Math Is Your Friend, Part 16
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!
Related:
Math Is Your Friend, Part 15
Math Is Your Friend, Part 14
Math Is Your Friend, Part 13
Math Is Your Friend, Part 12
Math Is Your Friend, Part 11
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
