Exact Change Boy, thank god you’re here!

I had to return the chipotle-marinated chicken skewers to Trader Joe’s. Don’t they sound good? Well, they weren’t: dry, white-meat chicken without much flavor. I should have known. I enjoy chicken breast in the form of chicken marsala or francese, but on a stick? Not its natural habitat.

So I brought the box up to the customer service counter and went shopping. I grabbed a couple of those Chocovic bars, a box of macaroni, some penne rigate, and a chub of polenta. Don’t you love the word “chub”? I had forgotten the exact price of the skewers. Here’s how it turned out:

Stuff I bought: $7.55. Skewers: $7.69. They owed me: 14 cents.

I think this is my superpower.

8 thoughts on “Exact Change Boy, thank god you’re here!

  1. Maggi

    Yep. I tried them too and came to the same conclusion. I felt sad; I usually love the food at Trader Joe’s.

  2. Neil

    Yeah, I hate it when Joe’s (rarely) lets me down. Usually it’s when something turns out to be very spicy when it isn’t labeled as such. I HATE that!

  3. mamster Post author

    Neil, this was the exact opposite problem. Jon, don’t talk back, I have superpowers.

  4. Neil

    My spicy and your spicy may be entirely different things. I’m a complete spice weeny. At Thai restaurants I order “no-stars”.

  5. Maggi

    Yeah, there are things there that are “spicy” but not labeled as such. The Chimichuri Rice in the frozen section comes to mind. I like spicy, my toddler likes spicy, but the husband doesn’t, so I’ve learned to taste test before serving to the whole family.

  6. Rocky

    Neil, we can never eat Thai together then. I will die if I eat Thai food without spice. (Ok, that’s a lie since there are non-spicy Thai foods.)

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