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Originally Posted by Baddad
Hi FredSnerd and All, 
A good thread this.
I once was puchasing three items at a large store. Each about a $1 plus a few cents. The checkout chick (DCC) rang it up and demanded $32.
I blew a poofer valve. "How much is that?"
"$1.05",
"And that",
"$1.09",
"Last one",
"Er, $1.06".
"So how can that total $32?"
"Ooh, the till is right. Its $32."
The manager was called. Now DCC tried to blame the register. "The till is wrong sometimes".
DCC was incapable of comprehending that three one dollar items do not come close to $30.
Another incident:
I needed a statutory declaration written up. I explained the details to a solicitor. Two days later I recieved the stat dec. Spelling errors and grammatically error infested.
I returned to the offender and refused to pay. I left it laying in front of him and wrote my own. It was quite acceptable.
I was disgusted and flabbergasted at the poor product quality from a professional.
Spelling and maths is very important. We used to have a Federal Treasurer who failed high school maths. He later became Prime Minister.
The Nation's finance status suffered greatly at that time.
Cheers Marty |
Hey I got a billion stories I've collected over the years of the dumb things people do (esp the dumb things young people do - you ever in your whole life do anything as silly as that DCC - be careful how you answer because remember we need to believe you for your story to be credible)