Quirky store/mall practices and then some

Yesterday, we were in Rustan’s Supermarket in Power Plant. As we were about to pay, the cashier advised that we do it in tranches of P1000 each. Why? The store has this promo where every single receipt of P1000 entitles you to a gift check worth P100 which you can use to buy Le Gourmet sausages or ham. So, if you buy P10,000 worth, you need 10 different credit cards or 10k cash and ask the cashier to cut off totaling your purchases as soon as you reach a thousand pesos worth. Fine if you have time for all those transactions. But pity the poor cashier