So....I go to the grocery store yesterday....the regular grocery store, not gourmet, or high end, we are talking an Albertson's--generic all the way. I went for Tylenol for Lulu who had a fever, and that was my main objective. To get to the pharmacy I had to walk by a variety of other things and along the way I picked up a handful of things, among which was one of those small paper bags full of apples with the little paper handles. There was a coupon stuck on the handle for $1 off when you bought the whole bag. I thought, "sure, healthy bag of apples, that is always good, and a coupon too--cool." We are in Oregon, the apple capital of the nation (I might be making this up, but we do grow a LOT of apples here), and it is prime apple season. I had literally a handful of things, and I got through the checkout, Ava in tow, and the total bill is $42. I walk out of the store (successfully dodging the begging for candy at the checkout and the request for the enormous stuffed toy also strategically placed at the checkout). As I am walking out I start thinking, "yikes, how did that bill get to $42--seems high." One glance at my bill and I see a large charge of $23.79 for apples. FOR APPLES!!! I swear to you there could not have been more than 8-9 large apples in that bag.
So, I feel compelled to ask the cashmier nearest me if it is possible I really just spent almost $24 on apples and he sheepishly admitted that yes, those bags added up like crazy and it was pretty deceptive. The apples aparently were $3.00 a lb and those bags can eaily be 7 lbs. I still find that hard to believe, but it must have been true. This particular guy even said he usually warned people because it was always shocking--and they purposely put the most expensive apples into these cute little baggies. You know what I did???? I RETURNED my apples....I actually RETURNED them. I don't think I've ever returned anything grocery related in my life (even when I get stale banana bread for $6 a loaf and I'm super irritated). But seriously, $24 for apples? It felt good to return them too, I have to admit, and I got over the two seconds of embarassment that I started to feel when I considered that perhaps I was being cheap (but no....I mean, $6 or even $10 for a bagful of apples SURE, I get that, I just couldn't swallow $24). Point of the story, they ALWAYS put the most expensive apples in those bags and stick them right in your face.... beware :-). Signed, ME {lv}
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