I once tried to buy a rye loaf from a local grocery store and the cashier couldn’t ring it up because it was one day expired. I said it looked fine to me, but she said the system won’t even let her.

So I said okay, don’t ring it up, just give it to me.

Another guy jumped in and took it, said no, it had to be thrown away.

They were literally not allowed to give me trash I was willing to pay for.