[geeks] How to confuse an induhvidual

Joshua D Boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Nov 5 22:31:54 CST 2001


On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 08:29:32PM -0500, Ken Hansen wrote:
> I loved the Dilbert about the time he goes tot he store, buys something for,
> let's say, $11.87, and he hands the clerk $12.12 (to make the math easy ;^),
> and the clerk has a fit, and realizes he is an engineer...
> 
> I love to think a move ahead and calculate "easy change" - they look at you
> like an idiot, then they type it into the cash register, and say "oh, neat"
> when the change come out to an even quarter (or whatever)...

Just today I handed a clerk $42.25 on a $32.25 purchase, and that caused
the clerk quite a bit of confusion.  Sigh.  And I'm not even that fast
with 'rithmatic.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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