The prices of basic necessities have skyrocketed to levels that put a strain on people’s pockets. This situation has led many to seek creative methods to navigate the financial obstacles that everyday life presents.
Thus, the picaresque has become an essential tool to confront the economic impact of inflation, leading some people to devise strategies to pay less. A clear example of this trend has gone viral on TikTok.
From Poland comes the unusual occurrence of a woman who wanted to pay less for some tangerines in the supermarket. Since the fruit goes by weight, the woman decides to peel the tangerines directly in the box before weighing them, with the intention of paying less.
The cashier’s reaction to such an action is something to see. Surprised, she decides to respond in the same way. Thus, with great irony, the employee offers the customer the eggs that she had bought, but without shell and in a bag, following the logic of reducing the weight to adjust the price. The difference is that the eggs are no longer suitable for consumption.
Faced with the cashier’s response, the woman can only laugh and make a fuss about what just happened. Instead, the worker looks at the camera with a mocking smile, knowing that she has just scored a goal.
The comment section has been filled with opinions of all kinds. The vast majority have applauded the attitude of the cashier: “she seems very good and original to me, she paid you with the same currency.” But there are those who have clarified that the same cannot be done with eggs: “In theory you pay for them by pack, you cannot take as many as you want; however, for mandarins you do, you pay by weight, so it is not the same.” .
In parallel, a girl who has also worked as a cashier has told a very similar experience: “When I worked in a store, a customer brought peeled bananas to the checkout… she decided that she would not pay for the peels because she did not eat them.”
