Not In The Top Percentile, Part 2
(I buy some leggings that are 50% off of the original price of £8. There is something wrong with the tills, so the cashiers have to work stuff out on calculators. I am dumbfounded when the girl starts using her calculator to figure out 50% of £8.)
Cashier: “Um… That’s £7.84, please.”
Me: “No, that’s not right.”
Cashier: “50% off is £7.84.”
Me: “No, it should be £4.”
(The cashier takes her calculator and shows me how she worked it out. She divided 800 by 50 and took the answer, 16, off the £8.)
Me: “That’s not how you work out percentages. 50% is half; half of 8 is 4.”
Cashier: *pauses* “I think you’re right, actually. Sorry. That’s £4, please.”
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