If they're on special 4 for $5, that counts as 1 item!
But, so far, 4 for $5 seems to translate to $1.25 each, and ...
Wait! No! Who cares about the math? You're a big express cheater.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:32:03 am PDT #5173 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Jun 28, 2005 11:32:38 am PDT #5174 of 10001
2 cans of tuna = 1 item?
You are one of THOSE people.
My cats are grandfathered in now. Originally, it was one cat, with a deposit. I never mentioned it. And then I had 2. But no one came by with a lease for a couplethree years and when the new company went around re-upping leases, they grandfathered in all existing tenants' pets at no penalty.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2005 11:33:06 am PDT #5175 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
If they're on special 4 for $5, that counts as 1 item!
Exactly! Same thing applies to "Buy One, Get One Free". They don't give one to you for half price, so you're forced to buy both.
Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:33:56 am PDT #5176 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
You're a big express cheater.
But only by, like, 2 items. Maybe 3. 5 at most. But usually, just one or two.
See! Kathy knows!
Jesse - Jun 28, 2005 11:34:10 am PDT #5177 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Bah. It's "openly and notoriously," but it's just NYC:
"Tenants may keep pets in their apartments if their lease permits pets or is silent on the subject. Landlords may be able to evict tenants who violate a lease provision prohibiting pets. In multiple dwellings in New York City, a "no pet" lease clause is deemed waived where a tenant "openly and notoriously" kept a pet for at least three months and the owner of the building or his agent had knowledge of this fact. However, this protection does not apply where the animal causes damage, is a nuisance or substantially interferes with other tenants. (NYC Admin. Code §§27-2009.1) Tenants who are blind or deaf are permitted to have guide dogs regardless of a no-pet clause in their lease. (Civil Rights Law §§47)"
(This is from a State AG office document on tenant rights.)
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:35:20 am PDT #5178 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
See! Kathy knows!
No, it just means we have two cheaters.
Or, according to your math, just the one.
Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:36:27 am PDT #5179 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
BWAH!
Scrappy - Jun 28, 2005 11:36:41 am PDT #5180 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I say one item=one swipe. If the tuna cans are packaged together or if they are coded so they only have to ring up one, fine. If not, sorry Charlie, go to the other line, like the rest of us saps.
Signed,
Stops at Store on Way to Work and is Always in a Hurry
Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:38:03 am PDT #5181 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I usually cheat when I have the baby so, also in hurry.
bon bon - Jun 28, 2005 11:38:17 am PDT #5182 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Exactly! Same thing applies to "Buy One, Get One Free". They don't give one to you for half price, so you're forced to buy both.
You don't have to buy either!
--counting prescriptivist