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[Castingbread]

My CVS manager is so great about our shopping trips she said she tells everyone what we do and is trying to get other customers doing it. Well, the week of the Hallmark card deal I was checking out for my first time, hoping to get some crt qs before I finished, and she said, "I want to know why you aren't getting your 15 .99 cards." I told her to just wait, I planned on getting them. So a few minutes later my two dds and I were at the register and she says, "I know ya'll well enough now that I can tell you this. I told my staff last Saturday, 'If ya'll want to get any of those cards you better get them before they come shopping.' I got mine Saturday night. I know how ya'll shop." I was impressed she had figured the deal out so well--she wants us to teach her if she ever has time.

P.S. I have been having her special order any ecbs items we want so we don't wipe them out. I also let her know what is a "hot" item so she can get lots of extras so others in the area can find their items at her store if they don't find them at the others--this is a tiny store in a small, one traffic light town, so not many HCW type shoppers, but also not much stock.

Thanks for the chance, I'd love to watch the video and have to share with newbies. I could use a great laugh!!

ETA: Reading all of these stories is reminding me of more experiences and just wanted to add another one (hope this is okay). We kept telling a friend about CVSing so we took her. She got all her stuff together had a bunch of qs and was going to get a whole lot of stuff free--they ring her up and and as soon as they scan the first q all of the electricity in the store went out from a bad storm. We always teased her that she caused the lightening strike that crashed the computer system to blow with her great deals.

[talentetta]

Well, funny seems to be well represented, so I'll go with chaotic:

I was traveling by plane for a sisters/mom/daughter-in-laws' retreat (basically all the married women in our family). Since I had used my mileage points for a FREE ticket early enough to get one FREE checked bag (man, that new policy of having us PAY to get our luggage to our destination really stinks!), I decided I would share my new couponing stockpile hobby with the girls as prizes for the winners of the games we had planned to play late at night for hours. I checked on the weight and size restrictions, and found the largest box I had and proceeded to pack it with 49 lbs. of free goodies I thought they might fight over and enjoy. So, we get to the airport with plenty of time, and since I will not pay for a skycap to handle that huge and heavy box, along with my suitcase, I schlep it over to the counter, which is not that close to where dh dropped me off. The agent cannot find my reservation, and I didn't bring the confirmation with me cuz they never need it. He says I need to go to the carrier I bought the ticket through, not the one I was flying on. I very carefully balanced the box (a 70" ceiling fan used to be in it, so it is pretty big), on the top of the wheeled bag, and rolled it zigzaggy to that counter. Meanwhile, there are other people in line, and I wait my turn as I look at my watch. That agent can't find me either, and sends me back to the carrier I was flying on. I again steer my precious cargo back to the first counter, and wait my turn, where the agent says she will call again and see where my reservation is. The minutes are ticking by, and I am getting very near the 30 minutes before flight cut off for checked bags. I am trying to remain calm, and kicking myself for not using my precious coupon printing ink to print out the confirmation. Finally, I am located, and then I put my box on the scale. The agent is sure it will be overweight, with the struggle I had getting it off the suitcase and onto the scale. She sees it go from 49 to 50 and back, and waits to make sure I don't owe an excess weight fee, but I was clear at 49 (that's why I left a pound of leeway at home, or I would have put in another 16 oz. Pantene!). Then she checks the clock and since it is less than 30 minutes to departure, she hands over the "your luggage may not arrive on the same plane" paper.

Needless to say, the box sat on the wet tarmack, waiting in the rain to be loaded, so when it came down the circulating baggage claim ramp, the bottom was soaked, and I nearly lost 49 lbs. of shampoo and kleenex right there. Being the resourceful gal that I am, I flipped the box over and used the drier top as the new bottom, and schlepped the whole thing over to the waiting car of my dsis! We had so much fun playing games and laughing about what to pick from the box that security knocked on the condo door and asked us to quiet down around midnight!

