I was tickled when I read that you left the coupon for someone else to use. I do that with coupons, too - mostly at Whole Foods - when I know I won't use them. There are some things I'd only buy if they are on sale *and* I have a coupon, so lots of coupons on decadent items get left perched on shelves. I'm afraid of there being some kind of store policy which instructs its employees to remove such planted coupons, but maybe Whole Foods is less corporate than I fear beneath that benevolent exterior.