I stopped at the store to restock the larder, the list included pinto
beans. There were two or three brands on the shelf, one of which was
on sale, so I picked that bag. Now I'm in the checkout line and the
woman behind me points at the bag of beans and asks, "how much were
they?" "I don't know," I said truthfully, not bothering to say I knew
they were the cheapest on offer. "What?! You don't know?!" and she's
off on a whole tirade about how amazing it is to her that anyone could
buy anything without knowing the price. And that she couldn't
remember the last time she bought anything without knowing the price.
None of it required any answer from me, so I didn't say anything
more. She was still mumbling about it when I left.

I think I'm as careful a shopper as most but I don't have to keep all
the numbers in my brain, ya know? It's not as though two pounds of
beans was gonna break my bank. -aem