I don't really understand why people ask this. Doesn't it take longer to ask this question and wait for the answer than to just let the person do what they please with the receipt? Oh well.

I will think about that in lieu of the local election results which have my husband pretty depressed. It seems like everything happens in this world specifically to depress him. I don't like it either but I was too busy working at my regular job to be able to spend too much time campaiging for this thing.


Six Replies to Would you like the receipt with you, or in the bag?

Jackie Mason | November 8, 2006
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Anna Gregoline | November 9, 2006
Well, you want to know where your receipt is in case you have to bring something back...

Jackie Mason | November 10, 2006
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Adrianne Rodgers | November 22, 2006
This Too!

Another receipt pet peeve....happens to the best of us.

Scott Hardie | December 3, 2006
I never really noticed or minded until you mentioned this a few weeks ago, Denise, and now I notice and mind (just a little bit) every time. It happens a lot at the corner Walgreen's for me, and that's a place where people get curmudgeonly about their returns without receipts, so maybe the store has instituted a policy of forcing the clerk to ask such an awkward question every time so all parties present know where the receipt went. Or, maybe people are just dumb.

Amy Austin | December 20, 2006
If I'm not mistaken, I believe Walgreen's actually has a full-refund-if-they-don't-offer-your-receipt-back-at-time-of-purchase policy...


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