Dress up like a dog

 Kadizzle just returned from the grocery store. What an experience. A friend was there buying food. Nothing strange about that except half the food was for their dogs. It took awhile to register, there was fresh chicken, and rice, for the dogs that would be cooked and served. With the right seasoning it would have fed about ten humans. There were six packs of chicken thighs. We live in an amazing country where the dogs eat better than a quarter of the world. 

Grocery stores try every trick in the world to lure in people. Safeway has an insane system of discounts. If you jump through three hoops and stand on your head wiggling your ears you can save some money. Computers may have caused as many problems as they solved. Kadizzle decided to use the self check out with about half the food we purchased. This was to save the boss time. She checked out the traditional way. First, to get the 10% senior discount Kadizzle had to have the clerk put in a special code. Now there were a lot of people waiting so Kadizzle tried to hurry. The blasted machine weighs the stuff you buy. To keep the machine happy Kadizzle quickly piled up groceries. There it went, the spaghetti sauce splattered on the floor. The mess only created more problems. 

Now for the grand finale. Kadizzle was going to get rich saving money. His cereal was on sale, buy one box get one free.  Seems simple right, nope another nightmare. Computer A did not talk to computer B, and clerk C did not understand what either computer wanted. So the service counter refunded the money for all the cereal. Kadizzle had to sign some papers for the refund. The the woman at the service counter repurchased three of the six cereal boxes. By this time Kadizzle was lost as to what was going on. Next she repurchased the rest of the six cereal boxes. Meanwhile there are seven people waiting their turn behind Kadizzle. The woman said some mumbo jumbo about how much the final cost was. By this time Kadizzle was so embarrassed about the line he caused he said " Just charge me what you want and let me go". Sheepishly walking away Kadizzle apologize to those in line. They were kind and said they would all be causing the same problem. 

Meanwhile, and during the kerfuffle Mrs Quinn had check out her stuff and was sitting out at the car. She calls in the middle of the riddle solving and is scared the ice cream will melt before we get home. The moral of the story is plan your shopping like a D Day assault.