A tale of two Alpenliebe candies

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Almost each one of us must have come across this while shopping, instead of coin change, the shopkeeper hands over a toffee worth Rs 1 or a chocolate worth Rs 5. 

I refer to this as enforced buying. This behaviour irks my conscience at times. Many a times, I ignore and give these candies to my staff or patients.

It's a morning ritual in almost every household to buy milk. I usually try to tender exact amount to my helper who goes to buy milk packets. 

Till few months ago, the price was a whole number so there was never a issue of money return. Ever since, Amul milk price increased to Rs 66 per litre, the problem has started cropping up. 

In last two days, our local milk vendor gave an Alpenliebe candy as Rs 1 exchange. This happened twice and I knew I had to nip the evil in the bud. After getting two alpenlibe candies, I decided to give the shopkeeper a taste of his own medicine. 

Today morning, I gave Rs 130 plus 2 Alpenliebe candies for two litres of milk ( total Rs 132). The shopkeeper understood and commented, " From next time I will never give a candy in place of Rs 1." 

Mission accomplished, message conveyed.

Few years ago, I had used Diary milk chocolate worth Rs 5 in similar way to convey the message. It worked. 

How do you deal with this? Please write in comments section. 

Love

Juju. 


Comments

Daisy said…
Smart move. 😃
August 18, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Komal Singla said…
Great idea.. will definitely try next time 😊
August 19, 2023 at 7:17 AM
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