The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 200

Wetdogeared · 05-02-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

doughnut we all ! ar ar ar...

First doughnut pun of the day. Excellent!!! Have another doughnut!

WDE.

Barcey · 05-02-2009, 07:59 PM

I worry about our future, who will look after me when I'm old and senile?

I just bought a pizza. The teller rang it in and it came out to $15.54. I handed her a $20 and then found I had 4 cents so I handed it to her. Unfortunately she had already rung in the $20 so the display on the till said $4.46. I swear I could hear the IM bell go off in her head and her eye balls were spinning. It says $4.46 and you handed me 4 cents.

Luckily there was experienced help on hand so she called her over to make meaning of the world. Her coworker confidently walked over and closed the till drawer. She then rang in the order and it came out as $14.11 and not $15.54. Bonus for me. With distaste the original teller handed me back my 4 cents and like magic I changed it into 11 cents and handed it to Miss Experience. She smiled and handed me back a $10.

Stupid me I shook my head and told her that she only owed me $6 and handed the $10 back. She counted out the $6 and then asked if I gave the original genius a $20. I assured her I had and by this time, I'm sorry but the tip was just not going to happen. I walked out the door got in my car and the store manager comes running out waving his arms at me asking if I paid.

I guess all the math students are working at the donut shops.

GeoffC · 05-03-2009, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barcey

I worry about our future, who will look after me when I'm old and senile?

I just bought a pizza. The teller rang it in and it came out to $15.54. I handed her a $20 and then found I had 4 cents so I handed it to her. Unfortunately she had already rung in the $20 so the display on the till said $4.46. I swear I could hear the IM bell go off in her head and her eye balls were spinning. It says $4.46 and you handed me 4 cents.

Luckily there was experienced help on hand so she called her over to make meaning of the world. Her coworker confidently walked over and closed the till drawer. She then rang in the order and it came out as $14.11 and not $15.54. Bonus for me. With distaste the original teller handed me back my 4 cents and like magic I changed it into 11 cents and handed it to Miss Experience. She smiled and handed me back a $10.

Stupid me I shook my head and told her that she only owed me $6 and handed the $10 back. She counted out the $6 and then asked if I gave the original genius a $20. I assured her I had and by this time, I'm sorry but the tip was just not going to happen. I walked out the door got in my car and the store manager comes running out waving his arms at me asking if I paid.

I guess all the math students are working at the donut shops.

Life would have been a lot simpler if you'd have left it with the $20 ! ....

I've known of English Language graduates having difficulties with their filing of folders in alphabetical order !

Sparrow · 05-03-2009, 03:28 AM

I had lunch with a couple of colleagues.
The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30.
As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip.

We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total.

Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30.

(It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)

tirsales · 05-03-2009, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

I guess all the math students are working at the donut shops.

They actually are math students - math students can do math, but they cannot calculate (thats a quote I heard from a couple of math students and Profs, so it must be true

)

zelda_pinwheel · 05-03-2009, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

I had lunch with a couple of colleagues.
The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30.
As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip.

We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total.

Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30.

(It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)

that's a sneaky riddle... i had to think about that for a minute !

Nate the great · 05-03-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

I had lunch with a couple of colleagues.
The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30.
As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip.

We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total.

Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30.

(It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)

Why did you add the £2 tip? It was already defined by negation. You had the £30, and took away the change.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-03-2009, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Why did you add the £2 tip? It was already defined by negation. You had the £30, and took away the change.

please reassure me and tell me you had to think for a minute too before you realised that.

Nate the great · 05-03-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

please reassure me and tell me you had to think for a minute too before you realised that.

Only becuase I haven't had any caffeine yet this morning.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-03-2009, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Only becuase I haven't had any caffeine yet this morning.

that's my excuse too. (well... i've had some, but it hasn't taken effect yet.)

pshrynk · 05-03-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Do they have video of you screaming?

More seriously, I'm aghast in sympathy. Here's your Japanese word of the day: Baka! It means "idiot." I find it's a good stress reliever.

(If you have no tablet, how are you sending files to an unknown printer?)

Running back and forth from patient to desktop. Now the Admin nurse is saying this is the first she's heard of it. I plan on discussing this with her in front of the cabinet that she had orderd special to hold the tablets whilst charging.

Sparrow · 05-03-2009, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

please reassure me and tell me you had to think for a minute too before you realised that.

I told it wrong.

It should take ages to twig (several months in my case), but I messed it up.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-03-2009, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

I told it wrong.

It should take ages to twig (several months in my case), but I messed it up.

i think you told it pretty well (if i'm being honest, it took me longer than *one* minute... and i was pretty confused there at first.

).

nekokami · 05-03-2009, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

I had lunch with a couple of colleagues.
The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30.
As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip.

We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total.

Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30.

(It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)

Ah. Bistro Math.

If you had not added the bit about it being a riddle, it might have taken some people longer to figure out... then again, people might have been a bit more stern with you for your error.

(About 45 seconds, in my case. Sorry, z-chan. I don't enjoy doing this sort of math, especially first thing in the morning, but since it was a riddle I thought I'd look it over to see where the "trick" was. Oddly enough, to me it didn't look like a riddle at all, just bad math. I'm far to literally-minded about these things.

)

montsnmags · 05-03-2009, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that's my excuse too. (well... i've had some, but it hasn't taken effect yet.)

I got it instantly. It's that smarmy bastiche from Accounts. He never puts in enough, denies he had a second drink, always "forgets" his wallet, sneaks out before his shout of drinks. But the quivering little spit of mobile squirrel snot won't be doing it again, when I get Adrian to pull the tight, tiny turdface's colon out via his left nostril.

No, no, settle down. This lunch is on me, friends.

Cheers,
Marc (or, as my auditors say "A penny for your BRAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNSSS!")

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05-02-2009, 07:59 PM	#2987
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	I worry about our future, who will look after me when I'm old and senile? I just bought a pizza. The teller rang it in and it came out to $15.54. I handed her a $20 and then found I had 4 cents so I handed it to her. Unfortunately she had already rung in the $20 so the display on the till said $4.46. I swear I could hear the IM bell go off in her head and her eye balls were spinning. It says $4.46 and you handed me 4 cents. Luckily there was experienced help on hand so she called her over to make meaning of the world. Her coworker confidently walked over and closed the till drawer. She then rang in the order and it came out as $14.11 and not $15.54. Bonus for me. With distaste the original teller handed me back my 4 cents and like magic I changed it into 11 cents and handed it to Miss Experience. She smiled and handed me back a $10. Stupid me I shook my head and told her that she only owed me $6 and handed the $10 back. She counted out the $6 and then asked if I gave the original genius a $20. I assured her I had and by this time, I'm sorry but the tip was just not going to happen. I walked out the door got in my car and the store manager comes running out waving his arms at me asking if I paid. I guess all the math students are working at the donut shops.

05-03-2009, 03:28 AM	#2989
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	I had lunch with a couple of colleagues. The bill came to £25, so we each gave the waitress £10, a total of £30. As the £5 change couldn't be tidily divided between us, we asked for £1 each in change and told the waitress to keep the odd £2 as a tip. We ended up paying £27 each for meal ((3 x £10) - (3 x £1 in change)) + £2 tip = £29 in total. Never did figure out where the missing £1 went from the original £30. (It's an old riddle, but still good for the odd argument.)