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Around a week and a half ago my fiance and I started playing WoW (again for her, first time for me). I've now gotten over the "must play new game every spare moment" thing so here are some stories from the last week and a half.
THE WRONG COINS!!!twelvty
SC dumped a pile of change on the counter and made me count it to see how much petrol he could afford.... $40 worth (mostly $1 and $2 coins so it wasn't too bad, just annoying). Then when the car took $37.50 worth he came back for his $2.50 change. So I gave him back a $2 and a 50 cent.
He had a small tantrum beause he wanted two $1, two 20 cent and a 10 cent.
We need a one way sign.
SC entered the code for the auto car wash, then drove around to the other side and went in through the exit. And knocked the brush mechanism off its rail. And demanded a refund (but ran away after my boss swore at him in Arabic and Italian).
Win at maths, fail at life
The vacuums say "$1 COINS ONLY" near the coin slot... now Australia has coins that are worth AU$1. So when it comes to coin operated machinery, "$1 COINS ONLY" means it only accepts $1 coins.
That's one $1 coin, not two 50 cent coins. And the SC wanted a refund, he was given a $1 car wash token instead.
Grease is the word
In the truck wash, sometimes truck drivers drag the hoses over the greasy turntable at the back of the prime mover, getting grease on the hose.
Somehow somebody managed to get grease on both hoses, both walls and a third of the floor. It took half an hour and 4 cans of degreaser to clean.
He got published!
There's one regular SC who always complains about petrol prices and always says the exact same thing: "Why do the oil companies put the price up quickly when their costs go up? And why does diesel cost more than petrol? It's cheaper to distill, it should be cheaper than petrol."
The other day there was a letter in the paper using the exact same wording. But they'll publish any old rubbish (such as Fred Basset).
Maths fail
SC: How much is this?
Me: (scans barcode) $2.75.
SC: Oh. I only have $2.45. How much is this?
Me: (scans barcode) $3.40.
SC: Is that more than $2.75? Can I afford it?
(I ended up letting him take a $2.50 drink for $2.45, and the next day he came back and gave me 5 cents)
We REALLY need a one-way sign
The day after the auto car wash was fixed, somebody else entered the code, drove around to the exit, backed in and bent one of the rods the brushes are attached to. Then drove off, but we got her number plate off the CCTV.
THE WRONG COINS!!!twelvty
SC dumped a pile of change on the counter and made me count it to see how much petrol he could afford.... $40 worth (mostly $1 and $2 coins so it wasn't too bad, just annoying). Then when the car took $37.50 worth he came back for his $2.50 change. So I gave him back a $2 and a 50 cent.
He had a small tantrum beause he wanted two $1, two 20 cent and a 10 cent.
We need a one way sign.
SC entered the code for the auto car wash, then drove around to the other side and went in through the exit. And knocked the brush mechanism off its rail. And demanded a refund (but ran away after my boss swore at him in Arabic and Italian).
Win at maths, fail at life
The vacuums say "$1 COINS ONLY" near the coin slot... now Australia has coins that are worth AU$1. So when it comes to coin operated machinery, "$1 COINS ONLY" means it only accepts $1 coins.
That's one $1 coin, not two 50 cent coins. And the SC wanted a refund, he was given a $1 car wash token instead.
Grease is the word
In the truck wash, sometimes truck drivers drag the hoses over the greasy turntable at the back of the prime mover, getting grease on the hose.
Somehow somebody managed to get grease on both hoses, both walls and a third of the floor. It took half an hour and 4 cans of degreaser to clean.
He got published!
There's one regular SC who always complains about petrol prices and always says the exact same thing: "Why do the oil companies put the price up quickly when their costs go up? And why does diesel cost more than petrol? It's cheaper to distill, it should be cheaper than petrol."
The other day there was a letter in the paper using the exact same wording. But they'll publish any old rubbish (such as Fred Basset).
Maths fail
SC: How much is this?
Me: (scans barcode) $2.75.
SC: Oh. I only have $2.45. How much is this?
Me: (scans barcode) $3.40.
SC: Is that more than $2.75? Can I afford it?
(I ended up letting him take a $2.50 drink for $2.45, and the next day he came back and gave me 5 cents)
We REALLY need a one-way sign
The day after the auto car wash was fixed, somebody else entered the code, drove around to the exit, backed in and bent one of the rods the brushes are attached to. Then drove off, but we got her number plate off the CCTV.
Anyway, in Finland we have a special tax for diesel powered cars that's about 500 € per year for cars and less for trucks. I have no frikkin' idea where it's come from but it leads to the fact that you have to drive a lot to get diesel to be cheaper than petrol even after the tax. We have a petrol car because we drive less than 30 000 km per year and I've been told that 30-40k km is the point where a diesel car is really cheaper than a petrol one. 
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