I reported in an earlier post that I had notified HD of a customer that had
pulled a scam, assembling electrical PVC couplings to elbows, with the net
result of the clerk scanning only the coupling, and the customer walking out
with a smile, having not paid for the elbows.

Monday, I needed wire and other things to install the power to panel for our
house, so I spent a little time at the same store once again. When I
approached the check stand, the same gal that was checking previously was
manning the station. I recognized her, but didn't know if she did me, or
not, so I said nothing. She had wrung up my purchase and I was counting
out the money when she proudly informed me that the dude had returned the
following day, and, once again, bought more elbows and couplings, repeating
what he had done the previous day. She didn't mention how many, but she
couldn't wait to inform me that she had kept a copy of his ticket from his
other visit and informed him that she was charging him for the elbows.
Needless to say, he *hadn't noticed* that he hadn't paid for them, but it
sure seems funny that he was trying the same trick yet again. Draw your
own conclusion.

Imagine that! A happy clerk, still employed! Looks like maybe I did the
right thing, in spite of the few with convoluted thinking that suggested I
had not.

Harold