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Journal Timex's Journal: Wife's JE: Stupid supermarkets 6

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Wife recently posted a JE regarding a recent shopping expedition. It's the sort of thing that happens when the people that design the fliers forget (or intentionally omit?) limits on coupon usage in fliers.

At any rate, for anyone that needs a chuckle (or a shopping tip), go see what she wrote. :)

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  • When I first read that I thought it said "Wife's Stupid JE Supermarkets." Which I thought was pretty harsh 'cause I rather liked it;-) Hopefully the fog of morning will lift soon!

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      by Timex ( 11710 ) *

      Remember: there's no such thing as "enough coffee".

      (That reminds me... I should go pour myself some more. :D)

      I liked it, too. When I told my family up in Maine about it, their first words were something along the line of "You're KIDDING!"...

      • You also triggered the anecdote I was going to share with your wife that I forgot then, but just remembered. We were at the store and they had Coke on sale. But only the 6-packs. It was like $1.50 for a 6-pack, but $4.59 for a 12 pack;-)

  • So she went there and cut a single coupon out of every circular?

    Sure, it's technically allowed, but that's really rude and inconsiderate to the other customers. It's like the kids who dump the entire bowl of candy into their bag on Halloween just because it's there and there's nobody stopping them.

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      by Timex ( 11710 ) *

      So she went there and cut a single coupon out of every circular?

      Pretty much, but only about seven at a time, as I understand it. (She went to two or three different stores over three days.)

      Sure, it's technically allowed, but that's really rude and inconsiderate to the other customers.

      Is it? When people asked her what she was doing (and believe me, people DO WONDER, when they see someone loading a carriage with boxes of Jello...), she explained what she found out. They, in turn, started loading their carriages. Wife said that at the first store that she went to, the Jello aisle was filled with people by the time she got through the checkout. It would be rude

    • Actually it was the only coupon in each circular. You know? The sales flier that shows all the "specials" of the week? The one that the store throws out hundreds of extras every week because most people don't grab one when they walk into the store? And actually the 3 Shaw's supermarkets I went to over the course of 2 days still threw out tons of sales circulars (they don't even bother recycling them!) even after I and the members of my coupon circle each took a bunch. (Not to mention the crowds of peop

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