What the difference between a 12” and 18” metal ruler!

 TRUE STORY. By LA

I went to Office Depot for supplies and decided a few other things for the office were needed. 

I Grabbed some felt pens, a few hundred or so thumbtacks for the message board, a 12" steel ruler, so on and so forth.

The cashier charged me for 18" steel ruler, not the 12". I KINDLY pointed out to him that he charged me for the bigger ruler, and KINDLY asked if he could fix that. He literally asked me, "What?...well how big is the 12-inch ruler?" 

 I saw it on the counter poking out of the bag and showed him the bold "12" and mentioned the price on the tag (mind you, it was significantly less than the 18", by $18 or so. Made a difference!). He then asks, "WELL HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S A 12-INCH RULER?"

Mind Blown!

I had to show him how to tell the difference ON A RULER. 

Wait a minute, is this not common sense? 

He acted as if this was news to him. 

I failed to mention, he went to price check the 12" by bringing back THE 18" RULER. 

NO! THEY ARE DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS!

 An assistant manager cruised by asking if everything was ok, and the cashier told her that I had "a serious problem with the ruler being 12 inches and being charged for 18" and he just just couldn't handle why I was being so rude!

HE LEFT THE STORE, THREW HIS NAMETAG INTO THE STREET and walked out.

She laughed, apologized for the confusion, rang me up, and explained he has a problem with women pointing things out so he just fired himself. This was his 3rd day. 

Anyway, 

the moral of the story:

 I will absolutely point out the difference between 12 and 18 inches to a man because they are not the same.