The prudent shopper will always shop defensively, but it's perhaps more important during the busy times, like pre-Thanksgiving.
There is always the threat of a dangerous bacterium, like the potential for e.coli in Romaine lettuce the CDC warned us about.
For the frugal shopper, there's also the threat of paying more for the groceries than is actually owed. Here's a case in point.
You'll notice the label on the side of this avocado spread advertising 50% off. The fine print on the label explains to the cashier how to give the discounted price to the customer. But the modern system of bar code readers allow the cashier to ring up products very fast, and it's easy for a cashier to accidentally ignore such a label. Also, it might be tempting to a cashier in a hurry to intentionally ignore the label.
As it happened, I paid full price for the avocado spread when I bought it yesterday. The issues was resolved today at the store's service center. But doesn't it seem as though the mistakes always favor the merchant and not the customer? One has to wonder, if that was the plan, how that plan would actually be implemented. But it does seem that way.
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11:36 AM 11/21/2018
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