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I went to a nearby grocery store to get an Onion for dinner. Among piles of them, I selected a medium-sized white organic onion.
It has to be organic, because everything I consume must be organic, no matter how costly it is.
 
At the checkout, I was told to pay $2.79.

Having paid with my credit card, I walked out of the grocery store. 
On my way home, however, I kept wondering why this damn onion was so expensive,which cost me  almost $3 for such a tiny piece and was much more expensive than in the New York City. 

It suddenly crossed my mind  that the price tag reads $2.49 per pound, and rhis small onion could not possibly weigh over one pound. 

The damn cashier must have made a mistake. So I took out and checked the receipt, which showed it to be $3.99 per pound and 0.70 pounds.

I felt cheated and enraged, turning around and back to the grocery store. I directed my first jab at the cashier: "You did the wrong math!". 

He looked shocked and maybe embarrassed as he should be, and immediately called his manager over. The manager arrived shortly. 

He spent a while punching on the cash register and finally told me, "I am sorry, we need to refund you twenty-one cents."

I directed my second jab, "That is still not correct. This onion is $2.49 per pound, you should refund me more."

The manager had  the onion weighed again, which turned out to be 0.69 pounds, and said, "we refund you $1.01."

I thought to myself satificatorily, "That makes sense now.".  So, the onion ended up costing me $1.74.

I have developed a habit of mentally calculating and verifying the total when I shop. My experience made me believe that many stores have a nasty habit of overcharging customers. 

I have caught them overcharging me numerous times. 
 

I am the smartest. I am even smarter than 得瑟一下，although he went to college when he was 15. 

The end.

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• You both are smart :) -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 10:15:33

• much better -得瑟一下- ♂ (50 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:00:49

• 哈哈，你俩都很能写。写得好！下笔如有神。欢迎Jennifer来美坛。常来玩呀。：） -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:03:34