A retired grandfather from Luxembourg City has announced that he will go to a popular supermarket in Kirchberg during the hectic weekday lunch hour, fill a cart to maximum capacity, wait until you are stuck behind him in the check-out lane, and then dispute the price of every item.
“I could go in the early morning, mid-morning, or mid-afternoon when there are far fewer people,” said Gaston Schnail. “But I prefer going during the lunch hour when there are hundreds of stressed office workers rushing around and cursing at me under their breath. It’s cheaper than booze and gives me a nice buzz.”
“And certainly, as most of my time is free except when I’m carving wooden hedgehogs for my garden, I could go shopping every few days and just grab a few things at a time, but I prefer to get a month’s worth of food all at once because I am still haunted by the food shortages I witnessed in the early 1940s.”
Schnail says that central to his plan is waiting until you stand behind him in the check-out lane, having fallen for the assumption that passage would be swift because the cashier looks young and dynamic.
“I’m going to wait until you place your three or four items on the conveyor belt behind my mountain of stuff,” Schnail added. “Then, as soon as one or two other customers join the lane and block you in, I’ll spring into action.”
Schnail says that after each of his hundred or so items are scanned, he will tell the cashier that the price on the shelf was different and demand a price check. With any luck, he will be able to delay you by 30 minutes, he says.
“Good, free fun,” he added.
