from the big pigs who employ them. Thus, the "heroic" and stupid actions against people just as economically disadvantaged as themselves. This kind of shit has gone on for decades, but has accellerated in the past few years.

Store manager: go to jail, and you'll find you're less employable than the woman you hit. She'll be your boss someday, as should always have been the case. You forgot the basic rule of society--treat others as you want to be treated. Yeah, some "golden rule" in there, too.

Don't you think?

so the stores do not lose out..

He may have been upset at the fact that the couponer (I used to do that before it was fashionable...back in the 70's...once got $1100.00 of stuff for about $25 ..made the paper too) cleaned him out of some items and that it may have sent other customers away because stuff they wanted was no longer available.

and he might have been worried that all the couponers would descend on his location and make ordering a nightmare for him..

no matter the reason,. he acted inappropriately.

But your point is still valid.

OTOH, being the next customer in line at the supermarket when a rabid couponer is ahead of you can be trying. I try to avoid such situations, but sometimes, they don't pull their filing cabinet full of coupons out until everything is rung up.

"Wait! I know I have a coupon for that loaf of bread. Just let me find it."

The show, from being stuck behind couponers (or other very strange people) in the check out line.

As much as people want to take the side of the extreme couponer I have ran into people like that at shopping places. The express lane is suppose to be for 20 items or less the lady with extreme coupons comes in with over 30 to 40. The store has a policy of not doubling down on coupons so the lady clearly had more items then the 20 item limit. What does the Cashier have to do stop his line and deal with the person. It's annoying! Having to wait behind these people because to them it is fun and games. If you have ever been a Cashier having to scan lots of coupons it is annoying even more so to wait behind them. There should be a limit on how much they can get away with coupons. I refuse to go to walmart because of the coupons and ad matches. I would be in line for hours because of these people without warning. I honestly wanted to go hostile once on them when I was in a hurry one day.

Maybe even Debit or Credit only.

People fishing around for a minute looking for that last seven cents when they have dollars is annoying as hell also.

I rarely carry cash money. I especially hate pocket rocks.

I generally only touch cash if I know I will be on a toll road or a place I will need cash for tips.

And I haven't gotten a cold or flu since I stopped touching money on a regular basis either.

Curiously, that's more true of paper money (not sure why) but it is. That's part of why I try to stick with coins.

It can pass through an incredible amount of hands in a day.

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- Tommy Chong in "Up In Smoke".

... often only HAS one checkout open so there is no easy solution for that.

If I were the manager AND there was a significant line (4 or more people) AND someone hit the checkout with a wad of coupons, I would either open another register if possible to deal with the coupons or I would ask the couponer if s/he would mind waiting until the line wound down somewhat. If s/he didn't want to wait I would tell everyone in the line that I was sorry but there would be a small delay.

Hitting or even yelling is not called for here.

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I wouldn't want to be in line behind one of them.

To me, a coupon gives you 50 cents off, or 2 for the price of one, something like that.

What's this about having so many coupons you are paying almost nothing? I don't get it.

When an item is buy 1 get 1 free they use a coupon for each item and take advantage of the double coupon deal that some stores do. So if a cereal is $4 and buy 1 get 1, they can use a $1 coupon for each box and get the coupon doubled equaling $4 in coupons.

You still have to pay the sales tax.

Getting stuff just because they can, even when it's stuff they don't use and never will. And, in edition, they clean out items for other customers.

I don't agree with assaulting the woman, bu it sounds like she and her fellow Extreme Couponers are "regulars." I have done retail management, and it would be very frustrating, although there is no excuse for abusing a customer in any way.

Or in racks at the front of the store.

Very....very rarely do I even look at newspaper coupons.

They are normally for processed overpriced crap I generally don't buy.

But I did....just happen to spot one coupon In a flyer for Barber Foods Stuffed Chicken Breast...and they were On Sale.

We do love those over processed stuffed chicken breasts the way they do it.

I feel so sorry for people who have to work at their jobs. Where is the cake and lemonade damn it.

You have to understand some of these people who do the coupons are nuts. They will fight any price difference that comes up, try to call a manager over when there is a problem with something, and yell at you if you do not take the ads. I feel sorry for the Cashiers because it is all put on them and stresses their job out even more. The Walmart cashiers I feel really bad. Everytime I used to get behind one of those people in line they were rude to the costumers behind and yelling at the Cashier who was trying to do his/her job. Plus the lockouts on the machines. I saw one person with 4 carts go through the line nothing but smalls. It's crazy my advise on how to avoid a line with these people is if you see a lot of ad papers GO TO A DIFFERENT LINE. If you see smalls in there carts that do not make sense run to another line. You can be hours waiting for these people when the person behinds them only has one or two items. It's scary how rude they can get.

and would tell them about how many carts I would have...He would usually be the one to open a separate checkstand and would check me out himself.. No "funny-business"..just hours and hours of real work putting the list together and lots of postage spent sending for the special offer coupons.. and much of it was donated..

She kept buying drinks at the discount ad matching of another store and then when the Cashier was having trouble she jumped on the cashier neck. The cashier had to call a manager over just to deal with the coupons because it was to many and they were false coupons. Turns out someone had created a set to look real that were printed coupons. Half of them wouldn't scan as well. She just kept pulling them out making go through all the coupons. Finally the Cashier just gave up. You could tell it on the Cashier face. The worse part is could hear the Cashier telling the Manager he/she was suppose to be gone 1 hour ago.

People do annoying things all the time. Most of the people they annoy are able to come up with responses that don't involve physical violence.

