Mathematicians at the grocery store.

I’m at the local store… the one where everyone shops for everything. It’s 9:30pm and my list was as follows:

milk
juice
chips
bleach
nuts

…Pretty simple and quick, right?

Well it would have been if not for a darn mathematician at the checkout.

Turns out this person had found some merchandise that they wanted for a price other than what was being displayed when scanned.

Here is their list:

three pair of red denim pants, in three different sizes
eleven packages of travel sized hand wipes
a telescope tripod







Here are the dilemmas; in order:

‘Which pair of pants should I buy? I don’t know which one will fit.’
‘These wipes were supposed to be 50 cents each… Not 2 dollars.’
‘I don’t know how much this tripod is supposed to be, but I know my total should be $19 and not $29.’

With each of these items, the person left the isle, got a manager, and fought until they got her way. The manager had to help three times; each time giving in to the mathematician’s demands and adjusting the price.

I should note that the manager did not help with the pants decision. The person just put all three back.

This took about 30 minutes. There were no other lanes open. I waited. No big deal.

At least some person is going to have plenty of hand wipes to clean themselves after using their tripod.

That’s called looking at the bright side.

Also, I found my favorite snack…
See next blog.