gnvqsos Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I was with a travel consultant to book a holiday and asked for a basic package.The rep reached for a calculator and then added on all the extras.Then one by one she removed each extra....and ended up with the original price.I asked why she did it like this and she said the customers (at the Coop travel branch at Morrisons)like to see it done this way.She was over 50 years showing that old and young are similarly innumerate .When I showed her a quicker way she was well impressed;are you a maths teacher?excuse the English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linus Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Quicker way being not to add things on top in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddinburner Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 makes me laugh does this. I worked in a bar for years and simply had to add up in the head. Shame this skill has been lost to the tills that do it for you and calculators? WORLD GONE MAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I was with a travel consultant to book a holiday and asked for a basic package.The rep reached for a calculator and then added on all the extras.Then one by one she removed each extra....and ended up with the original price.I asked why she did it like this and she said the customers (at the Coop travel branch at Morrisons)like to see it done this way.She was over 50 years showing that old and young are similarly innumerate .When I showed her a quicker way she was well impressed;are you a maths teacher?excuse the English I agree with Linus, what quicker way could you have possibly shown her than just NOT adding them on in the first place? Original price + extras - extras = original price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I agree with Linus, what quicker way could you have possibly shown her than just NOT adding them on in the first place? Original price + extras - extras = original price Some customers do actually prefer to see the price, then the price plus each extra so they can choose whether to take the extras. However taking them all back off to get back to the original price again does seem rather idiotic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Some companies/corporations like to see physical evidence that extras have been either offered or charged for. This may not have been the case here but it is often the cause, similarly serving drinks in some pubs, stuff in shops requires each item to be inputted for reconciliation of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm of the age that when I worked in pubs as a teenager I didn't have itemised tills and had to add stuff up in my head- the first pub I worked in didn't even have an electric till at all and once I'd added up the cost in my head I then had to convert it to the nearest pre-decimal cost in order to press the correct manual buttons on the till to enter the input money. The till didn't add anything up for me, it didn't tell me what change to give for a £20 note and strangely, the vast majority of the time all of the bar staff came to the same total on the same round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'm of the age that when I worked in pubs as a teenager I didn't have itemised tills and had to add stuff up in my head- the first pub I worked in didn't even have an electric till at all and once I'd added up the cost in my head I then had to convert it to the nearest pre-decimal cost in order to press the correct manual buttons on the till to enter the input money. The till didn't add anything up for me, it didn't tell me what change to give for a £20 note and strangely, the vast majority of the time all of the bar staff came to the same total on the same round. You probably found out that half the punters didn't know either, they just pocketed the change and grab the drinks, I used to, occasionally stand in for staff that did not turn up for work. I realised on the odd occasion that I had short changed the customer then had to go and apologise for my miss calculation. If you were that type of person you could actually make money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 PS. If I ever short changed you in the Cherry Tree on Carteknowle Road in the late 60s I apologise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Bourne Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 PS. If I ever short changed you in the Cherry Tree on Carteknowle Road in the late 60s I apologise. That's okay, can I have my money back please? Taking 50 years of inflation into account, you owe me £250,000 including penalties. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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