an incident similar to the Kmart Incident in the article happened to me at a local “convenience...store”....
The indignant claim of being an educated person brings certain demographics to mind - those who dominate the “civil service” sector.
I have an uncle who is a cop and was on duty and pulled into a MickeyD’s a few years back and ordered two cheeseburgers, a small order of french fries and a water. The girl taking the order in a very serious tone asks “Sir do you want cheese on those cheeseburgers?”
My wife pulled into a sonic drive in and ordered her lunch and the total was $7.94. She hands the waitress a $20 and .94 cents, total $20.94. The girl hands her back a $10 and says thanks! My wife says what? Oh the girl replies I owe you another dollar, sorry and quickly hands her a dollar and starts to walk away. My wife says you need to keep coming with those dollars sister and the girl hands her another one and again starts to walk away and my wife says whoa we are not done here.
Finally my wife says I gave you $20.94 the total was $7.94, you owe me $13.00, hand over another dollar and we are even. The car hop reluctantly handed over the dollar. My wife couldn’t decide if she was that stupid or just a plain ole thief. By the end of the incident she was leaning thief...