[Susan in WA]

Well with no little ones, it's impossible to beat the funny stories on here. I loved the laughs. Thanks. No funny stories for me except when I my friend went to one of my Walgreens and handed her manufactures qs and Walgreen's qs. and told the cashier that her friend told her to do it that way. The checker, Judie, asked her if I was the one with the little children or the other lady. My friend told her I didn't have little kids, so I must be the other lady she was thinking about. Judie, the cashier smiled and said: "Oh she's a pro! But she hasn't been in for a while." This is my back up Walgreens, for those weeks I need more than one store or when my store is out of stuff. When I heard about that I was so poud because I had only been couponing for a few months. I'm a pro, trained by HCW!

[marrelam]

File this under funny/cute: I taught my DD at age 2 to answer the following.

Mommy says: "Anna, what do we use when we go shopping?"

DD says: "Coupons!!!"

So now, at almost age 3, when DD is playing with her doll house I hear her saying to the dolls, "Come on everyone, we going shopping at CVS with our coupons!".

[hotcouponmama]

Originally Posted by dwshrty77roc Quick question how do I view the movie now.

It's not online - you have to buy it from the link in the OP, or win it.

[KristieGK]

Not hysterical but I think it's funny, and a bit embarressing!!

I went to CVS today and put my items on the counter. One of my favorite cashiers was checking me out and says, "Hmm, looks interesting!" I asked what was interesting and she says, "Well, you have Earinse, 6 Hour Energy, and KY Yours & Mine. Looks like you've got quite an interesting Valentine's night planned."

I am LMBO about it now, but at the time I know I turned red as a beet!

[nerdy]

In order to get the ECB at CVS, I had to buy x amount of toilet paper. They were out so I paid for the entire order and was told I could pick up the remainder of my order when the truck came next. I never thought I would be "ordering" toilet paper before HCW. Thanks for the entry.

[cher123]

This wasn't funny at the time more like embarassing but after it seemed kinda funny. I was at Target and had just started using internet printed coupons; I had about 20 of them and towards the end of the stack a coupon scanned and crashed the cash register system. The clerk had to call for help and was able to reboot the system. But then she had to redo the entire order reringing everything and then rescan all the coupons. The trouble was we didn't know which coupon made the system crash. It crashed again but this time we knew which one did it. So had to rering again and rescan all coupons except #17 coupon(the crasher). The cashier was nice about it and about half an hour later finally finished the checkout. Not too funny at the time but my daughter thought it was hilarious because she's always teasing me about using coupons "who's register are you going to crash next time?" she'll ask me.

[justlucy06]

One story we continue to laugh about... Friday night before Thanksgiving around 10:10pm I got a call from one of my coupon trainees. She had been shopping at CVS and the 'semi unfriendly' assistant manager was working. So my friend finished looking at sympathy cards and decided to go check out. She starts putting her cartload of stuff on the counter and thinks to herself, "wow, this is a great time to shop as there is no one here to bother you". Then after a few minutes, the cashier still hadn't come up front to check her out. So my friend Susie walked thru the store including calling into the back room attempting to locate a CVS employee - to no avail! So she made a call to her home and let her son know to wakeup Dad as she was apparently locked in CVS! Susie called me fairly frantic and I, of course, thought she was playing another practical joke on me. When I figured out she was serious, I had her stay on the phone while I called the 24 hour store from another phone. They called the alarm company while keeping me on the line while I kept Susie on the line.... Suz was about to have a panic attack so I assured her the alarm company would call someone. About then her family arrived as did a couple of police cars and they all stood outside while Susie stood inside talking to me on the cell phone. I decided to start a thread on HCW and was able to read the hysterical responses to Susie in real time!!!! Her son actually took a picture of her and sent it to my phone which I posted on HCW too! We had so much fun laughing for an hour while we waited for the assistant manager to return to the store to sheepishly unlock the door and give my friend her freedom! My fav' response on the HCW thread was someone who asked if I had forgotten to teach my coupon trainee a very important point: leave the store before they close! We were happy the manager didn't get fired and that Susie got lots of apologies along with a gift card for her incarceration. We have a lot of CVS stores around her and apparently they all rec'd re-education about procedures pre-closing.

[ZGirl]

Only thing that pops up in my head at the moments is with my daughters.

My oldest daughter wanted a Hannah Montanna bed. When I told her we couldn't afford to buy that now, my youngest daughter piped up and said "Mooommmmm, you have coupons to pay for it!"

My husband just looked at me and said you have taught her to well :)