AlexPGP's Corner

Shamelessly stolen from LJ friend candid:

With tax my "turkey wrap" was $6.51. I handed the cashier a 20, she hit a button, and then she looked panicked and called over her co-worker:

"He gave me a 20, and I hit the 5 key!"

I couldn't understand how this could possibly matter, since the 5 key doesn't do anything except tell you how much change to give. Then the co-worker started to panic too, and it became apparent that NEITHER OF THEM KNEW HOW MUCH CHANGE TO GIVE ME ONCE THEY'D BLOWN THE CHANCE TO LET THE REGISTER COMPUTE IT FOR THEM!

I thought about telling them I was owed $53.49, but I figured someone else in line would rat on me, so I told them the right amount and they gave it to me.

This reminds me of an awful movie I saw about five minutes of, where a soldier from "today" ends up in a world centuries hence, where everyone is, um, well below average in the mental skills department (if you get my drift).

Truth is not only often stranger than fiction, but also occasionally accelerates fictional timelines.

Cheers...