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...
Jun-23-2008 21:15
StanVoid
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was it good chicken?
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Jun-23-2008 21:16
MrJiveBoJingles
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It was okay.
Jun-23-2008 21:18
EXTREMUM
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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It was okay.
It would've tasted better at .75 lb.
Jun-23-2008 21:21
nchs09
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She works at a grocery store. What did you expect?
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Jun-23-2008 21:21
EXTREMUM
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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.
Jun-23-2008 21:22
pierre_escargot
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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.
Jun-23-2008 21:23
EXTREMUM
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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.
Jun-23-2008 21:24
MrJiveBoJingles
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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.
Jun-23-2008 21:25
StanVoid
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Location: NYC, New York
what part of chicken was it? i like thighs the best, mmmmmmm
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Jun-23-2008 21:27
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Maybe she was messin with ya.
I know I've played The Blind Cashier a few times.
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Jun-23-2008 21:29
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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.
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