There's no denying that we're guilty of this from time to time – you know, zoning out and not really paying much attention to whatever you're grabbing at the store as you go about your business wanting to get your grocery shopping done.

Sometimes we even do it senselessly when we're extremely ‘hangry’ (a combination of hungry and angry...for a few of our members who don't know this wordplay *wink*) and just want something to eat.

But as we know from experience, grocery shopping when you're hangry is never a good idea – especially if there are already a lot of people in the store and the lines are long. You might find yourself making poor choices or forgetting items completely in your haste.

Keeping this in mind, it is highly likely that you miss a crucial detail about your purchases since you were so preoccupied with leaving the store as soon as possible.

One observant shopper, however, did spot an amusing mistake in her local store after she had already checked out and was walking towards the exit.

A photo of the Woolworths displays captured the attention of one shopper. Credit: Twitter.

As she was leaving, she took one final glance around and noticed something strange about a display near the front doors.

There were two tidy stacks of Arnott's Savoy (Jatz depending on your state) crackers positioned on either side of five racks of precisely aligned biscuit boxes. However, upon closer inspection, the shopper realised that there was something not quite right about this display...

The Savoy boxes on their right cost more money than the one’s on the left. These popular biscuits were $3.50 on the left shelf, but they were $3.70 on the right shelf next to them, 20 cents more expensive.

'Feel like my local Woolworths is discriminating against right-handed people here,' the customer jokingly wrote in a post on Twitter.

A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed that the mix-up was an isolated case and was a result of human error.

'We always make sure our prices are the same whether our customers are left-handed, right-handed or ambidextrous,' the representative said.

'We’ve followed up with the customer to find the location of the store to have the signs updated.'

The Woolies representative also saw the humour in the mistake, joking: 'This is clearly a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.'

Key Takeaways

• A Woolworths shopper has tweeted about an amusing food display fail she spotted in her local store.
• The display featured an array of crackers which had been carefully arranged, however on closer inspection, the shopper realised that the Savoy boxes on the right were more expensive than the same variety on the left.
• Woolworths has apologised for the mix-up, stating that it was a case of the 'left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing'.

Not that we're insinuating anything because honestly Sean (the author of this article) is left-handed, but this story helped us understand that the notion that left-handers are somehow 'special' is still being peddled by some. That is, there are still people out there who believe that being left-handed is a gift in and of itself.

What are your thoughts, folks? Was this mix-up at Woolies hilarious or embarrassing? Also, do you think being left-handed is a 'gift'? (*wink*) Let us know in the comments below!

 

[Ricci]

I wonder what price they rang up as at the checkout?

 

[MaggieOs]

Well, it's about time 'lefties' got a break - hahaha

 

[JayKay]

Source of a good chuckle for the day!

 

[Glo72]

Funny. My dad was a lefty and when he went to school the teacher tied his left arm behind his back to make him use his right hand. He could write as good with his right hand as he could with his left. He told me that when his mother found out what the teacher was doing to him the punishment ceased.

 

[Macarj]

I wouldn't pay either price for crackers I only buy them on special

 

[Sunshine247]

Funny. My dad was a lefty and when he went to school the teacher tied his left arm behind his back to make him use his right hand. He could write as good with his right hand as he could with his left. He told me that when his mother found out what the teacher was doing to him the punishment ceased.

A.S.A.P , good on you momma

 

[Jennylolo]

Funny. My dad was a lefty and when he went to school the teacher tied his left arm behind his back to make him use his right hand. He could write as good with his right hand as he could with his left. He told me that when his mother found out what the teacher was doing to him the punishment ceased.

this was a very common practice- my 2 older siblings faced this in their classrooms. All lefties were stopped from using that hand. My sister was the only one of the 5 of us to be a lefty in many generations. If hand not tied behind back, a ruler was used to rap the knuckles of that hand. That was in the 50"s.

 

[JayKay]

I had a left-handed friend who a teacher tried very hard to convert.
In the days of monkey bars, said friend fell off the monkey bars and severely broke her left arm.
That teacher was delighted, as the young girl became a right-hander during the prolonged period in plaster, and never went back to being left-handed.