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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 5308867, member: 44"]
For a second, I thought you had the same experience that I had.  I don't remember the prices anymore, but say for the purposes of this example a burger, a Coke, and an order of fries all cost a dollar each.  I had a clerk tell me that my order of those three items was $10.  I looked up at her and said which check the price again I believe you're mistaken. She just looked down at the register and said "it says $10."  I said "well, if each item costs a dollar then three items would cost three dollars, right?   If you add in tax, that would be $3.20.  She looked back down at the register back up at me and said "it's on special." I laughed and said "that may seem special to you, but it doesn't feel all that special to me." At that point, her manager came over apologized and rang up the items correctly.

The thing that fascinates me was her utter inability to recognize that a mistake had been made. To her if "the machine" said a specific price was due that's what it was, and it really didn't matter to her if it didn't make mathematic sense.
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