Brains (funny)

[Silver_FireStar]

I had just finished visiting a friend in the hospital and stopped by a
burger drive-through for lunch to eat on the way back to work. I ordered
the #1 combo (burger, fry, coke) for $4.29.

She said "that'll be $4.83, please drive forward."

"$4.83? For a $4.29 meal? That's 54 cents tax! That can't be right," my
mind raced.

Tax is 8 cents on the dollar in Huntsville and for 4 dollars that would
be 32 cents plus 1/3 (29) of 8 cents would be 35 cents max. I'd heard of
window workers overcharging drive through customers and skimming the
money for themselves. Someone did just that to me at a Hardees couple of
years ago. I didn't have my calculator watch (I lost it a while back) so
I got a pen and paper and did the long division since there were 2 cars
ahead of me. Let's see ... 483/429 ... over 12 percent tax!

When I got to the window I handed her a 5 and said "what's the sales tax
in Huntsville?"

She didn't know. I said "$4.83 for a $4.29 meal is 12 percent tax. That
can't be right. Can I talk to the manager?"

She gave me my change and called the manager.

So the manager comes over.

I ask what the sales tax is in Huntsville, and she says 8 percent.

I say that I just paid $4.83 for a $4.29 meal and that's over 12 percent
sales tax.

She got a funny look on her face and said that maybe the computer had
rung it up wrong or had charged me for the biggie size. (biggie upgrade
was 35 cents - which would be 4.64 plus tax which would put it over $5).


She admitted it was supposed to be 4.63, and opened the drawer to give
me my extra change.

"HA!" I thought to myself. "Six years engineering school has so
heightened my mental mathematical adeptness that I can do percentages in
my head and my superior intellect has foiled a feeble attempt by a
drive-through worker to overcharge me."

I took the twenty cents she handed me, proud of my staggering genius,
and smugly drove off without my food.





Now wouldn't it be so much easier if these silly people put the correct money on the sign rather than adding money everytime?

[MoonDragn]

Sadly with my engineering degree, I have fell prey to those button challenged cashiers at fast food places many a times. Often times I am too polite to say anything but it bugs me and it won't dawn on me what actually bugged me til I walk away.

[WitchJezebel]

I took the twenty cents she handed me, proud of my staggering genius,
and smugly drove off without my food.



Now wouldn't it be so much easier if these silly people put the correct money on the sign rather than adding money everytime?

Please tell me that after all of that you went back for the food.

[Élistariel]

:lol: Drive thru's in America are the same way. They never get your order right. Their intercom systems don't help.
Drive Thru Static should be listed as a recognized language in America.
The "best" was when my Gran went to a Hardee's and ordered one small fry, and paid for one small fry. Then got home with five large fries. :lol:

[fay]

wow! very proud of you, but i must admit it is strange. when i go into somewhere and it says a price on a menu or whatever that is what you pay. is that just an english thing then?
blessed be

[Élistariel]

wow! very proud of you, but i must admit it is strange. when i go into somewhere and it says a price on a menu or whatever that is what you pay. is that just an english thing then?
blessed be

Oh sweet goddess, I wish it were like that in America. I HATE that they don't do that. I flat out suck at math. I've even had to ask a cashier to ring something up to see how much it would be with tax to see if I had enough for it. Ugh.

[Silver_FireStar]

Please tell me that after all of that you went back for the food.

It's a joke. I've never been to a place where the country needs to be so moronic as to say one price and mean another.

[NiftyWings]

We went out for fast food one night, and there were many of us, so it was a very large order. Amazingly, there were no mistakes. But we did find a huge, hairy SPIDER in the bag. He was just hangin' out in the fries, where I'd been sticking my hand on the ride home. We called the store, and they were very nice and apologetic. Replaced all our food, and didn't even charge us extra for the spider!

