Math Is Your Friend, Part 16 NOT my story
An adult male customer and his mother are shopping. They make a purchase, and as soon as the receipt is printed, the customer starts scrutinizing it.
Customer: “You overcharged me!”
Me: “We did? Can you please point to where on the receipt it reflects that?”
Customer: “Right here! I was supposed to get 10% off of [item]!”
Me: “You did. They came to $10.31, so $1.03 was removed.”
Customer: “No! You’re wrong! You need to round up to $2!”
Me: “That’s… that’s not how it works.”
Customer: “In math, you always round!”
Me: “If we were rounding mathematically, we’d be rounding down, not up.”
Customer: “You overcharged me! Fix it!”
At this point, the mother finally speaks up.
Customer’s Mother: “Don’t worry about him and his math. The closest he’s come to using a calculator was when he used it to spell ‘BOOBIES’.”
She then marched him outside, calling him an idiot. I’m glad someone said it!
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Math Is Your Friend, Part 16 NOT my story
An adult male customer and his mother are shopping. They make a purchase, and as soon as the receipt is printed, the customer starts scrutinizing it.
Customer: “You overcharged me!”
Me: “We did? Can you please point to where on the receipt it reflects that?”
Customer: “Right here! I was supposed to get 10% off of [item]!”
Me: “You did. They came to $10.31, so $1.03 was removed.”
Customer: “No! You’re wrong! You need to round up to $2!”
Me: “That’s… that’s not how it works.”
Customer: “In math, you always round!”
Me: “If we were rounding mathematically, we’d be rounding down, not up.”
Customer: “You overcharged me! Fix it!”
At this point, the mother finally speaks up.
Customer’s Mother: “Don’t worry about him and his math. The closest he’s come to using a calculator was when he used it to spell ‘BOOBIES’.”
She then marched him outside, calling him an idiot. I’m glad someone said it!