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  • Why even bother lying about that?

    especially since we can check it so easily?

    Note: prices around here are measured in cents (well, dollars now) per liter. Last week's high price for regular unleaded was $1.62. Note also we have regular unleaded, ethanol (2-4 cents cheaper than regular) and premium (8-9 cents more expensive than unleaded).

    SC: "Your sign says $1.43 but the pump says $1.60!"
    my co-worker: "Really? Which sign said that? Which pump are you using?"
    SC: "They all say the wrong price! You have to give me a discount."
    co-worker: "But which sign is wrong? The one I can see from here is right."
    SC: "The big sign says $1.43 and the pump says $1.60."
    co-worker: (starts to explain the difference between the different grades of fuel and why they're different prices, occasionally being interrupted by SC saying "it's the wrong price!" or "The pump says $1.60!")

    So I went and checked. All signs were correct (ethanol $1.49, regular $1.53, premium $1.59). When I got back into the store:

    SC: (shit-eating grin) "Well it was worth a try!"


    OK by law we have to compensate any customers who get charged a higher price than what the sign says. But why would you lie about what the sign said when it's so easy for us to check?

    (answer: Because you're an idiot who thinks other people are dumber than you)
    Last edited by edible_hat; 06-03-2008, 11:05 AM. Reason: If I'm going to quote a sign that was corrent, I'd better correctly quote it!

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    SC: (shit-eating grin) "Well it was worth a try!"
    No, it wasn't, you lying sack of festering fecal matter.

    I'd ban him. Honestly, I would.
    "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

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    • #3
      Couldn't that be classified as attempted fraud or theft?
      The report button - not just for decoration

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      • #4
        Well, it's obviously a scam. But it's so obvious it hurts.
        "I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."

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        • #5
          Quoth edible_hat View Post
          Because you're an idiot who thinks other people are dumber than you
          And there you have stated perfectly the philosophy of a scammer.
          "Ignorance is no excuse for a law."
          .................................................. ..................- Alfred E. Newman

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          • #6
            Quoth iradney View Post
            Couldn't that be classified as attempted fraud or theft?
            It can't be theft, as nothing was stolen.

            Fraud, maybe. But, barely.

            Scam, absolutely. That's why I say BAN THE JERK.
            "Always stand near the door." -- Doctor Who

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