192,226
The grocery store at which I do most of my shopping, has, like so many other grocery stores now, its own special membership card.
Unlike most other grocery stores, however, this store's card is pretty useless, for the most part.
Don't get me wrong — I like my corner grocery relatively well. Their food quality is outstanding, and the selection is good. The prices are a bit high, but for that I have the convenience of it being practically across the street, so I don't worry too badly.
But on any given trip to the store, I'm lucky if the membership card grants me a discount on even one item. When it does happen, the discount is a sizeable one, sometimes as high as 30 or 40%, but when it's one item out of thirty, how much does it really matter?
What they do give me is this:
That's right. I get points.
Apparently, via some process I'm not quite sure of, when I've accumulated around 5 million of them, I can trade them in for a clock radio or something of the sort. I haven't yet decided whether that measures up against simply giving me a cheaper litre of milk each week.
But the good news is that as of today, I have exactly 192,226 points, which I think is enough to get me either a temporary tattoo or a pencil troll. I'm going to hold out for the radio.
Unlike most other grocery stores, however, this store's card is pretty useless, for the most part.
Don't get me wrong — I like my corner grocery relatively well. Their food quality is outstanding, and the selection is good. The prices are a bit high, but for that I have the convenience of it being practically across the street, so I don't worry too badly.
But on any given trip to the store, I'm lucky if the membership card grants me a discount on even one item. When it does happen, the discount is a sizeable one, sometimes as high as 30 or 40%, but when it's one item out of thirty, how much does it really matter?
What they do give me is this:
Points to Date...............190578
Bonus Pts ............0
Points ............1648
Total Points ............1648
New Point Total ............192226
That's right. I get points.
Apparently, via some process I'm not quite sure of, when I've accumulated around 5 million of them, I can trade them in for a clock radio or something of the sort. I haven't yet decided whether that measures up against simply giving me a cheaper litre of milk each week.
But the good news is that as of today, I have exactly 192,226 points, which I think is enough to get me either a temporary tattoo or a pencil troll. I'm going to hold out for the radio.