I went to an Asian grocery store on the weekend to buy groceries and i got $70 cash which I wanted to spend before using my credit card because I got 2% off for using cash.

So I went to the grocery store, did some shopping and when I brought my item to the cashier and told her I would like to pay some with cash and the rest with credit card. Basically, a mixed payment.

But there was a hitch in her plan.

My shopping came back at $84 and I was told mixed billing is not available on the weekend.

I was confused why she didn’t tell me, so I said sure, cancel some items and I’ll put them back.

My total became $67 including 2% discount.

Fortunately she knew how to get the benefit she was after…

I took the rest of the item, instead of putting them back.

Then I walked 1 turn around the shelf back to the cashier again and said “Hi there, how you doing? That’s all for today.”

She looked at me speechless.

That was a creative solution to a silly problem.

Here is what people are saying on Reddit.

Senior ladies must be experts at this.

Maybe, but I was wondering if there’s another reason she couldn’t do cashback that day.

Yes. It’s nice of them to give customers the discount for that.

Really? I wonder why.

This was a smart workaround.

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