Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Trying to explain the receipt for a pack of rubbers

I use my Visa Check Card a lot.

Well, not a lot. But when I buy something, I use it.

Gosh, I don't remember the last time I wrote a check. Not even sure where the checkbook is. Or the checks, at least. I know where the check register is.

It's real convenient to use. The commercials about using it are a little silly at times, but I've been on the Visa Check Card bandwagon for years.

The Wife, too.

Anyway, I stopped by Walgreen's yesterday for some mouth wash. Ended up buying a couple of other things. Always do.

Including eyeglasses wipes.

For my eyeglasses.

Those, I can spend my Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for. Mouth wash, not the case.

Plus, I bought some candy, and other items for around the house.

So, when I went to pay for my stuff, I ran through two transactions. One for the FSA purchases, one for standard purchases.

When I was done, the cashier handed me all my receipts. Or tried to. I was putting my card in my wallet, or my wallet in my pocket, and failed to properly secure them. They slipped to the counter top.

And, I gathered them up, folded them -- without looking -- and put them in my back pocket. That's where I put Check Card receipts during the day, for entry into the check register at night.

Everything was all well and good, until I pulled the receipts out when I got home. I always just put them on the desk next to the computer that we use for online banking.

The Wife looked at them last night ... and had a question.

"What's this receipt for condoms?" she inquired.

"What?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah, a cash receipt for condoms."

I paused for a second. "Let me see that."

She handed it over.

Sure enough, it was a receipt for three items, including a box of 12 Trojan condoms.

"Not mine," I said. And they weren't.

"They damn sure ain't mine," she said.

Hmmm, I thought. What in the world?

"Look, there's the receipt for the eyeglass wipes, and there's the receipt for the mouth wash and candy," I said.

"And there's your box of rubbers," she said.

"Must have been the person in front of me left their receipt," I began.

"OH! Yeah. Uh-huh."

I just looked.

"Let me see those," I asked.

She handed the receipt back to me.

"Oh, look. Trojan dry. Those are the red ones. I don't buy rubbers in the red package," I smiled.

No, that didn't help.

So, if you ever accidentally pick up an extra receipt from Walgreen's, and it happens to be a receipt ... cash receipt ... for a box of rubbers, I got no advice for you.

Other than make sure your will is in order. You just might need it.

7 comments:

  1. Fess up, Basil--it'll make you feel better! (just kidding!) Red? Oh the joke possibilities--that I am passing right up! heh Guess it's a good thing everything got put in the right bag!

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  2. I got your back. You were with me the whole time. Those were mine...

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  3. Got here through StopTheACLU.com.

    This story was hilarious.

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  4. But are the condoms eligible for the Flexible Spending Account?

    I try not to buy condoms at Walgreens; the last time I did I got screwed.

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  5. If only they had been ribbed for her pleasure. ;)

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