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My husband and I went through the McDonald's driveway window and I gave the cashier a $5 bill.
Our total was $4.25, so I also handed her 25c.
She said, 'you gave me too much money.'
I said, 'Yes I know, but this way you can just give me a dollar back.'
She sighed and went to get the manager who asked me to repeat my request.
I did so, and he handed me back the 25c, and said 'We're sorry but we don’t do that kind of thing.'
The cashier then proceeded to give me back 75 cents in change
We had to have the garage door repaired.
The repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a 'large' enough motor on the opener.
I thought for a minute, and said that we had the largest one made at that time, a 1/2 horsepower.
He shook his head and said, 'You need a 1/4 horsepower.'
I responded that 1/2 was larger than 1/4 and he said, 'NOOO, it's not. Four is larger than two.
I live in a semi rural area.
We recently had a new neighbor call the local city council office to request the removal of the DEER CROSSING sign on our road.
The reason: 'Too many deers are being hit by cars out here! I don't think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.'
My daughter went to a Mexican fast food and ordered a taco.
She asked the person behind the counter for 'minimal lettuce.'
He said he was sorry, but they only had iceberg lettuce.
I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked,
'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?'
To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'
He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'
The pedestrian light on the corner beeps when it's safe to cross the street.
I was crossing with an 'intellectually challenged' co-worker of mine.
She asked if I knew what the beeper was for.
I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.
Appalled, she responded, 'what on earth are blind people doing driving?!'
She is a government employee.....
When my wife and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car after a
service, we were told the keys had been locked in it.
We went to the service department and found a mechanic working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door.
As I watched from the passenger side, I instinctively tried the door handle and discovered that it was unlocked.
‘Hey,' I announced to the technician, 'its open!'
His reply, 'I know. I already did that side.'
Taxes are due soon! Here’s mine.
StopStealingMyBlankets
The change thing has happened to me. explained it in detail and this girl looked at us like it was the pythagorean therum.
Necropoledancer
TBF, everyone has dumb dumb moments. They seem to get rarer but more severe the smarter you become.
azazyel
Not going to lie, I've made mistakes like this before.
BananaLover93
i just got the deepest sigh of the day....... pay attention in school, kids
Shendorion
#1 is the cashier trying to avoid being quick-changed.
pdp1
I know I should just accept that there are stupid people out there, but my real concern is that there are too many
andrewthestraw
I think the minimul lettuce thing might of been just not hearing correctly but otherwise I feel this
SanderTheStrange
These were all painful to read. Thanks
prtfvr
I called Accounts Payable to ask why they hadn’t paid a professor located in Alaska. “We don’t cut out of country checks.” God.
thespottedbunny
these are fake right? they make my head hurt.
Xenarion
I've had similar things happen to me.
Shutupandpour
I've been seeing/reading these for years. Years, m8. Smh
VInTheSkyWithElephants
I’ve had the money one happen to me
ruferto
#5 cover your ass questions]
Aikakaka
As a cashier, the extra money always throws me off since I’m so used to pulling out what the machine says. But those are just dumb people XD
JugOfVoodoo
Was at a book fair helping preschoolers make wish lists. One of the other volunteers was writing down only the titles and not the prices. ->
JugOfVoodoo
Her reasoning was that parents "don't wanna know". The wish lists exist so if parents want to send in money they can figure out how much.
jacky780001
Only, all of these are copied either from jokes or from old anecdotes
grovberg
No no, they reinforce my worldview, so they MUST be true.
Niff314
Hey look - it’s “Well, actually...” guy.
CaptainChinchilla
Yeah I don't believe the deer one ever happened. I've heard it so many times from so many different places.
HamsterOnAGoat
And?
grovberg
Well an awful lot of people in comments upvoted more than this one are using it as concrete evidence of the state of the world.
malachilenomade
Forwards From Grandma lives on!
Sourgummie
Well obviously. I didn’t say they were mine.
