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In Aisle 11 at the Arlington Walmart on Route 45, beleaguered shopper, Troy Danzig, continues to wait for a price check on 2 bags of Lays Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ Extra Crunchy Potato Chips with 0 grams of Trans-Fat. Normally any unresolved price checks of this duration are brought to an involuntary conclusion by the closure of the store at the end of the day but this Walmart is one of the many that are offering 'Round The Clock shopping hours this holiday season.
This particular ordeal began 3 days ago when Mr. Danzig attempted to purchase the chips in question expecting to pay $1.99 per bag but instead the bags rang up at $3.18 apiece. Mr. Danzig called the cashier's attention to the entry in the weekly flyer which clearly indicated a price of $1.99 for 12 ounce bags Lays Potato Chips - all flavors. Happily both parties were quick to reach agreement that the bags were of the correct size and with no other obvious explanation for the discrepancy, the cashier called for assistance. A supervisor arrived at the scene and began assessing the situation. After several discussions with both the cashier and Mr. Danzig, she established that Mr. Danzig was the customer, he did not have a receipt, in fact had not yet purchased the chips, and that the register price did appear to contradict the flyer. The supervisor then called for a floor associate from the food department. After the passage of a soul-crushing amount of time, such an associate materialized, made contact with her superior, and received instructions from her to initiate an investigation of the stock shelves from whence the chips originated. As she disappeared back into the pandemonium of holiday shoppers, the concerned parties all shared an unspoken fear that they may never set eyes on her again.
Night had fallen on Day 1 of Mr. Danzig's price check, when the wayward floor associate returned with her report: $4.49. It was immediately clear to her from the crestfallen expression on everyone's faces that her investigation had not proven helpful. After a very brief exchange consisting primarily of sentence fragments and non-sequiturs, it became clear that the floor associate had either misunderstood the product description or simply forgotten it at some point during her protracted sojourn. The supervisor then made an assertive decision to call on a second associate to assist with the investigation. She reiterated her instructions to both of them and dispatched the pair on a second, and hopefully more successful, expedition. Night 1 was filled with quiet uncertainty, as the parties exchanged little more than the minimal politeness of an occasional nod and forced smile.
