Preius
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All I can say is in ten posts no 'holy roller' has posted that I should have gone to a store manager and turned the old man in for his actions. I am liking it in USMB.
I love it that a guy, who looked like anyone's grandfather, went for payback. I am disappointed in Kroger for screwing up the $50 on a prescription for a senior on Social Security and not making it right. I believe the old guy told me the truth. Otherwise why would he do it, and say what he did to me? I am satisfied that I did the correct thing to ignore what I saw.
You mean you don't KNOW that you were supposed to go to the store manager? Isn't this a commentary on what kind of people we have become. There is some macabre circle of bad judgment where you can join in the old man's pathetic act of rebellion and feel good about it. Kroeger had it COMING, we all get PAYBACK.
You know what made this so STUPID. Kroeger DOESN''T KNOW. That's what gives this kind of property damage such an impact. It's destruction for the sheer joy of destroying something that belongs to someone else. Then having a secret excuse. Kroeger really thought it was some kids destroying for the joy of it. It's not like someone told them it was because they screwed up a $50.00 prescription. It's not like this kind of action really hurt Kroeger. They return the stuffed animals to the manufacturer and get new ones. The loss of the ice cream is treated like a shoplifting loss. Enough loss and the store raises prices to cover it.
You are satisfied you did the right thing but why? My Dad used pathetic little acts of rebellion too. He liked to key nice cars in parking lots. Everywhere we went, as we passed some new or expensive car he'd key it up and down. The car might have looked like a car that cut him off last week. Or maybe it was because that was a nice car and we had an old clunker. You're like my Dad!
You're speculating as to what extent Kroeger knew...it was not mentioned to what extent the old guy went to resolve the situation or who exactly was involved in the dispute over the over charge.
For me, this is more than just about chain pharmacies. It's folks being fed up overall with not being treated justly. Whatever happened to "The customer is always right"?
Aside from that, what the old guy did is minimal in face of what he might have done...like arm himself and go on a shooting spree. The rise in the cost of things as a result of this is not likely to be as costly as say actual shoplifters, employees stealing, errors at the checkout, overall waste that occurs in supermarkets. I would have looked the other way too, silently cheered for the guy, and minded my own business.
I'll tell you what I really resent is standing in line waiting to give someone my money, or waiting on a telephone tree that continues to say "We are sorry all attendants are busy, please stay on the line." If they really were sorry, they would hire more people to answer the phone. I dropped Dish network because they kept me on hold.
I should have made this a poll. Looks to me like old guy 17, Kroger 1.
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