On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:58:11 -0700, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>The final straw that got me to stop shopping at Safeway
>was when they reprogrammed their computers to rip off
>the consumer making change. It used to be if you had
>$0.80 change coming, you'd get three quarters and a
>nickel. Now you get two quarters and three dimes,
>or worse. Even if you have $0.50 coming, you won't
>get two quarters. You'll get one quarter, two dimes,
>and a nickel.
>
>Why do they do this? It's to reduce the amount of
>change they have to stock in the checkout lines.
>To save _the_interest_ in the value of the change
>(less than a penny per shift), they are willing
>to inconvenience hundreds of customers. Safeway
>is willing to spit on hundreds of customers for
>less than a penny! I can take my business elsewhere.


Boy, it doesn't take much to make you mad. How does it feel going
through life with a permanent scowl?
--

History is a vast early warning system
Norman Cousins