Book em Danno!

I love my mother. Let me just start with that. She understands me and my infinite and insatiable appetite for coupons and all things thrifty. You see, I have always been frugal, almost to a fault, but it has served me well. Through my thriftiness, I have acquired many things and been able to afford more. Point to anything in my home and likely it was either bought on sale or obtained at a great discount due to some awesome coupon. My latest acquisition involved 30+ free Pampers Sensitive diapers from Diapers.com! What does all of this have to do with good ol Mah? Well, a few days ago, Mom calls me to say that she is sending me the "Mother of All coupons." She was apparently given 6 coupons for free bags of Doritos. Woo Hoo! Free Doritos! Too bad I am on a diet and shouldn't eat such things....but I had a plan. If mom sent me the coupons, then I would cash them in and give the Doritos to the food bank. So, mom tells me that she will send me the coupons by email. Ok, so I get the email the next day and see a pdf with 6 coupons on a page. I print and clip and take only one to the store (because it says 'limit one per purchase')


At the store, I buy a bunch of stuff...and of course Doritos. At the checkout I give the cashier all of my coupons. She leaves and returns looking very determined. In a voice about 100 decibels louder than she was speaking before, she says "Umm Ma'am...I CANNOT accept this coupon. It is counterfeit and I cannot take counterfeit coupons." She goes on to say "We have received a memo from Doritos and have been warned that people have been trying to use these COUNTERFEIT coupons!! Ma'am, I'm going to have to confiscate this coupon." uhhh excuse me? I don't know which I am more shocked by- by the fact that my mom has steered me into some sort of misdemeanor or the fact that this 17 year-old cashier is "confiscating" something from me. I am mortified and the only response I could muster was "Well, I'm glad I didn't forward THAT email on." She whipped around and took my Doritos coupon off into the sunset. And what have I learned from all of this? Absolutely nothing, folks. Absolutely nothing. If given a coupon, I will try to use it, no matter how good it seems.

Looks legit to me......