Dobster
... Touché!
memeofficer
I tried to tell my wife that Tigers are in my opinion stronger than lions, especially male Tigers. She said "but male Tigers do not exist" >
memeofficer
When I asked with what female Tigers reprodice, she said " lions". Female Tigers mate with male lions and make tiger babies. We have a child
AllThingsInDueTime
Fun fact: What she described are called "ligers".
DukeDarkwood
Is it a tiger?
AlaSnackbar
Hey dont you dish out on government employees. We are just as smart as normal people. But you havent answered: why are blind driving cars?
RickHalcyon
"co-worker" so as another government employee, I'm not sure what OP was going for, pointing this out
AkLonewolf
Thats easy to answer. They cautiously use the bumpers to notify when their is something in the way.
mthornton91
Got dippin dots ice cream at the beach and it cost an even $5.00. I handed the cashier a $10, she looked confused & grabbed a calculator.
liquidneck
No. No she didn’t.
TimoMeijer
#2 doesn't even work in regular speech, as you'd say a half and a quarter, not the numbers
fathogwrestler
Nice catch. Yup these are bullshit.
Lulabel73
#1 is why people get yelled at working in food service etc. it’s not always the customer at fault.
slaitch
The airport security one makes sense. Anyone who says yes is a lying shitheap trying to pull a fast one.
Gra55hopper
'Has anyone put anything in your bag without your knowledge?' 'Yes' *gets hauled off*
Poisonspit
FWD:FWD:FWD:RE:RE:RE:FWD:FWD:RE:FWD:FWD:FWD:RE:RE:RE:FWD:FWD:RE ...
JesusMowsMyLawn
Great Aunt Ethel just discovered email.
garytufin
Thanks for the laughter I got from these.
pareidoliaperson
But no thanks for the laughters he got from other posts!
40yoLesbian
i only got tears
Rayj420
Tears of laughter?
Nibbets
Sorry for piggyback, but if anyone wants to hear the deer crossing thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI
thelongestwait
Oh my, that hurt to listen to. But funny as hell.
Nibbets
I love it so much
GiddyKipper
Had a flatmate who was selecting potatoes from the fridge to cook with, and dropped one on the floor, then threw it in the bin; I asked why;
GiddyKipper
2/ she said 'because it's been on the floor...?' I asked her where she thought it had come from - she looked confused for a good while...
prodmerc
Maybe she was eating them raw, unwashed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jinxer13
The ground. :p
HoldMeCloserPhiTauDancer
#1 I can vouch for this, I used to work as a cashier out of HS, & I had managers who couldn't do money-math without a calculator. Like I (1)
HoldMeCloserPhiTauDancer
Remember a case where customer asked for $55 out of EBT card(only allowed to do)& manager put 5.50. Told him customer still needed $49.50(2)
HoldMeCloserPhiTauDancer
& he told me, 'wait, wait' as he pulled out his phone to calculate '55- 5.50'. It's best to use register to process amounts, but he (3)
HoldMeCloserPhiTauDancer
(Manager) couldn't do mental math, he stared blankly at me when I first told him difference was $49.50 without a calculator. *RANT OVER* (4)
Theyhitmewithatruck1
At restaurant, asked for seating for 10 and said we were fine with multiple tables. Host says he can put 6 at 1 table and 3 at another (1/2)
Theyhitmewithatruck1
I asked if the 10th person would have to sit at the bar alone. Host thought about it, said they could sit with the 3 because it was a 4 top
DavidBrooker
#5: The phrasing is often: "...could anyone have...", essentially asking if you've retained affirmative control of your luggage.
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fathogwrestler
Correct. That question was fake news.
DavidBrooker
ie: you cannot confirm if someone has altered your luggage, but you *can* confirm if there was a clear opportunity for it to have happened
SamArt53
#2. In early 1980s A&W restaurant in an attempt to compete with McDonald’s 1/4 burger, introduced the 1/3 pounder. It failed b/c too many
SamArt53
.customers thought that 1/3 lb was less than 1/4 lb. It took a focus group to understand that the ‘3’ was “less” than the “4”...
tigersRcool
That’s so upsetting
fuckthisishard
Don't worry, it's a myth. If not using the metric system has any benefits it's that Americans are better than average at fractions.
SecretlyThreeDucksInAManSuit
I suddenly have an idea for a 1/5 pounder burger to compete with McDonalds.
kubi
Braums until recently did a 1/3lb burger too. So sad they stopped that.
FlyingElvisesUtahChapter
With #4 it’s a Mexican place. The employee probably was ESL. A little bit of lettuce would have been just as easy to say. Kinda BS!
thanksfoenothing
Light lettuce?
KingXizor
Quiero solo un Poco lechuga, por favor
WillemHellfire
Mexican waiter to 2 Jewish after they asked if they (Mexico) has Jews. "We have orange juice, lemon juice, but no Mexican Jews."
LostCatWantedDeadAndAlive
Gonna chime in here, we have lots of Mexican places in northern Michigan, but very few Mexicans.
GraveyardWater
Millennial lettuce !
GasBandit
Poquito lettuce. No mas!
WizardLizard123
Yo quiero taco bell
Iamthechef
Lechuga
kageboshi
#1 has happened to me. The woman looked at me like I was stupid, shook her head, and handed me the change back without saying anything.
shieldmaiden714
I work retail in a high end store Ill usually ask for a penny or something so i dnt have to give 99c in change; they look at me like im nuts
Xenarion
This is why I'm glad I learned and practices mental maths at school.
Xenarion
*practiced
raylit20
I did tractenberg speed math for years and after a 9hr shift I forgot the number 7 existed. It's a brain drain haha.
CaptainDogWasTheBestDog
Working retail I can assure you that I can do the math, but just maybe it’s been a fucking shitty terrible no good exhausting day
CaptainDogWasTheBestDog
And brain just doesn’t want to work. Also 50% of the time customers give the wrong amount to make it work cleanly...
megfc
I remember when I learned this trick. I love getting even change back.
dublerr
In Portugal we ask if the cashiers want exact change... Diferent culture I guess not exactly to avoid problems like this
any5
I love how when the cashiers do that, they shake their head at me (customer), thinking automatically that I must be the one who’s stupid
Cucumbawumba
Honestly you get robotic about it, the machine does it for you, you dont have to worry about doing the math. Suddenly someone is messing up
Cucumbawumba
2/your rhythm and your brain turns off and all it gives you is "you look like an idiot now" so you stare at the customer as you try to
Cucumbawumba
3/figure put how to math again while feeling a line of shoppers staring at you, who probably all think you're dumb now too.
PaleChixAreMyFetish
(you are dumb now too)
relicen
You should have asked her how she managed to graduate high school.
HowToBeSuccessfulAsaSerialKiller
Assumptions...
relicen
Or middle school for that matter.
PhilFromAccounting
Intellectually lazy folks handing out down votes in here. Heh
tinyfootprints
1: Restaurant tab $48.75. I handed over a $50 and $20 bill. The waitress asks what to do with the 20. I said, "Three fives and a one." >
tinyfootprints
2: She handed it back to me and said, "It's not my job to make change for you." My response as I took the $20, "Keep the change." >
BullfrogStormcroak
"It's not my job to make change for you." Uh, yeah, it is. That is literally part of your job.
tinyfootprints
Yeah, it is. :/
tinyfootprints
3: Edit: I meant "Three fives and five ones." Anyway, when she figured out that meant she could only get $1.25 tip on a $48.75 tab, she >
tinyfootprints
4: then said, "If you give me that $20 bill back, I'll make change." D'oh...
dwimmerlaik
Too late at that point... Life lesson for her.
RichterCa
I had a total of $5.99, gave the guy a 10 and a 1. He stared at it for a few seconds, handed the the 1 back then counted out my $4.01 change
whitter86
You mathed up
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thegreatdarthmoose
I think he meant a 1 dollar bill.
Kaysmira
You're right. He didn't use dollar sign or cent sign with either the 10 or the 1. His change should be $5.01, obviously.