;) tell ya, Eye of the Tigress... I'd hate to have our Mum against me anyday. ;) She came home today, exhausted but extremely proud of herself. And this is how her story went...
Did some shopping int he morning. unimportant. see, the oldies are looking for a snowblower, so last night they went to home depot to check out prices. $249 sale price. she went to canadian tire today, seeing as they have a card and all. same one (murray) $389 sale price, $399 list price. she got one of the managers and asked him when they'd go on sale. "they ARE on sale Madam." she said she had seen them at home depot for $249. "No madam, you won't find this model cheaper anywhere." Being my mother, she asked that they check. He asked that she stay put and walked away to a desk (despite having a cellphone on), talked to a girl, who *looked* like she made a phone call, then came back. "no madam, home depot don't even stock murrays. nomas are very similar tho. it might have been that." mum appologized and left for lunch. lunch took her near a home depot, so she went back in to check. there it was, right in fron of the service desk, same model- $249, list price at $299. She explained the situation to a salesclerk and asked for the price, stock info, etc in writing. They gave it to her on Home Depot paper ;) went back to canadian tire, caught sight of the manager hiding behind a desk, and Pointed. ;) I've seen her do that before, and it has all the power and compulsive insistence of Granny Weatherwax. He came out of hiding and came up to her. "Remember me from an hour ago?" "Yessum." She gave him the piece of paper. He said he'd have to check. ;) She gave him the alligator smile i always get right before she announces she's caught me doing something i wasn't supposed to and she's got proof. She told him she'd wait. She did. For half an hour. While he made phone calls and such. ;) Eventually, after another 15 mins of bullshit, she was at the cash counter with her snowblower that Canadian tire had had to mark down $120. Ehehe. AND she used her canadian tire points. How many? 20,000. 40% off. ;) the manager refused to help her carry the thing out, and also, it seems "forgot" to give her the key to start it. She's gone back for that now. A couple of very nice yougn men who hadn't been inside at the time helped her out with it tho, and seemed most impressed when she told them why she'd been blacklisted.
And the moral of the story, girls and boys, is this: my mother is the spawn of Satan. Don't piss her off. >;)
Hope she helps me buy my first house...
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