I have accidentally shoplifted. Well, not so much shoplifted as shop-bullied a salesgirl into giving me a product for gratis.
Those supermarket e-mail promotions are really confusing i.e. log on and get 8 cents off each litre of petrol you buy between 8am and 9am on every second Friday. Buy a bag of apples and get a core free. Go through checkout number 2, wave your flybuys card and you can take the trolley to your car.
They are just so ambiguous.
To add to the confusion, I recently joined a supermarket survey group whereby you are occasionally given products to test. (You must publish a report on the products).
Imagine my delight when I was recently invited to taste test ice-cream.
I rushed to the nearest supermarket, eagerly grabbed a tub of the nominated ice-cream and made my way to the checkout.
I had to pay.
Things never go according to plan, I thought to myself. I will ask the service desk for help.
The girl behind the counter listened to my story that an e-mail had told me that I could have the product for free. She asked if I had any paperwork with me, and I said no. She returned the cost of the product ($6.50) to me and wished me well.
I returned home, checked my e-mail and was bamboozled.
The product had a RRP of $5.
And was 500 grams in weight.
And was a raspberry ripple flavour.
What I was holding was none of these!