Remember the article says the person is part of a club. How many times does that person go into that store and has the person ever caused problems over the Coupon policy. Have you ever watched the Extreme Coupon'er show? Not all people take the time to make sure it is a safe visit some just come angry try to scam the stores with false coupons.

Once you go over the limit.

Ten items: normal price.
Eleven: 2% added to your bill.
Twelve: 5%
Thirteen: 10%
And so on.
If you're in a hurry pay extra. If not use the proper lane.

spouse back into the store to get somethiong they forgot. Followed by a hissey fit when the cashier won't accept coupons from a different store chane. In the end they top it all off by geting out the change purse and paying the last 65 cents in pennys.
Arggggghhhhhhh.

hurry"?

Well, aren't you special.

My recollection of Germantown is arrogant 'new money' in shitty McMansions. Too much 'tude and asshole cops.

People who inherit wealth rather than work for it are much classier.

I moved away from that area 20 years ago and have no desire to return.

I admit to using coupons, but only for products I prefer the brand name over the store brand or other brand. I've done the math. Even with double coupons it's usually more expensive to get the advertised brand. The in-store sales save you a lot more money. Extreme couponing is like meth - keep going and get more addicted. You won't get anywhere.

It's not an over-generalization - it's simple math. I've done almost all of the grocery shopping for 30 years and it holds true. I'll admit I like Campbell's cream-of soups, Progresso soups, Tabasco, and a few other brands, but for the most part I go all store brand (or lesser known brand) because they're less expensive and are the same damn thing.

First of all the manager needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law! In no way did she have the right to assault that woman. As far as coupon users taking a lot more time to check out, well, the cashiers are paid an hourly wage so what does it matter if servicing that particular customer takes longer? They have to be there anyway. As to other customers behind them there may be a grip there. I make sure that I go to the express lanes if I`m in a big hurry and usually get through very quickly otherwise I just figure that it takes as long as it takes. I have used coupons and saved lots of money but I`m not rude about it and if I see someone behind me with one or two items I just let them go ahead of me. This is just common courtesy. I hope some store manager does not decide that it would be a good idea to assault me over it. Too much!

There's a similar thread here in which a defenseless 16 year-old girl was viciously attacked from beyond by a grown man. It's sickening how some people justify this stuff.

And what appears to be a problem customer/group. However, having worked retail management, you can't hit customers.

I don't think feeling a bit of empathy for the manager translates to thinking it's okay to hit a customer.

If the manager does not want to deal with customers maybe she should get a different job. How anyone can even excuse this behavior in the slightest with something close to, well these people are hard to deal with, is beyond me. If you work in any type of service industry you will have to deal with people that will irritate you. And yes I have had to deal with obnoxious customers in my past working life.

It isn't common anymore!

wouldn't it make more sense to affix each coupon to the appropriate item before approaching the checkout?

On most POS systems.

ETA: "POS" Was that "point of sale" or "piece of shit"?

Both!

Make a store manager believe she needs to defend the profits of the rich who run the company.

It's sad really. She really believes she's helping herself by denying the use of a coupon, when she would really only benefit the top of the company.

directly affect the manager's bottom line ... i would wager dollars to doughnuts that the manager gets a bonus based on said profit. the manager was protecting no one's 'profits' but his/her own.

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What would she get, a 1% cut of the money on the sales for that month?

You can't seriously think she's reap in all the profits on a sale.

Edit: And there's no way she's even come close to 1% of the monthly profits. Not going to happen.

"You can't seriously think she's reap in all the profits on a sale."

Is that anywhere CLOSE to what I said? I don't think so... let's make sure to pay a little closer attention.

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In response to your edit ... no shit. that's YOUR statement, not mine. you're just making stuff up ... to what end? i have no clue.

She's in it to help herself is what you said. I disagree and take the stance she's made to believe it's in her best interests to deny coupons.

i never said anything about getting 'all the profit' (your words) or even about '1%'... once again, you're words (well, number in this case). but just about every retail manager in the FUCKING WORLD is bonused on sales. and i can just about guarantee this one is as well.

she was protecting herself... not the store.

thanks for making shit up and making it easy to shoot down you're crap.

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That she even needs to "protect herself" is what is complete shit.

She's not working hard for herself, she's working hard for the people running the company. They profit way more than she does for her ridiculous actions.

It's not my fault or hers that this country is too fucked up to the point where rich company owners dangle the carrot in front of their managers faces for them to chase.

She should be compensated enough not to have to try and deny someone's coupons.

so you move the goal posts... typical.

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Not even sure what you mean, but I do like watching football.

you got called for putting words in my posts and then decided that line wasn't working for you and then you jump on the 'workers of the world unite' post to try to shift the argument... into something i don't disagree with. she should be paid a proper wage. i don't agree that a bonus is something bad like you seem to. bonuses can be a great motivator and reward to someone who goes above and beyond.

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Just like treats for dogs are motivation for them to be good and sit and roll over on command.

and i see all i need to see.

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Be good deny coupons = get some more money (treats)

Sit and roll over = get some more treats

I'd be willing to bet that the manager just didn't want to deal with hundreds of coupons on a regular basis. Have you ever seen the extreme couponer show? There can be hundreds of items and hundreds of coupons, registers locking up from overload, and calls to to district headquarters. The process can take hours.

It doesn't justify the manger's actions and it was especially stupid of her considering there was a camera rolling, but I can see how if you catch the wrong person on the wrong day something like that could happen.

I didn't even read the article so I'm not defending anyone here but really??

some people even walk out with tons of stuff... for nothing.

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