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    $47=$487?

    One of my last customers of the day was a nice, older gentleman.

    His total come to $47 and change.

    Out comes the checkbook. (No biggie, really, I don't mind when customers write out checks...)

    I give him the total.

    He writes the check out for...








    ....








    wait for it...






    $487 and change.

    And didn't question it.

    After I pointed out the real total (and wrote it down again on paper for him), he crossed out the old total and rewrote the correct one.

    I called a supervisor to OK the crossed out bits and all was well.

    I was amused, really. Maybe I have more of the NJ accent mixing in with whatever WI accent I have and makes me hard to understand?
    Unseen but seeing
    oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
    There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
    3rd shift needs love, too
    RIP, mo bhrionglóid
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  • #2
    haha that's so funny. and he didn't even question that he was spending about $400 too much for a product? lol

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    • #3
      He didn't question it at all. That's the funny and scary part of it all. (I really hope he has a wife, family or caretakers to make sure he isn't taken advantage of...)
      Unseen but seeing
      oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
      There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
      3rd shift needs love, too
      RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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      • #4
        Quoth Becks View Post
        (I really hope he has a wife, family or caretakers to make sure he isn't taken advantage of...)
        I sincerely hope so...
        I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.

        Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.

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        • #5
          He will say something if he is 400 dollars in overdraft

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          • #6
            It can happen if he's not northamerican or hasn't been there long, when you change currencies, having a heart feeling of what is too much or little for something is too hard. As an example, one of the times I was in the US I went to buy myself a (single ration, small) frozen yogurt at a food court, and the guy quoted me $25, I was about to mindlessly pay when he said it was just a joke, kinda surprised... the ammount didn't feel wrong to me because I was not used to the currency.
            I pet animals, I rescue insects, I hug trees.

            "I picture the lead singer of Gwar screaming 'People of Japan, look at my balls! My swinging pendulous balls!!!'" -- Khyras

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            • #7
              Bliss has a point. I once bought a DVD from Japan, and I had to convert my money into Yen... it was a little strange having to shell out 2000 yen for a movie, but I got over it once I realized the conversion rate.

              Maybe he was from a place that has a high conversion to US dollars?
              Carpe Jugulum : Go for the throat.

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              • #8
                Today the same gentleman came in...and to my line.

                Things went much better than last time.
                Unseen but seeing
                oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
                There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
                3rd shift needs love, too
                RIP, mo bhrionglóid

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