Math-rich life: Picture frame commutativity
Maria Droujkova
always right: http://notalwaysright.com/reorientation-disorientation/1626
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Customer: “Do you have any frames that fit a 7×5 photo?”
Coworker: “Yes.”
Customer: “I like THIS one, but you only have it in 5×7.”
Coworker: “Yes?”
Customer: *whines*
Coworker: “Um…”
Customer: “But I need one that’s 7×5, not 5×7!”
Coworker: *slowly turns the frame on it’s side*
Customer: “Oh, wow!”
Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
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From: Maria Droujkova <drou...@gmail.com>
To: natur...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:11:48 AM
Subject: [NaturalMath] Math-rich life: Picture frame commutativity
Maria Droujkova
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Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Stuffing
Grocery Store | New York, NY, USA
Customer: *ordering stuffing*” I want that container, that one in the
middle, yep.”
Me: “Do you want this whole thing full?”
Customer: “Oh god, no. I want a little more than a half… but a little
less than a third. Not too much.”
http://notalwaysright.com/heisenbergs-uncertainty-stuffing/1549
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Well, Aren’t You Special
Restaurant | Taylorsville, NC, USA
Me: “Thank you for calling **** Pizza, how can I help you?”
Customer: “My order was just delivered, and it was wrong.”
Me: “Okay sir, I’m very sorry about that. What was the problem?”
Customer: “I ordered a 20 ounce drink with my order.”
Me: “And you didn’t get it?”
Customer: “No, I got a 2 liter drink.”
Me: “Sir… 2 liters is more than 20 ounces. I think most people would
be happy to get more than what they paid for.”
Customer: “WELL, I’M NOT MOST PEOPLE!”
http://notalwaysright.com/well-arent-you-special/1510
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Petrol Perception
Gas Station | Los Angeles, CA, USA
Customer: “Your pumps are a lot slower than they used to be. It never
used to take this long to pump $20 of gas.”
Me: “The pump speed hasn’t decreased; it just takes longer to get to
$20 now that the price of gas is half what it used to be.”
Customer: “Well, I wish it would go up again so I could fill up faster!”
http://notalwaysright.com/petrol-perception/1430
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I Always Travel By Rocket
Call Center | Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Me: “Thank you for calling ****, how can I help you?”
Caller: “How far are you from Las Vegas?”
Me: “233 miles.”
Caller: “So that’s about what, an hour, hour and a half?”
Me: “Only if you drive about 230 miles an hour.”
http://notalwaysright.com/i-always-travel-by-rocket/1418
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You’re Just Compounding The Issue
Clothing Store | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
(A customer had purchased a few items and was double-checking her
receipt after the transaction went through. She had a membership card
at the store, so she got a 10% discount.)
Customer: “So I got my discount on this?”
Me: “Yep, see there on each item it says ‘Member 10%’, and it shows
what you saved.”
Customer: “Wait…is it 10% off each item, or 10% off the total?”
Me: “10% off the total. Well, it works out the same either way.”
Customer: “I thought it was supposed to be 10% off each item. I should
be getting a bigger discount on the total.”
Me: “No, you got your discount! 10% off each item adds up to the same
amount as 10% off the total.”
Customer: “No, I got 10% off the first item. Then 10% off the second
item, so that’s 20%. And 10% off the third item; that’s 30%!”
Me: *pause* “No, that’s…that’s not how percentages work… I can show
you on a calculator; it works out the same. You are getting the right
discount.”
Customer: “No, it’s all right. But I know I won’t be getting this card
again. I was told I was going to be getting a 10% discount on each
item, and this really isn’t fair.”
(Maybe I should have mentioned to her that I’m a math major…)
http://notalwaysright.com/youre-just-compounding-the-issue/1382
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Sue VanHattum
Equivalence, Meet Ignorance
Me: “Sure, all of the twelve month clothing is in this section.”
Customer: “No, she’s one.”
Me: “Right, so that would be over here.”
Customer: “You just said that was twelve months!”
Me: “Yes.”
Customer: *slowly* “I’m looking for ONE YEAR.”
Me: “Would you like to go up one size to 18 months?”
Customer: “Is there someone else who can help me?”
(I go and get my manager.)
Manager: “How can I help you?”
Customer: “Your employee doesn’t understand English. I’m looking for clothing for my one year old granddaughter.”
Manager: “The twelve month clothes are over here.”
Customer: “What is WRONG with you people?”
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