John Miller wrote:

exray wrote:

Can you imagine having to pay for a portion of the roll of cash register
tape at the supermarket or them charging you for using the cashier?
Where do people get off thinking that these are legitimate things to
charge to a buyer?


Well...

...you *are* paying for them, in either case. (Where do you suppose the
money to pay for the cashiers and cash register tape comes from?)


Exactly the point. They are being paid for already as "cost of doing
business" so the merchant need not ask you for more.

-BM