You’ve Heard Of “Girl Math”. Now, Meet “Moron Math”!
A customer bought about ten things. Three of the items were $6.99 — two with tax and one without tax. $6.99 x 2 = $13.98.
The customer’s daughter came back in to tell me that I had overcharged them. I asked to see the receipt, knowing I had not.
Me: “Where is the mistake?”
Daughter: “You charged her $13.98; we got nothing for that price!”
Me: “You got two [item #1]s for $6.99, so that’s the subtotal of the two items.”
Daughter: “Yeah, but then you charged us $6.99 again. We only got two of the things you’re talking about.”
Me: “Yes, you did, but you got [item #2], and it isn’t taxed. That’s why it’s separate.”
Daughter: “Could you do the sale again? It’s not right.”
I did it again, as I’m able to void out sales, and it came out correctly. She began to shake her head. Her mother came in and pulled out the calculator on her phone, and they started going at it again.
Mother: “YOU SEE?! You overcharged us. We got nothing for $13.98!”
I began to explain it, pointing at their things and showing them which ones were $6.99. They still could not understand that $6.99 twice equaled $13.98.
Daughter: *Loudly* “Well, you don’t have to give us an attitude!”
Me: “Well, I shouldn’t have to explain things with apples and bananas so that you can figure out that $6.99 x 2 equals $13.98. One banana plus one banana equals two bananas.”
In disgust, they looked at me and told me that it was wrong. The amount they got on their calculator was not equal to the amount on the receipt because they forgot about taxes. I just don’t know how these morons get through life.
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