Political Humor

A Political Humor Classic

On Friday, my lovely, wonderful sweetheart advised me that a particular department store was offering $10 back for every $50 dollars that we spend in the store.

“It’s a scam. They don’t take $10 off the total bill. They give you a voucher for $10 that you have to use in their store to buy more stuff from them.” I told her.

Then I heard the most frightening, horrific sentence I have ever heard in my life:

“I’m going to spend the money anyway.”

“WHAT?!!! Only a woman would say such a thing. I have never, in my 32 years on this earth (almost 33) said such a thing.” Please, ladies, tell me that this is not a universal sentiment.

“I mean, we have to buy the Christmas gifts. If we buy them there then we get ten dollars back.”

“But we don’t get any money back. They give you a coupon for ten dollars, and then you have to go back and buy more stuff.”

“But I’m going to spend the money anyway.”

Please stop the pain!

So after we were finished, we checked out and the total came to $189. I said, with obvious sarcasm, “If you spent 11 dollars more, you could have gotten another $10 back.”

“You’re right .I should go back.”

*sigh* “Fine. I was making fun of you, ya know. Just go back. I don’t want to hear about the stupid $10 you could have had.”

As it turns out, she was charged for two items that were only supposed to have been price-checked. So they were removed from the bill, and she just left it at the $153 that was spent, and the three $10 coupons we received.

She pointed out that it was a good thing she went back, because we were overcharged. Then came the sweetest words of the whole weekend.

“You know the stupid vouchers are only good for four days. FOUR DAYS! You were right*. It’s a scam.”

I kept it to myself this time, but smiled in smug satisfaction

* I love it when I hear those words come from her mouth.