As you can gather, my trip to the grocery store went moderately well. I found some awesome deals on whole wheat pasta, chocolate soy milk, and bread. All in all it was pretty good, until I got to the checkout. I had everything rung through with a grand total of $26, but they informed me card did not work. Like a moron, I swiped 23069 extra times to make sure that I wasn't crazy, because I've never had a problem before with the card, and the swiping motion makes me feel like I'm accessing an account with much more money... kinda like "This swipe is connecting me to my offshore account in the Caymen Islands with a 7-figure balance" haha. Anyways, so I thought all of my deals, and arithmetic (I will compare deals notoriously and make sure I save an optimum amount whenever I enter a grocery store) was in vain. Then I remembered 'Wait a sec... this joint has an ATM doesn't it?' The checkout help which consisted of a teenager that was way too tall for their age, and a woman that had been there about 30 years longer than she had anticipated. Between the two of them, they didn't tell me there was an ATM 60ft from my location, they expected me to be like 'Oh, here's some cash'. I took the United States 'Pre-emptive strike' tactic, and broke the awkward silence with 'Ya, I don't carry cash, cya', before my ATM ephiphany. Then while returning from the ATM trek, some woman used the same line that I did... I was thankful she didn't have a monster truck worth of items to ring through, but the noteworthy piece of info is HER CARD DIDN'T WORK EITHER! There is the remote possibility of two cards both not working simultaneously. However, after she informed the clerk and his aid that the card was brand new, the logical train of thought would be play the 1-piece 'Blame Game' with the card reader! So all in all, I wasted 1.50 service charge on cash, when I went to the grocery store to save money.. However my savings were way more than 1.50, so I guess I can't complain.
I got home, and then realized the dog had urinated on the floor, which hasn't happened in 2 years, so I was very mystified. After consulting my sister on what product to use to clean up the mess, all was taken care of. However, I had water on the stove for pasta, and decided to make a salad to go with said pasta. But this cleaning delay led me to prepare my salad for consumption at the exact time that the pasta was done. It was a bit weird, but both were tasty.
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