I'm beginning to despise the local branch of Watson's convenience shop. I think they're up to something. Something illegal. I once heralded Watson's appearance in Nilai as a godsend, but now I'm not so sure. Is this the Devil's hellspawn? Read on to find out.
A couple of weeks back I went to buy some items. Upon checkout, the cashier told me with an apologetic face that they have run out of 1 cent coins. "Do you have any?" she asked me. Of course not! Who in their rightful mind carries around a bunch of 1 cent coins? It was the first time this had happened so I didn't think too much of it and just let them keep the change.
Several nights back, I dropped by Watson's to pick up a bottle of shaving cream. At the checkout counter, the same thing happened. "I'm sorry, do you have 1 cent? We are out." I let them keep the 4 cent change, but I was beginning to get suspicious.
What if they did this to every customer? The discrepancy does not show up in the receipts so it is a perfect candidate for con jobs. I was instantly reminded of the computer hacker who stole a few cents each bank customer and ended up a millionaire. What if this is just a smaller scale? Their loot could still easily go up to thousands of ringgit effortlessly.
Next time, I'm gonna carry around those pesky 1 cent and 5 cent coins. Just in case. In fact, I'm gonna carry every possible type of coin with me the next time I go to Watson's. Be afraid, be very afraid.
3 comments:
well, in australia, they round up your cash. For eg, if it cost you 4.51, they round up to 4.50 or if it cost u 4.58, they round up to 4.60. hehe. It's not a con job. Its the way it works here
It may be the way they work there, but it's not the way they should work here.
At least in Australia they are quite fair... sometimes round down and sometimes round up. But Watson's is always rounding up to their advantage!
In Indonesia, due to some discount calculations and misc. taxes, sometimes the amount comes up to something that cannot be represented in their denomination. In the bill itself, the "inaccuracy" is stated as such.
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