Here’s a story that has little to do with personal finance but plenty on being a gluttonous cheapskate.

So once upon a time, I was watching a DVD in front of my computer, while wolfing down those Costco Kirkland Signature™ Chocolate Chip Cookies.

If you shop at Costco, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

Anyway, I have this habit of splitting my cookies in half before I throw them in my mouth, and I did so with each of the cookies I came across.

As the numbers of cookies diminish down to the last few, I commit to my routine of: pick up, split in half, throw ‘em in mouth, and chomp away.  Imagine my surprise when one of the cookie wouldn’t detach, after I’ve already split it in half.

Hmm, what the.

Since the room was quite dim, I held the cookie up to the brightly lit screen.

Nice.

The split cookies were connected by a single strand of long, thin, human hair.

At least, I hope it’s human hair.

The first thought that came into my mind was, “Man, that’s some strong hair.” The second thought was, “How many cookies do I have left?”

After doing some basic arithmetic in my head, I counted three cookies.

So what did I do?

Naturally, I ate around the strand of hair.

Moral of the story?

Next time, take a picture and complain to Costco, so you can get another box of cookies for free. Better yet, bring it to them and show it to them.