Shopper overcharged because store assistant's breasts were resting on the scales.

Daily Mail Online ^ | 11/9/10 | Gavin Allen

[Teotwawki]

A supermarket customer was over-charged by around £5 while buying fruit and vegetables because the cashier's breasts were resting on the weighing scales.

[Constitution Day]

Even Bill Kurtis would put that in his Justice Files.

[ErnBatavia]

“...and a titter ran through the crowd.”

[B4Ranch]

From the article;

>>’The only thing I can compare to this is that we once had a problem with rhubarb.

‘Rhubarb sticks are quite long and hang off the end of the scale so they were actually underweighing. Now we break them in two before putting them on the scales.’<<

How does the “underweighing” happen? Can someone who works with scales explain this to me?

[dfwgator]

“I would like to purchase two pickets to Tittsburgh.”

[Pollster1]

I'd pay extra for that!

[Slings and Arrows]

All sales are final!

[Pollster1]

If part of the rhubarb rests on the counter, then the weight is too light, otherwise, you get the correct result if the scales are lubricated properly. Lubrication is a factor because if the weight is too far off center, some scale designs allow a sticky scale to bind and indicate too low.

[MHGinTN]

Are you the Mormon freeper who was complaining the other day about paying for FR to stay online when there are threads opposing Mormonism on here?

[Robwin]

This just in: Former President Bill Clinton is now on his way to the store in question to do his own investigation of this report.

[earlJam]

This goes to show why the scale is always on the top shelf at the meat counter.

“Could I have two pounds of salami?”

[B4Ranch]

I’m certain that every clerk knows that information. It sounded from the way the sentence was written that the manager was thinking anything not in the tray was not being weighed.

[Hodar]

Your point?

Am I not allowed to comment, when you make personal attacks?

Go bully someone else; to me you are nothing more than irritatant, who get’s their jollies by making other people feel bad. You aren’t worth my time.

[MHGinTN]

Ah, so that was you! ... Did you get any feedback from that little tirade?

[ColdOne]

All sales are final! LOLF! By the way I just hate it when that happens!

[a fool in paradise]

I’ve heard of butchers who put their thumbs on the scale.

Interesting technique here.

Can the customers sample the merchandise?

[Slings and Arrows]

“Could I have two pounds of salami?”

Seems highly unlikely to me. ;^)

[Slings and Arrows]

I may have to start buying produce.

[Slings and Arrows]

Can the customers sample the merchandise?

I'm hoping for a 2-for-1 sale.

[adorno]

In the early 60’s

It's was more like the late 60's, probably early 70s. I can't recall the exact year either, but, I know that I started working in Wall Street in the late 60s (late 1968) and I remember the incidents you speak of.

[ken5050]

You might be right....I was at NYU from 64-68, and think it was during that time..but I clearly rememebr the front pages of the tabloids..literally thousands of guys standing around waiting for this poor woman to come up the staircase from the subway to the street level, it made the local TV news for a few days also...and IIRC, she wasn’t very attracive..just seemed to have a HUGE chest..I’ve tried to Google it..with no luck...