Author Topic: Numeracy (Read 2426 times)

smurfboy · « **on:** July 29, 2005, 01:17:36 pm »

Several people on here have commented on poor standards of literacy these days. But has anyone noticed it's getting just as bad for numeracy? I bought a drink in Smith's for £1 the other week and paid with four 20ps and two 10ps. The girl on the till looked at me like I'd given her nuclear waste. I could almost hear the creaking of the cogs turning in her 'brain'!

loulou · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2005, 02:53:20 pm »

My favourite is when you buy something, take it back and the assistant tells you it is in the sale now and will only refund you the sale price. Duh!

goldencup · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:12:19 pm »

I recently bought something for £4.10. I gave the assistant £5.10 (trying to be helpful) and she seriously could not work out the change!

loulou · « **Reply #3 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:14:08 pm »

chocadmin · « **Reply #4 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:14:46 pm »

My wife loves to confuse them at McD's and KFC by giving loads of
shrapnel to make exact change, usually they just take our word for it
so mebbe we better start saving ourselves a few pence

Bunny · « **Reply #5 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:23:11 pm »

My neighbour seriously thought that 5x5=100! He thought he was getting £100 per day for working 5 hours at £5 per hour!

« **Reply #6 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:25:24 pm »

It costs me £1.20 on the bus to town, but with shrapnel you can get away with a lot less. I put in 79p in 2's and 1's the other day and the driver said nothing.

loulou · « **Reply #7 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:27:43 pm »

bunny your neighbour needs help.

bounty now we know why bus fares keep going up.It's through you ripping them off. do you know the driver has to put that money in out of his own pocket so everything tallies up at the end of his shift. shame on you.

chocadmin · « **Reply #8 on:** July 29, 2005, 08:28:00 pm »

Ah this pressured life we lead these days, counting takes too long when you never learnt it properly in school

wjp666 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 31, 2005, 04:01:46 am »

""My favourite is when you buy something, take it back and the assistant tells you it is in the sale now and will only refund you the sale price. Duh!""

this is illegal... if you have a receipt and are within 28 days (its actually possible to go beyond that, but hey...) then they HAVE to refund original retail price. i've been there MANY times... its the law.

ALSO, A NICE LITTLE TRICK TO CASH IN ON THE CASHIERS WHO ARE TOO USED TO PLASTIC... this only works normally around xmas time. if you buy something for, say, £35... count the money out in front of them... literally speaking the amount you lay down (or even better, in their hand)... count the first tenner as a 'twenty', then the next tenner as ten (lay it down quick)... then unload coins on top. the subliminal messages you send by speaking a fake total, PLUS all the shrapnel genuinely confuse them into getting away with it. NO LIE: THIS WORKS ABOUT 80% OF THE TIME EVERY XMAS/NEW YEAR. (better with a queue.) try it... whats the worst that can happen? just plead genuine mistake. (also works with any divible involving coins... palming a 10 off as a 20 is pretty easy) this is why i rarely reach for plastic...

wjp666 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 31, 2005, 04:05:00 am »

ADDITIONAL:

but only do this on multi-billion corporate stores... dont wanna be ripping off joe average teh corner-shop owner now, do we? hit the big stores! (i mean, come on - theyre always short-changing me... im only evening things up!)

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Author Topic: Numeracy (Read 2426 times)