[Rhaevyn]

Now if the McDonald's by us can ever figure out that when I ask for "honey" I mean "honey" and NOT "honey mustard." They got lucky one night...I had a terrible day at work, hit a ton of construction on the way home, and was in a REALLY foul mood. My boyfriend drove us to McDonald's, and sure enough they gave me honey mustard when even the drive-thru order thing said honey. They gave us the food, and I peeked in the bag, pulled out the handful of honey mustard packets, and started with, "UMM..." My boyfriend cut me off, grabbed them out of my hands, and immediately told the drive-thru person that we asked for honey, because he knew I was about to leap across him and throttle the person. :atantrum:

I'm better now, really I am. :whistle:

[Élistariel]

I know what you mean about honey and honey mustard. I ONLY like honey mustard from Bojo's or KFC. All others taste more like mustard, I hate mustard.

in one visit to Wendy's. Walk in mind you...
I ordered Kid's meal, cheeseburger, lettuce and mayo only.
Get my order, it's a kid's meal. Good. Look in bag. Chicken nuggets, not good. :wtf:
take it back.
Look in bag. see burger. open it up. Lettuce check, mayo check. Cheese, ch, hrmm no cheese.
Take it back "um, you forgot to put the cheese on my CHEESEburger"
get it fixed, go home.

[Rhaevyn]

I know what you mean about honey and honey mustard. I ONLY like honey mustard from Bojo's or KFC. All others taste more like mustard, I hate mustard.
Amen to that! I'll put up with mustard if I have to, but otherwise can do without. There are only a few places where I like honey mustard, and those are usually sit-down restaurants.

This is just one of my pet peeves because I've been eating chicken nuggets with honey ever since I was little. It's just not the same any other way to me. That was one of those nights where I needed comfort food, and they messed with my comfort food. :flamer: *grin*

[Moon Daughter]

lol, that's hilarious. sounds like something that i would happen to me.

...when i'm depressed, i eat fast food. and all this talk about it....
*off to McDonalds*

[Élistariel]

ooh, Chickfila is best for honey on nuggets. :dinnertim

[Rhaevyn]

ooh, Chickfila is best for honey on nuggets. :dinnertim
Wow, I didn't know Chik-Fil-A offered honey as a dip for their nuggets! But their regular sandwiches are just so darned addictive...how can anyone make a choice to get something different? *LOL* And their lemonade...mmmmm..... :cheers:

[Élistariel]

Wow, I didn't know Chik-Fil-A offered honey as a dip for their nuggets! But their regular sandwiches are just so darned addictive...how can anyone make a choice to get something different? *LOL* And their lemonade...mmmmm..... :cheers:

it's more like a ketchup packet of Sue Bee honey

[Rhaevyn]

it's more like a ketchup packet of Sue Bee honey
But...but...do they actually offer it there? Or do you bring in your own? *ponders what the people at Chik-Fil-A might do if I drop to my knees in supplication the next time I have a hankerin' for a sammich*

[Élistariel]

they give you the packets of honey

[Silver_FireStar]

in one visit to Wendy's. Walk in mind you...
I ordered Kid's meal, cheeseburger, lettuce and mayo only.
Get my order, it's a kid's meal. Good. Look in bag. Chicken nuggets, not good. :wtf:
take it back.
Look in bag. see burger. open it up. Lettuce check, mayo check. Cheese, ch, hrmm no cheese.
Take it back "um, you forgot to put the cheese on my CHEESEburger"
get it fixed, go home.

Well you didn't come to the one I worked at otherwise you would get a burgger, minus the bottom bun.

[DarkDancer]

Well, at least where I live in Ohio, trhe best reason (and this is for resteraunts only) to have one price up and charge another is that food in resturants only gets taxed if you dine in, otherwise, you pay what the menu says. I know that there are other places (like certain parts of Virgina) where you pay tax opn your food irregardless of where you eat it......

[Silver_FireStar]

that's pretty stupid, makes life so much more difficult.

[Élistariel]

Well, at least where I live in Ohio, trhe best reason (and this is for resteraunts only) to have one price up and charge another is that food in resturants only gets taxed if you dine in, otherwise, you pay what the menu says. I know that there are other places (like certain parts of Virgina) where you pay tax opn your food irregardless of where you eat it......

:confused: You lost me. So if you eat in you pay tax, but if you drive thru you don't pay tax? :huh: Um... is that legal?

[Rhaevyn]

they give you the packets of honey
:jawdrop: :fpraise: to Chik-Fil-A