Metric Moron

[mattm04]

One of the items on sale at my store this week is ice cream, as with many product it has both US/metric units of measure on it. The sale sign says <brand> 1.5 QT X for $Y. Of course the container says 1.5 QT / 1.XXX L. Enter older SC....

SC: Hey!
Me: can I help you.
SC: You are trying to rip me off. I don't take this shit! (off to a good start)
Me: How?
SC: Look!! *points to sign, container*
Me: *read sign/container* Yes, that is the one on sale.
SC: How do you know.
Me: well the sign says Brand X, flavors A, B, C, D, etc are on sale in that size.
SC: Prove it.
Fine, I bring SC over to one of the price scanners and scan the item>
X BRAND CHOC ICE CREAM
REG PRICE: $3.00
SAVE $1.00
Me: Yep.
SC: I don't believe you.

Well, the SC's wife had wandered off to the FE and dragged back the FEM.

FEM: How can I help you?
SC: *Goes over above rant.* How do I know you are not ripping me off.
FEM: What do you mean.
SC: Loooooook!!! It says 1.5 QT DIVIDED BY, you know DIVISION RIGHT, 1.XX SOMETHING!
FEM: Sir, that is saying the container is 1.5 QT which is equal to 1.XXX Liters.
SC: Not you just making shit up. I served in the Navy. I know what I am talking about.

Cue some more arguing and the SC leaves, purchasing the ice cream, and saying he will get the BBB to prove we are scamming him.

I wanted to tell him to look at his cars speedometer, be careful or those kilometers my steal your miles.

[dbuzman]

Tell people like that that format also means and/or not just divided by. Maybe you'll get their tiny brains to melt down and then you won't ever have to see them again.

[Chrismor]

Yeah, but mopping melted brains off the floor is just so messy.

C.

[LillFilly]

I wanted to tell him to look at his cars speedometer, be careful or those kilometers may steal your miles.

OHMYGODS!

So THAT'S where my miles are going! I just KNEW my car was involved in some nefarious plot against me!

But really. That guy's argument hurt my brain...

[Sheldonrs]

"SC: Not you just making shit up. I served in the Navy. I know what I am talking about."

Says the man with the 3 millimeter dick.

[dbblsanta]

Reminds me of a customer in the supermarket I worked in who argued with the manager over a gallon of milk. He honestly believed (or perhaps was trying to scam a 50 cents out of us?) that the expiration date on the bottle was the price. So if it was around January 5, he though the milk was $1.05.

And the manager actually gave it to him for that price! I just hope he made him pay $12.31 for the same milk the following December.

[protege]

Yeah, but mopping melted brains off the floor is just so messy

Not to mention if you get that shit on you, you're in *serious* danger of catching "teh stupid," which is highly contagious and detrimental to one's health

[cinema guy]

Says the man with the 3 millimeter/ 1/8" dick.

Fixed it for ya.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Not to mention if you get that shit on you, you're in *serious* danger of catching "teh stupid," which is highly contagious and detrimental to one's health

Not to mention terminal.

As Ron White says: Ya can't fix stupid.

[Shalom]

Reminds me of a customer in the supermarket I worked in who argued with the manager over a gallon of milk. He honestly believed (or perhaps was trying to scam a 50 cents out of us?) that the expiration date on the bottle was the price. So if it was around January 5, he though the milk was $1.05.

Cue the New York City joke about the guy who got stopped on the Cross Bronx Expressway for speeding. "But I wasn't speeding, officer, the sign there says 95!" "Sir, that's the route number, not the speed limit." "It is?! ... Oh. Well, then I guess it's a good thing you stopped me before I got to the Whitestone Bridge..."

(that's Interstate 678, for those of you not from the area.)

[Mnemjian]

I wouldn't be mad at the supermarket as much as I'd be annoyed by the manufacturer who had to put complicated math equations on their packaging which you'd have to solve to figure out the amount inside. 1.5 divided by 1.XX?? Hold on, lemme get a calculator...

[JustaCashier]

Yeah, but mopping melted brains off the floor is just so messy

Not so much messy, as it is hard on the eyes and back, having to squint through a magnifying glass while bending over and cleaning up with a Q-Tip, the typical amount of brains SC's possess.


Mike

[MrPibbsRevenge]

Not so much messy, as it is hard on the eyes and back, having to squint through a magnifying glass while bending over and cleaning up with a Q-Tip, the typical amount of brains SC's possess.


Mike

They do tend to leave heinous stains behind however,no amount of OxyClean or necromancy can easily demolish the remnants of "teh stupids"

[XCashier]

Yeah, but mopping melted brains off the floor is just so messy.

Fortunately, with this guy, it'll be a very small mess.

[protege]

As Ron White says: Ya can't fix stupid.

Actually you can. But, society tends to frown upon beating sense into someone with a bat...

What?