The “Random crap that crosses your path and leaves you baffled” Thread!

[platinum87]

There is no manned till used at any supermarket which can tell the difference if i pay you in £10 or 10x£1

Self service ones will count what you put in obviously, and if you put in 20p first, then £10, it might pay you back £1.

Stupidity is the highest probability here, but if you want to explore random things, they could be OCD, so no £1 for you, if you want £1, put all items back, walk out of the shop, walk back in, pick up all items go again to till and pay £10.20

 

[Angilion]

It is.
So i suspect you'll be very hard pressed to find any retail outlet that uses them.

Maybe 1 of the 3 examples @Angilion was correct. But i think i'm right. Its happened to me a few times and caught me off guard, where i have to take a few seconds to work it out the transaction in my head.

Do you think you're too stupid to be able to work it out and you don't have enough brain cells to work out the correct change? That was what you stated as being "clearly" the only possible explanation, so if you were right about that being the only possible explanation then it must apply to you as well.

 

[Yadda]

Do you think you're too stupid to be able to work it out and you don't have enough brain cells to work out the correct change? That was what you stated as being "clearly" the only possible explanation, so if you were right about that being the only possible explanation then it must apply to you as well.

But he does work it out - he actually says this in his post "...Its happened to me a few times and caught me off guard, where i have to take a few seconds to work it out the transaction in my head".

 

[Angilion]

There is no manned till used at any supermarket which can tell the difference if i pay you in £10 or 10x£1 [..]

Yes there are, because the money will be counted and that requires each demonination to be identified. Neither a supermarket nor any other business will just chuck all the money in together and either not count it or just count the number of coins and the number of notes. Each till will be cashed up, the money counted (which requires identifying denominations) and compared to the amount scanned or otherwise entered.

I'm going to belabour the point that I did not say that this is the only possible explanation other than stupidity. I didn't even say that it was likely. I gave three possible explanations other than stupidity. Not one.

 

[Angilion]

But he does work it out - he actually says this in his post "...Its happened to me a few times and caught me off guard, where i have to take a few seconds to work it out the transaction in my head".

During which time he could have more quickly said he couldn't change the amount of change he had to give because it had already been rung through. Which wouldn't be the clear proof of extreme stupidity he claimed it was. It could have been either of the other two explanations I suggested or simply processing a customer as quickly as possible because you're being monitored and judged on that basis (which is the case for some people working on tills).

 

[Yadda]

Yes there are, because the money will be counted and that requires each demonination to be identified. Neither a supermarket nor any other business will just chuck all the money in together and either not count it or just count the number of coins and the number of notes. Each till will be cashed up, the money counted (which requires identifying denominations) and compared to the amount scanned or otherwise entered.

I'm going to belabour the point that I did not say that this is the only possible explanation other than stupidity. I didn't even say that it was likely. I gave three possible explanations other than stupidity. Not one.

He didn't say that supermarkets don't "cash-up" at the end of each shift/day/whatever. He said that no manned supermarket till can tell the difference between types of coin or note. I'd go one further and say that no supermarket cashier in any supermarket has to input each denomination when taking payment.

 

[Yadda]

During which time he could have more quickly said he couldn't change the amount of change he had to give because it had already been rung through. Which wouldn't be the clear proof of extreme stupidity he claimed it was. It could have been either of the other two explanations I suggested or simply processing a customer as quickly as possible because you're being monitored and judged on that basis (which is the case for some people working on tills).

Hang on. So you're saying that because he paused to work out the change he's as stupid as someone who doesn't? That's odd logic.

 

[Angilion]

Hang on. So you're saying that because he paused to work out the change he's as stupid as someone who doesn't? That's odd logic.

He's saying that the only possible reason for not giving a customer different change because they decided to offer a different amount of payment after you'd already made change for them is extreme stupidity, a lack of brain cells. Any suggestion that there might be another reason has of course been ignored in favour of anything else that comes to mind, but it follows that if he has to pause for longer than it would take to give a polite excuse then "clearly" the only possible explanation is that he's at least as stupid if not more so because he can't come up with an excuse in the meantime. Or maybe, just maybe, it's possible that one of the other explanations I suggested is the case. But if so then it might be the case for someone else too. Oh no!

 

[Yadda]

He's saying that the only possible reason for not giving a customer different change because they decided to offer a different amount of payment after you'd already made change for them is extreme stupidity, a lack of brain cells. Any suggestion that there might be another reason has of course been ignored in favour of anything else that comes to mind, but it follows that if he has to pause for longer than it would take to give a polite excuse then "clearly" the only possible explanation is that he's at least as stupid if not more so because he can't come up with an excuse in the meantime. Or maybe, just maybe, it's possible that one of the other explanations I suggested is the case. But if so then it might be the case for someone else too. Oh no!

If the excuse given was "sorry, we're busy" (an odd one, considering it only takes a second) or "I haven't got the change" (again, an odd one but granted it's possible) then I would agree it's an option. But read the post again. The cashier said the same thing most others do when caught in this situation without the mental arithmetic to work it out: "Sorry, I've already rung it through".

Come on, man. It's obvious, isn't it?

 

[dowie]

Talking about how bad The Meg movie was at work today and someone mentioned Sharknado. Led to some googling and discovering that the sharknado series is the best selling movie franchise of all time at $4.5 billion as of last year.

[...]

Definitely left a lot of us in the office baffled.

As it should as it is complete nonsense! What on earth did you google to end up with that as a "fact"?

This one is near enough true though apparently:

Found out that Kylie Jenner is worth $1 billion. Started to question the point of life after that one.

Bit surprised as (IMHO) her older sister Kendall is way hotter.

edit - for some reason I'd assumed they'd teamed up together for cosmetics (perhaps that is just their fashion range) and Kendall has the modelling on top... seems the cosmetics business is just down to Kylie and has seemingly eclipsed the combined wealth of the rest of the family together.

 

[Angilion]

If the excuse given was "sorry, we're busy" (an odd one, considering it only takes a second) or "I haven't got the change" (again, an odd one but granted it's possible) then I would agree it's an option. But read the post again. The cashier said the same thing most others do when caught in this situation without the mental arithmetic to work it out: "Sorry, I've already rung it through".

Come on, man. It's obvious, isn't it?

No, it isn't. Not unless you presume that the only possible answer is that servants are too stupid to work out that 10 - 9 = 1.

You can't say "You're wasting my time and the time of the people queuing behind you" to a customer and in any case that would be rude when they're probably mistakenly thinking that they're being helpful. You also can't say "I haven't got the change" when you have got a few £ coins left and want them to last until the queue has gone so you can get some more without stopping serving, so you want to keep them for when they're actually needed. But you can blame the till and/or silly procedures, i.e. "I can't do that because it's already rung through".

 

[Yadda]

No, it isn't. Not unless you presume that the only possible answer is that servants are too stupid to work out that 10 - 9 = 1.

You can't say "You're wasting my time and the time of the people queuing behind you" to a customer and in any case that would be rude when they're probably mistakenly thinking that they're being helpful. You also can't say "I haven't got the change" when you have got a few £ coins left and want them to last until the queue has gone so you can get some more without stopping serving, so you want to keep them for when they're actually needed. But you can blame the till and/or silly procedures, i.e. "I can't do that because it's already rung through".

From my experience, and I reckon most other people's too, I think you're being a bit too generous.

 

[SixTwoSix]

As it should as it is complete nonsense! What on earth did you google to end up with that as a "fact"

Just asked the guy for the link...it was a parody website

It just seemed so absurd it might actually be true. We distribute the series where I work and it sells disgustingly well.

The Wonder Woman stat is true though.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

The “Random crap that crosses your path and leaves you baffled” is that some people may believe there is a till where someone approaches you with a £5 note, 4x£1s, a 50p, 2x20p and a 10p for a £9.99 item and the staff member has to input into the till exactly what they gave you so at the end of working day not only do you know how much you should have BUT you'll know exactly how the money should be divided.

Obviously I'll apologise if you find one but last night I had 10 women in my house who have all worked behind various tills in their lives, my daughters alone have worked behind 13 tills between them.

 

[Kenai]

From my experience, and I reckon most other people's too, I think you're being a bit too generous.

I don't think he is. Changing your payment when someone has already started picking out your change is a dick move but it's easier to say "till says no" than "you're an inconsiderate pleb, why didn't you ask for that before I'd picked out 80p of change from the till"

 

[Yaayuh!]

Went shopping in Tesco last night (yes it was hell) and I new that plastic usage and supermarkets is utterly ridiculous but I was blown away by Tesco not even trying, nor giving a damn.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

You should have bought one instead. Bringing one from elsewhere tends not to work.

From my side an epic one today where a guy tried to jump a queue at a roundabout by going in the wrong lane and trying to cut in. I didn't budge and he ended up destroying his front driverside wheel on a traffic island. Enjoy your Christmas jackass.

Now that is a result.

 

[Yadda]

I don't think he is. Changing your payment when someone has already started picking out your change is a dick move but it's easier to say "till says no" than "you're an inconsiderate pleb, why didn't you ask for that before I'd picked out 80p of change from the till"

I think having an attitude like that is a "dick move". Anyway, he wasn't making the "it's easier" argument, was he? So it sounds like you're actually agreeing with me, not him.

 

[Shawreyboy]

Stop pretending. I know you're an Eminem fan and he did a track with Ed Sheeran FFS. :/

Everyone already knows Eminem does crappy pop songs like that though, plus Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest stars in the world. Olly Murs is just... some bloke off XFactor. I'm just surprised Snoop has even heard of him, considering he's pretty much unheard of in the US.

You know Ed used to MC and write grime/freestyle rap music before he became popular with little kids and your mum? Ed worked a lot with Devlin. He has every right to want to work with Eminem.

Shawrey

 

[Kenai]

I think having an attitude like that is a "dick move". Anyway, he wasn't making the "it's easier" argument, was he? So it sounds like you're actually agreeing with me, not him.

I'm not agreeing with you, if you wanted clarification.