Grocery Shopping with Greedy Old People

I started out in a good mood..although once again woken up by the evil basset hound, Bailey. Hubby was reading the paper and asked if I wanted him to save the coupons...in the past I've clipped and clipped and then just ended up throwing them away because they've expired. So I mentioned that I don't understand how these people can buy $100 worth of grocery and end up paying .25!!?? How do they do this?? It seems like such a bother to watch the store adds and figure out what's on sale and what you coupons for and then go online and look for more savings....do these people not have a life?? But I did say perhaps some week I'll attempt this and make it a challenge to see if I can do it.

Well, I got an education from an 'elderly' couple. Age wise I'm guessing late 70's early 80's...which is actually looking younger every year! This couple harassed the meat guy who only comes in on Sunday to restock and mark-down the meat. They absolutely glued themselves to him and got everything he marked down! They even picked up packages and found fault with it so he would mark down what they wanted. They let no one else get even close. The man was keeper of the cart and blocked everyone else while she looked like another appendage of the meat guy. After they 'stole' all the meat they hit the cheese and canned bread area (the canned biscuits and such). They went through every item in these areas and looked for the ones either out of date or getting ready to be and pulled them from the area and set them in a separate cart..then proceeded to have an employee come back and mark it all down...again woman attached herself to the employee while the old coot man blocked with the cart. We were at the frozen food section when here they came...she says to me 'I left you some cheese back there.' I didn't know if I should be pissed by her comment or what...I felt gratified that possibly she felt the daggers I was sending her way!!! So I quickly headed back before someone else came upon the items...she left 3 bags of shredded mozzarella chesse..marked down to .89!!! Now I was grateful for the savings...but still pissed at their greed!!! If it had been a young couple with a family to feed I would feel differently...but these old coots only had themselves to look after. When I checked out she was in the next line over and besides all the markdowns she got here she came out with all her coupons!!!! The store wasn't busy so when she left I asked the cashier that checked her out how much she saved and he said a little over $8. in coupons but a huge amount in the markdowns...old coots! Their bill came to $45 (I over heard the amt.) Then the guy says 'They're a pain in the butt, they come in a couple of times a month and go through their shelves and ask for everything to be marked down.) So I ask..what's the deal are they feeding grandchildren..and both cashiers tell me where they live and it's only the two of them and several huge freezers in their garage! Infact, my cashier tells me they are her neighbors and their kids and grandchildren won't even have anything to do with them because they don't like kids! She said one of her own boys went over and offered to mow their lawn for $10, he was trying to earn extra money for Bible camp...they out right told him NO...but then turned around and hired an elderly man to mow their property for $50! Her comment was 'they never got another Christmas card from us'!

Ummm...this blog could turn out to be very useful...I may not simmer over this the rest of the day and raise my blood pressure even more....oh let's face it...I'm be miffed for a while!