person such as I. Fuck that. I know poor people that are smarter then the average college professor. Stop thinking that because you drive that Benz that makes you high and mighty. What happens when that Benz breaks down. A poor slob will come to the rescue in his tow truck to take your car to a mechanic who will never drive a new Benz but can take it apart blindfolded and will get it back on the road. All the wealth, influence, and education in the world can't get your Benz back on the road without relying on people that you turn your nose up to everyday.
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