They’re Not In The Upper Percentile, Part 5
At The Checkout, Clothing Store, Impossible Demands, Math & Science, Money, Sales, USA | Right
| May 25, 2023
We have a 40%-off sale in the store, but there are these ugly ruffled T-shirts that we’ve been selling going for 60%. A customer brings the shirt up to me, and I ring it up.
Me: “$14.99 for the shirt, ma’am.”
Customer: “I thought it was on sale.”
Me: “Yeah, for 60%.”
Customer: “Oh, so there’s not an additional 40% off with the 60%?”
Me: “…No. We’re not selling 100%-off shirts.”
Customer: *Sighs* “Well, I guess I’ll take it, then.”
And yes, I know 40% off of 60% would be 24% of the original price, not free, but we all know that’s not what the customer was thinking.
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They’re Not In The Upper Percentile, Part 4
They’re Not In The Upper Percentile, Part 3
They’re Not In The Upper Percentile, Part 2
They’re Not In The Upper Percentile
