TIL a customer tried to return a half-eaten bag of chips from 2019

I was working the return desk at a grocery store near Seattle a few weeks ago when this lady walks up with a dusty old bag of chips, maybe 5% left inside. She said they tasted stale and wanted her $3.50 back, pointed to a date stamp from February 2019. My manager just laughed and handed her a store credit anyway, didn't even ask questions. Has anyone else had a return that was years old and somehow still got approved?

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finleym431mo ago

I once tried to return a half-eaten jar of pickles from like 2016 to a store near Portland, and the cashier just scanned it and gave me store credit without even looking at the date... I was almost embarrassed but also kinda proud of my commitment to getting my $4 back. The pickles were basically fossilized at that point, but hey, money's money I guess.

brian3281mo ago

Come on, is getting your $3.50 back really worth keeping a dusty old bag of chips in your pantry for years? I don't get why people make such a big deal out of stuff like this. The store probably just gave the credit to avoid a scene, not because they actually agreed with her. And that pickle story too, dragging a jar around for years just for four bucks seems like a lot of effort for nothing. Some folks just take this "the customer is always right" thing way too far. It's a bag of chips, not a life or death situation.

milessmith1mo ago

@finleym43 that fossilized pickles bit got me good. Funny how stores just roll over on these returns, probably easier to give the credit than argue over a few bucks.

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