I'm about to write a letter to the head of Target Customer Service, or whoever in a higher up I think I have a chance at getting something read to. And THIS is why:



What you see here, is 4 receipts. 2 of which, are TWENTY SEVEN INCHES LONG. Now, let me tell you what is on those receipts. 1 box of Claritin, that's right. 1 item.... On a 27 inch receipt..... Now, that's bad, but what is worse is me and Chris BOTH bought a box of Claritin, at the same exact time. Because it's a controlled substance that we have to show our IDs for, we have to buy them separately.

The other piece of paper is a 5 inch long coupon.

On this ridiculously long piece of paper you will see the top couple inches of both torn off. That's the actual "receipt" in all of this and I took it off to put it in the checking info. I threw it all away until I realized I couldn't let this situation pass without throwing some humor and thought towards it, which is why it's all crinkled. The rest is offers and rebates and sweepstakes and a ton of other crap. The gift receipt portion I can understand, cause well, even thought I rarely use them, it's nice to have without having to remember to ask for it.

I'm not a typical environmental hippie or anything of that nature. It's not about the waste this obviously produces or anything like that, although I've thought about that aspect. It's about the complete absurdity of the situation. Anytime a cashier has to ROLL UP YOUR RECEIPTS SO YOU CAN MANAGE THEM FOR 1 FREAKING ITEM, you really should sit back and ponder the situation.

The cashier watched us as we walked away with out receipts, laughing and unrolling them until they hit the floor. I'm sure she even heard my shy quiet husband exclaim, quite loudly "This is fricking ridiculous for 1 box of Claritin!" She had a look on her face like "Oh, I don't think they liked that very much. Are they gonna complain, I hope not."

So, anyway. We head off to Florida this Saturday for a nice long relaxing vacation. We are gonna see Marty and Kendra while there and spend a week in Orlando doing the Universal/SeaWorld thing. I'm going to go swimming with dolphins on Monday, I can't wait for that. We are staying at one of the resorts on the property of Universal and should have a great time.

Adios!

I agree... ridiculous!