You know the Sharpie meme from a few years ago where Sharpies can rewrite reality? Well, it's true. I was in Market Basket today. The clearance section had a whole bunch of things, one of which was a package of 48 forks marked X instead of having a price because many of the forks were missing; I estimated that 1/3 were there. This item normally goes for $2.29 normally and $1.69 when it's on the clearance rack due to a damaged box. (Market Basket clearance procedure is simply to put sharpie on the barcode so it won't scan and then to write the price on the box, unlike Stop & Shop where there are yellow stickers that have to be created.) I picked up the box hoping to ask if I could buy it for 50¢ at the register, figuring it would be accepted because from the store's viewpoint, the store receiving 50¢ is better than receiving nothing. Immediately before getting into the checkout line, I saw the assistant manager, with a badge that said 27 years, so I asked him. He simply got out his sharpie and put the number 50 on it. It worked, although I had to tell the cashier that most of the forks missing because something over 75% off is normally suspicious.
The box had 22 of the 48 forks in it, more than I thought.
