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Some customer disputes are winnable with logic. Others require simply letting the customer think they’re right when they’re clearly not.

One cashier dealt with one such customer during a Black Friday shoe return.

The customer was furious that she’d apparently paid $60 for something now marked at $50, despite the receipt clearly showing two separate pairs of shoes.

The cashier tried to walk her through it directly, pointed to both line items, and even brought in a manager to back her up, but the customer remained completely unconvinced by either of them.

So rather than continue an unwinnable argument, the cashier simply processed a return and resold her the same shoes at the higher price, watching her walk away thoroughly convinced she’d outsmarted the system.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one.

Customer thought she got a bargain. She did not.

I had a woman return a pair of shoes she got on Black Friday.

I don’t remember the numbers, so I’ll make some up to give you an understanding. The total on the receipt was $60 for 2 pairs of shoes.

This customer wasn’t happy — and she made this quite clear to the customer.

This woman was mad that she paid $60 for the shoes when the ones she was bringing back were on sale for $50.

The cashier did her best to explain, but this customer wasn’t the listening type.

I tried to explain that she had 2 pairs of shoes on the receipt, not 1 pair. I highlighted the 2 different product numbers.

She did not believe me. I even brought the manager. She did not believe the manager.

So the customer proceeded to do something bold.

So I returned the shoes she bought for $30 and resold them to her for $50.

She thought she really pulled the wool over my eyes with this. She was so smug about it.

All I could do was laugh.

Some customers never learn.

What did Reddit have to say?

Sometimes you just have to give up when someone clearly isn’t getting it.

This user shares a similarly humorous customer misunderstanding.

What some may consider common knowledge is completely lost on the people around them.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a restaurant employee who decided to put the staff over customers despite the official policy.

Some customers are just undeniably silly.

Sometimes the fastest way to end a pointless argument is to just let the other person “win” it, receipts, math, and reality be darned.

This customer was so stuck in her ways that she left the store paying an even higher price than she already paid. That’s the price of an oversized ego for you.

This story is exactly the kind of quiet retail comedy that makes the job worth it sometimes.