Kind of Ridiculous

I just have to post this story, because I find so completely ridiculous and a little bit annoying. On Sunday my husband and Hannah and I went out to lunch with my parents after church, and then headed over to the mall after lunch to do a bit of shopping. While we were at the mall, Hannah started asking for chocolate milk to drink. I obliged and bought her some chocolate milk, but of course I didn't have a sippy cup to put it in, and I didn't really trust her with just the plastic jug and a straw, especially with church clothes on.

So I asked the cashier for a cup to put the milk in. She got out this tiny little plastic cup (and when I say tiny think just a little bit bigger than the ones people have in the bathroom to rinse their mouth's out with). I chuckled and said, actually I need one with a lid. She replies, well this is the only one I can give you for free.

I am thinking, well thats ok, I will gladly pay 10 or 15 cents for a cup with a lid to save myself the hassle of cleaning chocolate milk out of the stroller, and trying to get the stains out of Hannah's clothes.

So I asked that cashier, "well how much would that be?"

To my complete shock, she says it will be $1.45.

I replied, "WHAT?!?!"

She says that they have to charge the full price of a small drink to give me the cup with the lid.

I then say, "Even though I already paid $1.69 for the chocolate milk?" The cashier said that was the policy.

I most certainly DID NOT pay for the cup with the lid, and Hannah survived until we got home and put her chocolate milk in a cup with a lid...for free! Kind of ridiculous, don't you think?!