Beware of the Bottle Return Law

I return bottles religiously. My mother thinks I'm a tad obsessive but it usually puts an extra  few dollars in my wallet that have come in handy. Unfortunately while cleaning up my room last week I found several old scrips that I never cashed in. I mentally totalled them up and they came to a good chunk of change. That was enough to try to cash them in.

I went to the supermarket the scrips came from and was told they would only cash $12.00 per day. Okay, I cashed the first amount in. When I went back the next day I was now told that the scrips had to less than 24 hours old and in addition to the $12.00. The store did make an exception and cashed the scrips in. On a whim, my mother took $12.00 of slips in a few days later and came back with the money and nothing was said to her. I tried again the next day after that and the same garbage was said to me. My mother again took them in a few days later and again had no problems. What is with this store? Nothing like consistency.

                  Photograph of water bottles on my parents kitchen table- Photograph by Kyle Karlin
 

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