CVS needs to bloody well back it up. It's not that I don't like CVS. I do. But I noticed something tonight that put my panties in a twist, to use the slightly cheeky colloquialism.
I love me some coupons, oh yes I do! And the coolest thing about CVS (second coolest, really... open 24 hours is the coolest) is that I get massive printouts of coupons every time I visit. Usually these are a mixed bag of "we noticed you buy Olay blah blah, how 'bout $2 off Aveeno whosiwhats?" I trash those. I know what I want. I buy what I want. Sometimes I get a few $4 off a purchase of $20 or over. These are great, since it's rare I escape CVS for under that. Coolios! I also get some great $5 and $10 dollar no-holds-barred coupons, which I horde like leprechaun gold.
But those of us who are CVS haunters occasionally glance at some of the small print on the receipt. Tonight, after picking up mum's meds, a few magazines, and the Sunday Globe, I scanned the receipt before tearing off my goodies. Listed were:
WTF???
Listen, CVS... ummm... thing is, you listen, k? My Hershey Bar purchases are nobody's damned beeswax, aight? You-you-you sit there JUDGING ME like some sort of... of... of Hershey Bar Big Brother. Well, well-- umm-- well, I won't have it, see? And by the way, big snotty candy bar spy people with your perfect cholesterol levels and your little white lab coats and your suck up to them with savings then tell the world about their Hershey stats, 14 isn't even that many!
IT IS NOT!!!
Plus, I don't always buy them for me, and sometimes I use them for things you don't even know about. Like I use them for my special cookies and brownies that I don't even eat... mostly. So... so...
Well, so THERE!
I can't imagine why CVS feels the need to track my purchases quietly, without impunity, with this one exception. Is there a "hair spray" total? No. Nail polish? No. Sticky notes? No. Astroglide? Thank you, sweet god of protection from humiliation, NO.
Why mock me with the Hershey thing? Why? I mean, what did I ever do to you but praise your name, make use of your coupons, and increase your stock values?
Et tu, CVS? Et tu?
