I love coupon shopping and love when I go to the store and see other poly women couponing too. There are two type of poly couponers -- there's the kind that see you and know you are couponing and are friendly and smile at you (especially when you don't know one another) and then there are the ones who pretend they don't see you and try and rush off to find the products before you..LOL. I think it's funny.
Last night I made a late run to Smith's to pick up some more Powerade and other items on sale since it ended last night. I'm walking around the store picking up my Powerade, Armour meatballs, American Beauty pasta, Freschetta pizza and the pint size Kroger ice cream and as I'm shopping, I notice 3 polynesian women shopping. I could tell right off that they were indeed coupon shopping. Then I heard them talking and then I figured out "hey, they're Tongan". I just quietly pushed my cart along with my 2 helpers and finish getting what we came for.
We get to the register, unload our items, separating them out into increments of 30. My first transaction was 30 bottles of Powerade -- for some reason it took the $5 off only 2 times instead of 3. I tell her that's not right. So the cashier is explaining to me that maybe some of the ones I have are not part of the promo. I kindly tell her, well, it was on the shelf with the tag saying it is. Finally one of the other cashiers came over and explained that it was the green Powerade. In the meantime, one of the Tongan ladies whom I mentioned was now in the line behind and tried to explain to me that it was because I needed 30 items. Too busy to respond, I told the cashier that my total should be $4 something instead of $14 something. We finally get it straightened out.
Funny thing is, during this whole ordeal with the cashier, I heard one of the other Tongan ladies say to the other lady (in Tongan of course), "go and see if she has coupons for her drinks". As I was trying to straighten things out with the cashier, I sensed that somebody was looking over my shoulder. She then goes back and says "yeah, she has coupons". Then the other lady asks her (again, in Tongan) go ask her where she pulled her coupons from. I laughed inside 'cause I figured that these ladies didn't know I was TONGAN and that I could understand what they were saying.
Finally we get to my next transaction with was 5 Amour meatballs and 5 American Beauty pastas. One of the Tongan ladies ask me (in english this time), "is that part of the sale"? I said, "yes it is, use the $.55 coupon for the meatballs and since you are buying the meatballs, use the FREE pasta coupon when you buy meatballs". She turns and tells the other lady in Tongan, "I have coupons for that - like 40 of them". As I'm talking to these ladies, I still sense they have no idea that I am Tongan. So finally I say something in Tongan. Okay, now they know.
We get to the last transaction which is my Freschetta pizzas and pint size ice cream and the lady says to me in Tongan (finally), "are those FREE"? I kind tell her no, it's $2.99 after the coupon and promo and my kids like 'em so that's why I am buying them (forgot to mention to her that it would be FREE after my mail in rebate, but didn't want to explain that 'cause it was now almost 11 pm).
Luckily these ladies didn't say anything bad, but always remember be careful what you say in another language because you never know, the person or persons around you might understand what you are saying! I have several other incidents to share, but this post has already turned into a novel. LOL. I'll save those for another time!
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How funny Sinai this happens to me all the time, I've heard them ask each other that I look half something but what? LOL.. I swear are.. YOur good I dont tell them I understand every word they are saying until the end when I say goodbye in Tongan then I walk away.. LOL
That's awesome! I love when that happens and you catch them in their tracks. At least they were saying anything bad about you. That happens to me always, especially when I'm with my hubby. Yeah, I don't know how to speak Tongan, but I sure understand it. I love it more when they say palangi, my hubby knows what that means and he immediately whispers to me something like "they're talking about me, huh!?!" and usually they are. But you do, you have to watch what you say, even when it's in another language. I have a funny story about that too. Remind me to tell you about it when I see you. See ya later sister!
You are so right about the 2 types of couponers. Its not just the polys the palagis are even worse. Anyways, there is one tongan lady that I always run into and she is way grumpy. First time I met her I smiled and she immediately asked what I was. After telling her I was samoan she stopped talking to me. She ran into my friend who is half tongan and she told her all the deals.I didn't think much of our encounter until my friend told me that the lady told her not to tell her samoan friend. Lol!I didn't need her help thanks to centsable sisters!
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