I don’t get it.
Why do cashiers at the grocery store give me such weird, and sometimes dirty looks?
I mean, they’re the ones who ask me if I want it.
All I did was ask if it was free when they did.
And I think it’s a valid question when they say, “do you want cash back?”
It sounds like a pretty sweet hook-up. “Here’s your groceries, sir. Would you like some cash back with those?”
Heck yeah I do!
Well, I learned that when I say heck yeah, sometimes it’s not free at all.
I went to one grocery store and the cashier Janet asked me if I wanted cash back. “Heck yeah!” I said.
“How much would you like?”
Wow, these guys were generous. All I had bought was some pasta and some cereal. “Sounds good. How much can I get?”
The cashier looked at me without the emotion someone giving away free money should have, and told me I could get up to $100.00. I looked at my total. $12.25. I couldn’t think of anything, but I must have been being blessed for something awesome I did at some point that week. “Well, shoot. I’ll take a hundred dollars then.”
“Okay.”
My receipt printed out, she handed me my hundred bucks and my groceries, and I went and blew my new free wad of cash on go-carts and laser tag with Noah.
Well, imagine my surprise when I got my bank statement and realized that she charged that hundred dollars to my checking account.
Who does that? Who offers you something and then steals it from you to give it to you?
It was messed up for sure, and I never went through her line again. The thief.
Of course, lots of cashiers have tried to pull the same stunt on me since then. I always ask them if it’s free. They just give me the weird looks, so I tell them no thank you before they can rob me like Janet did.
It’s the great cash back scam. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
SMH :)
That's cute Dan. You had me going for a minute.
Not to put a damper on your laugh track here, but there is a little heads-up with the cash-back you get at these stores... check your receipt carefully. A friend of mine told me that some cashiers will run through that you asked for cash back when you didn't, then pocket the money. It's a quick way to get fired if they get caught, but too many people just shove the receipt in their purse or pocket or bag, and just toss it without checking it... that's what they're counting on.
Ok, so Dan if you mail me a check for $200.00 I will give you some cash back too. Lol, Men are dangerous with money.
I'm in Aus, and was actually confused, because "cash back" is like when you buy a fridge in a promo, send the reciept to the company and they send you cash back... when I go to the shops they ask if I want "cash out"
This is hilarious. You're such a dork!!!!!! :-) :-)
lol..
It's a sign either that I don't know you well enough or that I'm too tired & stressed out to be reading blogs, that I wasn't sure until reading the comments that you weren't actually serious. Most of me said, "He's just joking... right?" But this small part of me said, "He can't *really* not know how cash back works... right?" :)
Haha, you totally got me. Here (NZ) if they ask at all, they'd say "out" rather than "back", so cash back did indeed make me think of free money :D Some companies will do a cash back promo whereby you make a large purchase and they'll give you a voucher to redeem by post for a cheque, so yeah... here's me with visions of you getting scammed ...
@knightndaze NZ! Your men are dangerously sexy!
Are some of these commenters seriously not "getting it"? Ding dong!!!!
LOL Omg Dan! I was totally expecting some sort of 'cash back fee' to be tagged along with your 100! Kinda like withdrawing from an ATM that's not YOUR banks ATM. I love the humor in this one though! Was getting kinda anxiety ridden thinking, jeez they attach fees to CASH BACK now?!?! So glad that's not the case! Thank you for the laugh
@MichelleC that's what i thought was coming too lolol
Those cashiers are sneaky! I should know. One of my sisters is one!
Very amusing! :)
Haha. Good laugh
Thanks for the laugh! It was needed today. :-)
LOL!!
LOL - Your silly!
Haha! Oh, dear. That is pretty standard language where I live (Maryland) but I guess where you're from, it sounded too good to be true ;)
Thanks Dan, I really needed a chuckle today. Been rough with the world ending and all.
Lol, hilarious. Here in New Zealand they ask, 'Do you want any cash out?'
Lol that's great!!! That witch how could she do that to you!!! Hehehehe
As my granddaughter, age 2, would say: "You FUNNY!"
Haha I loved this post.
You know, Dan, I have been a long time reader and it was always just something I did when there was nothing else to do. Lately, if you pay attention to your posters, it's hard for me to believe you would notice me, this has been my first stop on the internet every day.
It seems like you always have a post that helps me that day, or a post that I needed to see to remind myself of a few things. First, I take things too seriously and you have the posts that make me laugh and loosen up. As of lately you have also had posts that are very... sobering I guess.
You see I, along with many other people I'm sure, suffer from something that makes me feel very anxiety ridden and panicked, worried, paranoid, doomed... something like that. Your posts makes it easy to see the big picture and with your truth boxes and the story of the family upstairs, I realize that I'm really not alone in this life struggle. The generosity of all these awesome people that follow your blog also made me have a little more faith in there being good people out there that do amazing things for others.
Anyway, enough of a seriousness on what is meant to be silly. I just wanted to say thank you :)
@RoxanneFlores Too True! This made me laugh, and sometimes we all need a little laugh to forget about those things that seem to loom over us!
This was a great laugh! Happy Holidays!!!
OMG! That happened to me this morning! Thank goodness I only got taken for $40.00! ;)
OH! This happened to me last week!!! I couldn't believe it! The scamming liars! Someone should make a law!!
LOL Dan! This made me giggle!
Dan don't you know nothing is free.LOL Merry Christmas to you,your handsome Son & all your friends.Have a great holiday.
Hahahahaha!
That was funny! You're silly!
LOL That was great Dan .. Thanks.
Thanks for the laugh!! i needed it today!! :-)
its more hilarious that some people are not reading previous comments and STILL don't know its a joke LOL
lol funny!! though the replies are also quite amusing too!!!
You crack me up Dan! (and so do the people who don't realize it's a joke! The comments are priceless!)
lol you're a nut
Well yeah, when they ask u if u want cash back it is just a way to take money out, same as if you were at an atm. and all stores that take card have a fee, which they may or may not charge you depending on how big the store (tesco/asda overlook the fee as so many people pass through their doors, while a corner shop will have to charge so they can pay the bank fee, as unlike tesco or asda, they are only small places.) Any other charge will bein your terms and conditions with the bank. hope this helps xxx
The look is because about every fifth person going through the line uses that joke. Being a cashier is a never ending day of the exact same jokes over and over. Lol.
At local stores, if it pays as a debit card (which will give me cash back if I ask), then I get dinged with a fee from my credit union. If I use the same card as a credit card (no cash back), I don't pay it, they pay the credit card service fee. For a while, Walmart tried to say "any debit card presented will be charged as one" so that I paid the bank fee rather than them paying the credit card fee. I have the choice now, but I have to actively exercise it.
Bahahaha!
hehehehehehehehe...that is awesome :)
lol
Well, if that isn't enough to ruin your whole day... lol
Duh! who would think that the store is giving it away????????
ROFL, the people in comments who don't get that you're playing.
Thank you yet again for the morning smile! :)
Duplicitous bastards...
The same thing happened to me! Goodness, wish you had posted this sooner! heh
HA!