Why are people so fucking cheap?

I hate, loathe, detest, abhor working on Sundays. People feel that since they've confessed all their sins and paid their tithe they can be as shitting as they want until next week. Plus, I hate having to work a shift where I have to open and close. It's just fucking annoying.

So, this blinged out older woman comes in with her friend and starts looking at the merchandise. She starts bitching that the prices were jacked up because of the packaging. Now, the product that I sell at the store is (overpriced, well known name brand) food related merchandise with items that may or may not come with a festive decoration. Of course we charge for the decoration, for several reasons:

1. It's extra material that is not found on the other products
2. It's extra labor to attach the decoration to the product
3. It looks nicer
4. IT'S A FUCKING BUSINESS!

She was wearing some nice diamond jewerly, and I know I'm sounding all judgmental. But if you can afford that rock on your finger, an extra $4 is not going to put a dent in you wallet. Plus we provide a gift bag and tissue paper, so your entire wrapping and presentation is complete for a measly $4. I know she will spend 3-4x that amount having someone else do it, all Martha Stewartesque. Yeah, I know she could wrap it with cheap paper herself, but she won't.

What really got me is how she paid for it. An American Express Black Card. It's made out of metal. Seriously. I almost dropped it when she handed it to me. Seriously. Here's some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_Card

I don't seem so petty anymore, do I?

Oh, and she didn't buy the decorated one, in case I wasn't clear on that.