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I had a lady come up to me last night and shove a pack of short ribs in my hands, and points to the price sticker. All of our meat is labelled with the original price and the discount price, along with weight, and price per pound.
SC: I was charged to much for these ribs.
ME: Ah, well let me see your receipt. (I take a look, the price on the ribs and the price on the reciept is the same.) No ma'am you were charged the right price. See this number is the same as on the reciept.
SC: But I think that (the number on the package) is wrong.
ME: Ooookay. Let me see. (I figure it up on the back of her reciept because a bagboy with a pen is much more accurate than a computer, I come up with the same price.) No it's right.
SC: How did you get that number?
ME: I...multiplied the weight by the cost per pound.
Lady sigh and does that stomping thing that customers do when they think they're having to put up with idiots.
SC: I'm trying to show you I understand.
ME: Okay.
SC: But you're supposed to add this number (weight) to this number (Price per pound).
ME: Ummmmmm.....No. We multiply those two numbers together.
SC: Well I don't approve of that.
ME: I'm sorry but that's how they do it.
She swears, and leaves. I've seen customers that couldn't perfrom math, I've never seen any that outright rejected it.
SC: I was charged to much for these ribs.
ME: Ah, well let me see your receipt. (I take a look, the price on the ribs and the price on the reciept is the same.) No ma'am you were charged the right price. See this number is the same as on the reciept.
SC: But I think that (the number on the package) is wrong.
ME: Ooookay. Let me see. (I figure it up on the back of her reciept because a bagboy with a pen is much more accurate than a computer, I come up with the same price.) No it's right.
SC: How did you get that number?
ME: I...multiplied the weight by the cost per pound.
Lady sigh and does that stomping thing that customers do when they think they're having to put up with idiots.
SC: I'm trying to show you I understand.
ME: Okay.
SC: But you're supposed to add this number (weight) to this number (Price per pound).
ME: Ummmmmm.....No. We multiply those two numbers together.
SC: Well I don't approve of that.
ME: I'm sorry but that's how they do it.
She swears, and leaves. I've seen customers that couldn't perfrom math, I've never seen any that outright rejected it.
I make up my own algebra problems to solve (sometimes) when I am bored, and I almost always try to keep a running tally (including sales tax) of my order when I shop.
I've noticed (at least in my schools), that a lot of the math teachers suck at spelling, and a lot of the English teachers suck at math. It was amusing 
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