Some Things you just can't make up

[ukblue22]

I travel on business a lot lately and most recently I was in Sumter South Carolina. Early thursday I had a conversation with an old friend that had moved to the area 6 months earlier. He had relayed to me the terrible state of education in the state and city and the fact that SC was in the bottom of the national rankings and Sumter is in the bottom of SC rankings. Well Thursday night I was at a drive-thru in Sumter South Carolina with a colleage "Ron".

The order total was $5.11 so I gave the cute little blonde $20.25 so I would not get so much change back and make it easier on her counting the change out to me.

Well she came back with $14.89 and started to hand it to me and remembered, "Oh, you gave me a quarter didn't you?" And turned to get the correct change. She came back with $0.14 and started to close the window.

When I cleared my throat she looked back and, kind of embarrassed said "That's not right is it?" I said as polite and sympathetic as I could "No, I think you owe me a $1 yet." To which she says "I don't know for sure but if you say so, I'll trust you."

By this point my colleage and I are near tears trying not to laugh.

Then she continues "You know people do that all the time but it always messes me up, and I done graduated this year and everything. But I never can get it right."

We had to leave as quick as safe speed would allow at that point. Ron was lucky to be seatbelted in as he was laughing hard enough to hurt himself otherwise.

[VirginiaBlue]

I went into an Arby's a couple years ago, and the electronics on their registers weren't working - they had to count change the old-fashioned way. My bill was $4.79. I gave the girl $5.04 and stood there waiting for my quarter. The young lady stared at the money for a few seconds, then started to cry.

[UK78ALUM]

A good friend (who shall remain nameless) played college ball. For an away game, as the plane was climbing out and gaining altitude, one of the team's managers (female - first time on a plane) asked "Will we get high enough to see the outlines of the states?"

:icon_rolleyes:

[matt colvin]

Buddy of mine in high school said this once. Probably junior or senior year for that matter,

"You mean to tell me If you go 120 mph that means you'll travel 120 miles in one hour, and if you travel 5 mph you'll only go 5 miles in one hour? I always tried to figure that out"

Probably funnier if you knew him, but humorous nonetheless. :icon_lol:

[Trueblujr]

Sounds to me like she still owed you 14 cents, not a dollar. 20.25-5.11=15.14 and 14.89+.11=15.00. therefore 15.14-15.00= 14 cents.

methinks you might have both been a little confused there.:icon_mrgreen::icon_redface:

though we all have our blonde moments.

[NC Cat]

The till would calculate the change for her if she were just bright enough to enter in the amount tendered...but that's apparently asking too much. :icon_mrgreen:

[tauzreborn]

Sounds to me like she still owed you 14 cents, not a dollar. 20.25-5.11=15.14 and 14.89+.11=15.00. therefore 15.14-15.00= 14 cents.

methinks you might have both been a little confused there.:icon_mrgreen::icon_redface:

though we all have our blonde moments.

I was a little confused with the scenario myself. $15.14 was what I came to as well.

[Matt Dillon]

Personally, I think these types of situations are sad.

[surveyor]

Personally, I think these types of situations are sad.

Yup.

Remedial math for both parties..............:icon_biggrin:

[UKSam]

Years ago I was with a high school teammate of mine when we stopped by a local store. He picked up two, pints of milk to drink. I said "why don't you buy a quart it's cheaper" his reply was "I'm not thirsty enough to drink a quart.:shrug1:

[teamchemistry09]

A girl in the restaraunt I work at was pouring the orange juice concentrate into a glass for a customer. She said "this looks like crap am I supposed to mix it with something?" I guess she didnt see the orange juice machine that works just like a fountain for cokes.

[ukwebfan]

I went into an Arby's a couple years ago, and the electronics on their registers weren't working - they had to count change the old-fashioned way. My bill was $4.79. I gave the girl $5.04 and stood there waiting for my quarter. The young lady stared at the money for a few seconds, then started to cry.You ought to be ashamed. :icon_mrgreen:

[kateyes]

One of my husband's coworkers took his girlfriend to a Colts game a couple of years ago after TV technology starting placing the yellow line for the first down. At the game, his girlfriend kept looking around the field in confusion and then asked where the yellow line was.

Absolute truth (as far as I know).

[ukblue22]

Sounds to me like she still owed you 14 cents, not a dollar. 20.25-5.11=15.14 and 14.89+.11=15.00. therefore 15.14-15.00= 14 cents.

methinks you might have both been a little confused there.:icon_mrgreen::icon_redface:

though we all have our blonde moments.

She gave me 14.89 then took back the .89 and gave me .14. Then she took back the whole amount and finally gave me the 15.14. The change amount when I left was correct. Like I said, I'm an accountant and I do most my math in Excel but simple math like that I do in my head.

No Blonde moment for me, even though I too am(or was) blonde.

[The Black Watch]

The closest thing I have is the Burger King commercials where they faked discontinuing the Whopper. I'm on a short road trip with some folks from work. We are on our way back from a customer. "Ron", as I will call him, says he's hungry, and asks me to stop at the Burger King on the right. I do so. I pull up to the drive-thru to order, and "Ron" says, "Look! They still have the Whopper! I thought they stopped selling those?" We all got a good laugh out of that one. And "Ron" got a new nickname, "Whopper".

[Mr. Peanut]

I remember two: The first was at a fireworks show where one of the girls with us asked for someone to settle an argument between she and her boyfriend (my roommate). She wanted to know if the reason you saw the flash before you heard the boom was because they happened at different times or because sound travels slower.

Second: I had a coworker call me on a two way radio with a customer sitting there and tell me he was out of paper and ask if I could just fax him a blank sheet... Told him they don't work that way. He started laughing when he realized, but apparently the customer didn't understand for a minute or two.

[ryanebelhar]

I'd tell stories of the people I have to put up with everyday running the drive thru at Panera Bread, but after a few sentences I'd put my fist through the monitor.

[Copland]

One of my husband's coworkers took his girlfriend to a Colts game a couple of years ago after TV technology starting placing the yellow line for the first down. At the game, his girlfriend kept looking around the field in confusion and then asked where the yellow line was.

Absolute truth (as far as I know).

Several years ago a lady sitting in front of me was livid, and I mean absolutely insane with rage, that Commonwealth could spend the money for the rich people to have boxes, but couldn't put the yellow line on the field. She complained for about 10-15 minutes until someone explained it to her, then she complained that they could do it on t.v. but not in real life.

The best part, and I'm grateful to God that I'm not making this up, was that she was an Ole Miss fan.

[kateyes]

Well, I suppose one can look at it this way--at least they watch the games on TV. :icon_biggrin: