TIFU by having a picture of a flag on my phone

Submitted by munilotthug t3_10fsquc in tifu

This was my wife and happened about a year ago. My son recently graduated college and is a history teacher. We bought him a 48 star US flag with the intention of getting it framed for him to hang in his class room. We were going to a place for a quote so I suggested laying it on the couch to be able to give them an idea of the size. We did that and took a photo to show the people that would be framing it. My wife had ordered online from Bed Bath or something similar. She had the pickup confirmation email and did a screen shot so it was readily available. So she goes into the store and the cashier is waiting on her and my wife asks if there are any coupons available for her products. The clerk asks to see what she bought so my wife opened her photo library to show her the order. As she opens the photos the first one that comes up is the picture of this flag laid out on our couch. She quickly swiped and said something like oh that’s just for my son. The clerk then says I can do better than the stated coupons and proceeds to give her a 50% discount as well as a $25 gift card. My wife was confused but checked out and walked out to her car. As she is walking it dawns on her that the clerk thought the flag photo was a flag draped over the coffin of our son that was killed in service. She the felt like crap for getting a discount under false pretenses.

TL/DR: my wife had a picture of a flag that we were going to frame for our son and got a huge discount because the clerk thought it was a flag draped coffin.

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Cloud9cali t1_j4yrtkz wrote

Perhaps she was just a proud American, too.

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DarkTails24 t1_j4zrrpr wrote

I mean it was a harmless mistake and if anything if you feel like you done something wrong why not contact the store and explain and apolgize to the employee. And maybe even show the picture again just to clarify what it was. The store most likely wont do anything about it and if they do they might have you pay the difference between the 50% off and the coupon she was supposed to get.

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g7luiz t1_j4zyf9l wrote

Why a 48 flag though? Are Hawaii and Alaska a joke to you?

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g7luiz t1_j501g4r wrote

About the TIFU itself, I think it’s the clerk who fucked up. He should’ve clarified before giving the discount. So I don’t think your wife did anything wrong. When someone gives you a discount, you take it, no questions asked lol

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DoGooder00 t1_j50z9f4 wrote

Replying to g7luiz (#1,405,540)

The clerk should definitely NOT of asked. That's something that could easily set off a grieving mother or family. He did good by just adding a discount, and hopefully helping a family in need

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g7luiz t1_j5147hf wrote

Replying to DoGooder00 (#1,407,487)

There are ways of asking, especially tone of voice-wise, that may not have set her off. To be honest, a simple “I’m really sorry for your loss” would suffice, since she would probably have replied, “Oh, no, he’s not dead” or something to that effect.

In any case, worst case scenario it’s no-one’s fuckup.

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munilotthug OP t1_j518ixr wrote

Replying to RandoCalrissian11 (#1,407,807)

It is an original 48 star. It is tough finding real ones rather than reproductions. Try finding a real 49 star flag. There was only like a nine month period that the US had 49 states so they are quite rare and pricey.

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