As I wrote some time ago, one of my favorite words is "free" as in "free stuff." A close runner up is "rebate." So when I (the community grocery shopper) saw in this week's ad section that 12-packs of Coke soft drink products would be on sale with a great REBATE plus one pack FREE, I added that to our shopping list, along with (2) green peppers, celery, eggs, bacon and strawberries (feast day breakfast plans). Got home and proceeded to fill out the rebate slip. Free ain't easy. Went to make a photocopy of the receipt (the rebate requires an original, but we need to keep track of the expense). Next: the UPC codes. What to do? Ah! A box cutter. Just the thing. I easily removed the UPC code from a 12-pack of Coke and moved toward the root beer (Sr. Phivan and I are into root beer, but I only buy soft drinks when they are $2.50 per 12-pack). Slice! And up came a tiny brown spray. And up. And flowing over the cart the boxes were on. And spurting onto the floor and onto my habit. The blade of the box cutter had easily sliced right into a can of root beer, the aluminum being no heavier than the cardboard containing it. I attempted to cover the spray with one hand while reaching for a glass in the kitchen cupboard. All that did was distribute the spray more finely until I managed to flip the slit side of the can over to pour out into a glass.
I filled out the rebate form "Daughters of St. Paul" and then noticed "not valid for any group, organization, etc." DARN! So I added my name in tiny letters and put "C/O" in front of the DSP line. Hope it works!
3 comments:
Another reason for women religious in habits...protection from carbonated beverages.
I like the comment up above!!! Sister, helpful hint, next time you try to cut the UPC label off of a cardboard box, take out the pop or what ever is inside the box, it will definately help prevent anything like that from happening again. I should know, I have pop cans comming out of the fridge the other day and of course I screamed, about 5 minutes later it happened again to me!!!! So needless to say i learned my lesson, never open a fridge again!!! ; )
I love root beer too. I will try one of those rebate deals some day when I am "bored"-just to see if they work.
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