Economic Recession For Dummies
(I’m ringing out a customer at my register. He hands me a 10 dollar bill for his total of $5.22, but my hand slips on the decimal button, and the computer reads the cash amount as $522.00.)
Me: “Whoops, sorry about that, sir.”
(I quickly calculate the correct change and hand it to him.)
Customer: “Hey, you didn’t give me the right change.”
Me: “I didn’t? That’s strange; I thought I had it right.”
Customer: “It says here my change is $516.78, you only gave me $4.78”
Me: “Oh, right! I accidentally put the decimal in the wrong place. Sorry about that.”
(I hold out his bag of merchandise for him but he doesn’t budge.)
Customer: “…Well? Aren’t you going to give me the rest of my change?”
Me: “Sir, I’m not allowed to just give out money.”
Customer: (Brandishing receipt.) “But it says right here that my change is $516.78!”
Me: “Sir, it also says that you gave me $522.00…”
(The customer snatched up his merchandise and left.)