When the last friendly person I knew that worked there saw me coming up to the register with the umbrella, she “whispered” to the assistant manager that he was gonna have to take this one. Great. He rang up my $1 straws (filler) and then said, “I know you’re going to have a coupon for the umbrella – may I see it now so I know what I have to do?” I gave him the coupon, he scanned the umbrella then the coupon… and the coupon beeped. The lady came over and said that was the same problem she had with someone this morning. While she was saying that, he typed in the number from the coupon and it went through. Then he scanned the $5/$25 – and it beeped. Same thing – typed it in and it worked. So I *did* end up getting a free umbrella – but it took having the right person do it (and I think the lady this morning went home umbrella-less).

They, at first, didn’t even want to take the $25 coupon because this district’s coupon policy is no internet coupon over $5. I questioned whether that was the case for a RITE AID coupon… and she said that was what her manager was trying to figure out. She asked if she could let him see the other coupons, so I just gave them to her. But this craziness is a huge part of the reason I don’t shop there unless it’s **really** worth it. 6′ of shade – even under kinda funky plastic “straw” – totally worth it. So thanks!