I decided to run to Cub today, because they have Froot Loops on sale (plus if you bought 3 you got a free gallon of milk next time you shop). There were a few other things I wanted to get, too, but the Froot Loops are the most urgent. Why, you ask? Because, I answer. Froot Loops have now added fiber. They claim it's the same great taste, but I've tried them. It's not. So I wanted to buy a few of the old boxes while I still can. (I learned my lesson when Honeycomb changed their recipe to nasty and I didn't think to stock up.)
I finished my shopping and realized I had 11 items. Seeing as I find it annoying when people try to sneak into the 10 items or less line, I figured I would be honest and go in a regular line. Which, naturally, moved very slowly, seeing as people are starting to buy for Thanksgiving. Also, I was carrying a 12-pack of pop, which is fine for a bit, but after awhile starts getting heavy, so overall it was a very annoying line experience.
I then got to the register, she rang me up (slowly), and I noticed that the Froot Loops were full price. I called her on it, and she showed me the ad, and apparently it was the bigger boxes that were on sale. So I had to make her unsell them to me. She looked more saddened than annoyed, and I think she would have liked to have someone fetch the sale-size boxes for me, but the sale-size were all fiberized, so I didn't want those. And I wasn't about to pay $3.25 for the small box of cereal when I could get half again as much for $2.49.
And so, I left without Froot Loops, and with 8 items. I could've gone through the express lane after all.
3 comments:
I've tried the Froot Loops with fiber - quite accidentally, I might add. They taste like cardboard.
You'd think that if you wanted fiber, you wouldn't choose Froot Loops.
exactly!
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