November 16, 2006

$-8.39 + $20 - $12 = $0.39

Filed under: Uncategorized — MalSnay @ 9:03 am

Delivery total was $8.39.

Old lady gives me a $20.

Asks for $12 back. So that I can have a nice tip, y’know, “for driving so far.”

See the problem?

I tried explaining basic math to her. Y’know. That if her total was $8.39, and she wanted twelve back from the twenty she gave me, I was going to not only be stiffed, but actually be shorted thirty-nine cents. Apparently, either because she’s old or because she’s stupid, my thriller math skills bounced off of her and went nowhere. And because she was an old lady, I didn’t press the point. Forty-cents. Big whoop.

Woulda been nice to have gotten a tip, though.