The Coupon Lady.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (229812)
Walnut Creek, California
June 19, 2025 12:15pm CST
Have you ever been in line at a grocery store behind The Coupon Lady?
I have written before about The Lottery Guy.
"I'll have two of those, one of those and six of those. No wait. Five of those..."
This morning it was the Coupon Lady."Did my three for the price of two go through? I'm supposed to save a dollar. Here..I'll scan it again. Oh it went through? But did that other one work?"
I have been told I have the patience of a Saint. But after about three minutes of this I was wishing there was still a Weekly World News available for me to read. Do you remember Weekly World News?
Eventually I escaped with my bottle of Char*onnay, two Reece's cups, and some canned beets.
Thanks for letting me vent. I hope I do not sound hysterical.
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@kaylachan (79154)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jun
I've had that happen before. I understand how patient you'd have to be to put up with that. I once had cupons, on a recpt, and tried to use them. turned out I dropped it on the scanner in just the right way and it picked it up.
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@kaylachan (79154)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jun
@TheHorse I love saving money, but that was dumb luck it'd land on the scanner in just the right way.
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@TheHorse (229812)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun
@kaylachan I did get a deal on my Reece's Cups. 
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@Ineeddentures (13314)
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20 Jun
I have " scratch.card" lady
Buys 10 scratch cards
Rubs them off at the till
Wins small prizes on 4 of them
Just some more
Wins on one
Same again.
Some people in the line were getting really.edgy
She was very slow and deliberately so I think
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@TheHorse (229812)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun
@Ineeddentures Some people seem pretty oblivious to their environments.
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@Ineeddentures (13314)
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20 Jun
@TheHorse
Aye well nobody else was laughing
If I were behind the counter she wouldn't have got the chance to start rubbing
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@Traceyjayne (4447)
• United Kingdom
20 Jun
I admit to being someone who uses coupons whenever I can, but I just hand them over and watch as each one is scanned. I couldn't hold up the line buying scratchcards or lotto cards and checking each one .....it's not fair on everyone else in the queue.
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@snowy22315 (194674)
• United States
19 Jun
People can drive you to drink. The other day when I was on my trip I stopped at Starbucks on the turnpike to get some coffee, for myself and nephew. Some lady was in there taking like 10 minutes to order some specialty coffee, a glass of some kind of milk and a cup of ice. I really had to stop myself from saying There is a line you know! This was especially egregious since people are traveling, and no doubt anxious to get somewhere.
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@STOUTjodee (3650)
• United States
19 Jun
Oh, yes I have been in a situation like that before!! Like you, I only had a couple of items while she must have been doing here monthly shopping and she must have had a coupon for every item!!!
Sounds like you handled it pretty well, you did escape with what you wanted!!!
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@DaddyEvil (157220)
• United States
19 Jun
Wow! I hope you've calmed down by now, pony! 
When stores still accepted coupons, Pretty worked hard keeping our grocery bill down. She clipped coupons, watched for sales and emailed manufacturers when she saw something she wanted to see if they could drop the price on it. A lot of them would. And yes, people behind us in line could start grumbling under their breath about how long it was taking.
Now, Pretty has several apps on her junk phone and scans our receipts through each one after we get done shopping. She usually gets back between $20 and $30 each month. That's worth going to some trouble...
When stores still accepted coupons, Pretty worked hard keeping our grocery bill down. She clipped coupons, watched for sales and emailed manufacturers when she saw something she wanted to see if they could drop the price on it. A lot of them would. And yes, people behind us in line could start grumbling under their breath about how long it was taking.
Now, Pretty has several apps on her junk phone and scans our receipts through each one after we get done shopping. She usually gets back between $20 and $30 each month. That's worth going to some trouble...
@wolfgirl569 (121045)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Jun
It does get aggravating. One time I was behind a guy that had to try 3 different credit cards before finding one that worked
@RasmaSandra (88113)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Jun
just unlucky that you wound up behind her,
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@JudyEv (361208)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Jun
We don't seem to have a coupon system here which is a very good thing I think.
@lovebuglena (47362)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Jun
I’m glad my supermarkets have digital coupons that are applied automatically. No need to deal with paper coupons and scanning them.
Not sure if I’ve ever had a coupon lady in front of me but I’ve had people that take forever to pay.
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