maybe, I don’t know … ZOMBIES!?  ’cause that’s the only explanation I can come up with for when I tried to shop at the Dominicks on North Aurora (right after the Ogden turn).  I’d forgotten how completely clueless this store was/is when it comes to accepting coupons as a form of currency.  Because I had just come from Danada – formerly known as coupon naziland – where the cashier accepted my Purell coupons after a quick question to customer service.  In and out.

Not so at the North Aurora location.  Seriously, I only had 14 bottles and a carton of herb croissants (shut up).  First customer service guy said I couldn’t use the coupons because then the item would be free and they’re not allowed to do that.  Yeah, I rolled my eyes, too, and then pointed out that if coupons weren’t a form of currency, I wouldn’t have to pay tax on my purchases.   Another cs person was just about to go home or going on break or something, but she stopped to help them solve this huge mathematical problem, rather on the order of calculating pi.  I showed them my Danada Square receipt, but that didn’t matter because apparently every store handles coupons differently.  They tried running it in sets of five, then four.  I told them to just run them all without my card, use the coupons and then scan my card.  No, because then I would be getting that extra penny on each coupon.  Then mark the coupons down to 99¢ – you’re not allowed to change coupons.

Well, you know what I did – said cancel the entire transaction and give me back my coupons.  Never thought I’d see the day when Danada rocked over coupons.  gotta rush out and buy me a lottery ticket…