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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jun-23-2008 21:15:

People who can't do basic math

Today I was ordering some chicken at the grocery store. I told the woman who has helping me that I wanted three-quarters of a pound. She repeats it back to me; "three-fourths of a pound?" I say, "Yeah."

She puts some chicken on the scale until the digital readout says like ".45 pounds" or something. Then she says, "Is that enough?"

I say, "I asked for three-quarters of a pound..."

And she says something like, "I know, but I don't know how much that is."

I almost said, "You have a scale right in front of you that tells you how much is on it," but then it dawned on me that she probably didn't know that the decimal form of "three-quarters" was ".75."

Then she put a little more on so that it read ".65" or something, and I didn't want to bother with her innumeracy anymore, so I left it at that and paid for the chicken...

Posted by StanVoid on Jun-23-2008 21:16:

was it good chicken?

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jun-23-2008 21:18:

It was okay.

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 21:21:

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It was okay.

It would've tasted better at .75 lb.

Posted by nchs09 on Jun-23-2008 21:21:

She works at a grocery store. What did you expect?

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 21:22:

quote:
Originally posted by nchs09
She works at a grocery store. What did you expect?

A deli clerk should know what 3/4 pounds looks like, on a digital scale.

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-23-2008 21:23:

You could have said to her .85 is three quarters of a pound and got more value for money. Doesn't sound like she would have been much the wiser for it anyway

but hey ... it was good chicken.

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 21:24:

quote:
Originally posted by pierre_escargot
You could have said to her .85 is three quarters of a pound and got more value for money. Doesn't sound like she would have been much the wiser for it anyway

but hey ... it was good chicken.

That's not true. They have to print out a ticket on the package, which shows the price calculated with the weight of the product. In turn, he would've paid for the .85 lb.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Jun-23-2008 21:25:

quote:
Originally posted by EXTREMUM
That's not true. They have to print out a ticket on the package, which shows the price calculated with the weight of the product.

Yep.

Posted by StanVoid on Jun-23-2008 21:27:

what part of chicken was it? i like thighs the best, mmmmmmm

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Jun-23-2008 21:29:

Maybe she was messin with ya.

I know I've played The Blind Cashier a few times.

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 21:29:

quote:
Originally posted by StanVoid
what part of chicken was it? i like thighs the best, mmmmmmm

The breast of chicken is usually the healthiest. However, I believe the non-organic chicken has all the horomones injected there. Yum.

Posted by pierre_escargot on Jun-23-2008 21:29:

quote:
Originally posted by EXTREMUM
That's not true. They have to print out a ticket on the package, which shows the price calculated with the weight of the product. In turn, he would've paid for the .85 lb.

I see.

Posted by StanVoid on Jun-23-2008 21:35:

quote:
Originally posted by EXTREMUM
The breast of chicken is usually the healthiest. However, I believe the non-organic chicken has all the horomones injected there. Yum.

breast is so boring though.

Posted by EXTREMUM on Jun-23-2008 21:51:

quote:
Originally posted by StanVoid
breast is so boring though.

Well, so are the thighs.

Posted by kadomony on Jun-23-2008 23:00:

lol, innumeracy

Posted by CleverName on Jun-23-2008 23:19:

Next time you should ask in terms of an improper fraction. Examples:

6/8lb
5/4lb

Grams are lots of fun to work with too.

Posted by Abercrombie on Jun-23-2008 23:28:

maybe she can better size up a coq than a chicken, didja ask her?

Posted by chimera66 on Jun-23-2008 23:37:

maybe she was special or her english not so good

Posted by Slylee on Jun-23-2008 23:38:

"i said 3 quarters of a lb"

*her thought*

"OH REALLY FAG WITH A STICK UP YOUR ASS"

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-23-2008 23:43:

i cant believe you still measure things in pounds. what's it like living in the dark ages?

Posted by jonze on Jun-23-2008 23:44:

"can i get three quarter pounders of chicken" is the correct way to order

Posted by Slylee on Jun-23-2008 23:48:

wow. u look like a million dollar menu items at mcdonalds

Posted by bas on Jun-23-2008 23:53:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i cant believe you still measure things in pounds. what's it like living in the dark ages?

What's it like living in the fattest country in the world?

Count it!

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Jun-23-2008 23:55:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
What's it like living in the fattest country in the world?

Count it!

don't buy it for a second. there's no way we're fatter than the US. simply not possible.

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