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Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:31:21 am
Earlier today, I was shopping and the total was $15.05. I paid $20.05, because I did not want to receive coins as change. The cashier gave me $4.95. Realizing that my mind doesn't work well on Mondays, I didn't immediately say anything. I just stood still holding the change with a confused look on my face as I analyzed the situation. The cashier asked if something was wrong and I explained it to him. He recalled accepting a nickel along with the $20 bill and had the problem corrected.
A few minutes ago, the reverse situation happened. I bought some things with a total price of $12.81. I paid exactly that amount, but the cashier misrecorded it as $12.84 and gave me 5 cents change, a double error on his part.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:31:56 am
I think the two instances were around 5 hours apart.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:59:52 am
Of May?
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:08:09 am
My order came up to $4 something today and I handed the woman a 20. She gave me back $20 and some change. Stupid me had to be honest and hand her the extra $5 back.
Today must be a day of miscounting cash.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:26:25 am
agrees with: comment#4
My order came up to $4 something today and I handed the woman a 20. She gave me back $20 and some change. Stupid me had to be honest and hand her the extra $5 back.
Today must be a day of miscounting cash.
Today must be a day of miscounting cash.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:27:20 am
re: comment#4
My order came up to $4 something today and I handed the woman a 20. She gave me back $20 and some change. Stupid me had to be honest and hand her the extra $5 back.
Today must be a day of miscounting cash.
I am not surprised by your honesty.Today must be a day of miscounting cash.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:48:10 am
re: comment#6
I am not surprised by your honesty.
Neither am I, I knew that I wouldn't be able to live with myself...but she was. :-p
Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:56:09 am
The funniest thing, I find, is that people are sometimes inexplicably compelled to do such seemingly nonsensical things, unwittingly becoming a part of some strange coincidence. It is observations like those that make me think it would be a hasty conclusion to say there are no strings being pulled in life.
I would also have been honest about receiving surplus change, although I am not so certain I would be if the value was much higher.
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9) chakra, Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:28:46 pm
Even though the cashier might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, I always take into consideration what would happen to them if their tills are incorrect at the end of the day. Sometimes those mistakes are taken out of their paycheck or they get fired.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:46:49 pm
re: comment#8
The funniest thing, I find, is that people are sometimes inexplicably compelled to do such seemingly nonsensical things, unwittingly becoming a part of some strange coincidence. It is observations like those that make me think it would be a hasty conclusion to say there are no strings being pulled in life.
I would also have been honest about receiving surplus change, although I am not so certain I would be if the value was much higher.
This strange coincidence has caused me to think about superstition formation again. I see it as an instinctive tendency that had a survival advantage. By focusing attention on improbable connections between events, we increase the probability of noticing correlations between events that are truly causally related. This is the foundation for discovering new technologies.I would also have been honest about receiving surplus change, although I am not so certain I would be if the value was much higher.
Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:27:13 pm
agrees with: comment#9
Even though the cashier might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, I always take into consideration what would happen to them if their tills are incorrect at the end of the day. Sometimes those mistakes are taken out of their paycheck or they get fired.
Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:21:45 am
I would too.
Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:42:35 am
Sometimes it's a very good thing. A lot of people stay at unhappy jobs because it's safe. Sometimes they find something much better when they get fired.
Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:46:14 am
It's much easier to learn from mistakes than to learn from lectures.
Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:01:24 am
agrees with: comment#10
This strange coincidence has caused me to think about superstition formation again. I see it as an instinctive tendency that had a survival advantage. By focusing attention on improbable connections between events, we increase the probability of noticing correlations between events that are truly causally related. This is the foundation for discovering new technologies.
