This space is occupied

The sign read.

But I paid it no heed

And posted this poem instead.

Sometimes signs are a bore

Especially when at the store.

Sometimes they are misleading

Not the price shown, but more.

Too late,  you are already home

Before you notice the price was wrong.

This has happend often and I complained.

I know one thing it's a store where I don't belong.

Lately I have seen shoppers

With their own lasser scanners.

That's one way to catch these crooks,

But a sad day for us trusting souls.