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Have all computers and/or cash registers run amok?
Is there a new Y2K bug of which I’m unaware?
Because for the second time in less than a month I’ve received a strange receipt/check. First they wanted to give me $2,000 change from a twenty dollar bill…. and now?
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We grabbed a quick sandwich the other day and while I was going to leave a ten dollar tip…. I had to do a double take at the establishment’s gratuity recommendations.
My math has 20% of $39.19 equaling $7.83… so yeah. This new math can bite me.
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River's world..... 
Always ALWAYS do your own math. Good on you. How was lunch? I had corned beef and swiss on rye toast in the kitchen. It was great. Estimated cost: $4.00, and no tip for the server. What’s wrong with me?
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Lunch was actually quite good. Fresh curried chicken salad on a croissant and a lovely cup of seafood chowder. But yes, I always do my own math.
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That’s why they teach it in school.
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Wow! You really have to be on your toes.
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It’s a good thing there was no alcohol involved. My math skills tend to go downhill when I drink…
🤣
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Mine aren’t great to begin with.
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I’m with Kenny, always do your own math. And I’m not even good at calculating math in my head but I will take out my phone to use my calculator. That’s just ridiculous *smh*
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I’m sure a lot of people don’t even check.
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Your right they don’t, but you and I do. So we’re ahead of the game.
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What a scam!
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I told the cashier but she was young and couldn’t have cared less.
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You have to be very careful with restaurant checks these days–they have ‘inflation charges’, some charge for using a charge card, some put a price with no explanation and as you have found out they don’t know math!
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We had a few here that added a $5 Covid surcharge last year.
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really!? And what does that extra $5 do? ‘Cause i’m betting the staff wasn’t getting paid higher than usual! LOL!
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That’s to pay for the masks the help IS supposed to be wearing–it is for the hand cleanser–it is because they are getting away with it!
My foot doctor had a COVID charge!!!!!!
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To be fair no one does it anymore here.
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We asked and they mumbled about supply chain issues.
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I hope the tips go to math lessons
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I wonder if it was the business or the computer….
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I could be the system. Person setting things up didn’t understand. I spent over 40 years dealing with that.
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Good god! What a rort. Thankfully they don’t expect tips over here.
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I never pay attention to those recommended tips at the bottom of the receipt. Turns out that’s probably a good thing.
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Cheaper too.
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I think the assumption is that most people are either dumb or will take something at face value. You on the other were grades above tgeir assumptions.
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It does make me wonder if it was on purpose or an error.
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I see that your server was “Tardie” — so you can be thankful there wasn’t a late charge added to your bill. 😉
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There might have been, we just didn’t notice.
😉
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How strange. That should be an automatic calculation based on the pre-tax total.
That would be a funny April Fool’s joke to play on unsuspecting fools. 😀
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There are fools in every month. No need to wait until April…
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I think it is you. The machines are so taken by your beauty they can’t concentrste on their arithmetic.
Receipts do not need math of any kind!
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Or… the machines take one look at me and freeze up in shock.
🤣
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I tried to be thoughtful. 😇
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And I appreciate it.
😉
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It’s that second cup of coffee that gets you
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That, or the server’s union is getting sneakier about getting more gratuities out of their tables
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But I don’t drink coffee!
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Hmmm. Multiple issues here. My math teacher mother used to deal with this all the time, trying to get her students to actually look at the percentage number and see what’s wrong. If the tip is larger than the bill than you better check your math. Moral: We need to do a better job at teaching basic math and people need to stop taking the number on blind faith and actually check the math.
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Exactly. And the less people pay attention and do their own math, the more this is apt to happen.
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WOW. That is blatant lying. Quite ridiculous.
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Also, the server Tardie, was she on time?
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Now that you mention it, not really.
🤣
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It was pretty ballsy, I’ll give them that.
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