My Beef With Coupons
They come to me via: store cards such as Food Lion's MPV, Kroger's PLUS and CVS's CARE card; in the mail--bulky glossies strewn anykindofway into my mailbox; and on the back of certain products and attached to store receipts. I don't seek them out nor ask for them--they just keep showing up like a reoccurring zit.
In my more younger and fervent days, I used to house my many coupons in a sturdy green box used for index cards all divided into neat categories--meat, produce, cleaning supplies, health and beauty, etc. That all came to a screeching halt the day the box exploded all over Market Street after being left on top of my husband's hot little number at the time--a Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Then I graduated to a coupon book complete with a rubber band hooked in place to keep the coupons from bursting out. That all worked just fine until, you guessed it--they ended up bursting out--allovertheplace.
For me, coupons:
- Always expire before I can use them. Come on, I need at least a good two years to remember to bring them to the store.
- Always have of the USP code torn off because I was too lazy to use scissors.
- Always get stuck to other coupons because they got wet somehow and peeling them off create unreadable paper flakes.
- Always disappear between my house and the store.
- And the biggie--Sam's Club DOES NOT TAKE THEM. I have a large family and family-sized portions at the regular grocery store don't cut it anymore. We are now warehouse-sized.
Now at the age of ?-something, I freestyle--I just tack them up on the bulletin board or stash them in my wallet where I am bound to see them. And guess what--they play hide-and-seek! That nice coupon I could have used at the Rack Room last week, showed up last night out of nowhere stuck to a bunch of bananas.
Recently, a friend (coupon queen/braggart??) turned me onto "coupon loading" which as far as I know, Kroger is the only one doing this. You register on Kroger's site ( a nuisance) and then click on all the coupons you want. Of course, they get to choose which products to offer the coupons for. I've done this a few times, but it requires taking the time to open the Kroger email, enter the coupon site and click away. Why can't stores just offer the discount without having to go through all this loading and handing over a coupon business?
I'm tired of coupons--not just the hassle of clipping and keeping up with them--it's the guilt I can't handle. Tacked to the bulletin board or crinkled in my wallet, the coupon looks pitiful and neglected, sort of like a stray dog at the back door right at dinner time. Then, my mind goes, "If I feed it just this once, maybe it'll go away." And if you've ever fed a stray anything, you know it always come back--just like coupons.
What about you? How would you describe your experience with coupons--good, bad, or this could take awhile? Come on, let's hear it!
Blessings,
Charmaine
G-d is Dope ~ HopeBoy
Today's Christian rap song features Israel "Dooch" Cook (my cousin!). The video was shot in Lynchburg, Virginia. And remember
Blessings!
God is the only thing that can satisfy!
Blessings!
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