the third day of winter, i walked up the street singing hot hot heat in my head.

at the supermarket, i picked out a kilo-punnet of mandarins off the shelf. the price label said $3.92, but at the checkout, it checked out at $4.88. ghastly! i showed my receipt to the girl at the service desk, and she sent someone off to check, (and oh how i crossed my fingers that i’d seen right), and some minutes later, i was being refunded the $4.88, which due to rounding up, was actually $4.90. a free kilo of mandarins and 2c to boot!

the scanning code of practice is your friend, trusting consumer. be vigilant! in the last few years, i have gotten such free food as a loaf of bread or a tub of ice cream or a bag of rice crackers or whatever else was on special that hadn’t been updated in “the system”.

i tried it once at kmart, though, and the checkout boy was scathing: “we don’t do that here.” ooOOkay.