Why our public school systems have failed

[IlovemyGeek]

On my wall of shame is the following email:

How long is your annual subscription for it does not say?

[nekoro]

Answer yes. It'll confuse the hell out of 'em!

[Broomjockey]

*sounds of brain snapping*

It's very nicely worded, except for the sheer idiocy of the actual question

[IlovemyGeek]

My answer was the following (yes, yes I am evil, no no I do not care) " The annual subscription is annual."

What I really wanted to reply to that email was "Blue"

[ShockQueen]

We have a special to where you can get our annual subscription (24 months) for the low low price of "x" (just TRIPLE the usual price). Knowing them.........they'd GO for it!

[Bagga]

When I worked in a camera store I used to sell films by saying, "That's .95 each or three for 2.85" I used to get a hit rate of about 80% buying 3 because they thought it was cheaper.

[Dreamstalker]

Possibly related to the topic at hand/paw...

I was attempting to explain to a friend why one day last month had equal day/night hours. He didn't understand the term "vernal equinox" and even a very dumbed-down explanation (during which I felt a few braincells die) didn't help much.

Oddly, he understood a wiki I pointed him to which said pretty much the same thing I had been trying to explain for fifteen minutes

[greensinestro]

"How many quarters are there during the year?"

"How many hours a month do I get on my unlimited internet plan?"

"I was told to dial nine-eleven for emergencies, but I can't find my eleven key"

"The phone number says five-five-five ROOF, but can't figure out why the zero on my phone is not going through."

[Cia]

If you replied "annual = year" they'd probably e-mail you back "which year?"

[zzapp the witch]

"How many quarters are there during the year?"


25

"How many hours a month do I get on my unlimited internet plan?"


31. Except in Feburary during a leap year.

[MystyGlyttyr]

...you know, I clicked to respond, but then found I couldn't formulate appropriate words.

So...

[Foxglove8778]

Perhaps hoping for clarification as to whether it was a calendar year [jan to dec] or a contract year [begin date to 12 months later]?

[IlovemyGeek]

As much as I'd like to hope it was calander vs. annual, I have low expectations of some of my folks. I once asked someone if he used IE or Firefox and his response was "I don't know that high tech speak of yours" I had to ask him if he clicked on a Blue E.

[greensinestro]

As much as I'd like to hope it was calander vs. annual, I have low expectations of some of my folks. I once asked someone if he used IE or Firefox and his response was "I don't know that high tech speak of yours" I had to ask him if he clicked on a Blue E.

Ah, yes. I love that. I have at least one or two customers a day that have no idea what that is, even though it says "Internet Explorer" right in front of them.

[IlovemyGeek]

Do you get the people who will swear on their mother's grave that their ISP is Outlook. LOL