What's the difference between .002 cents and .002 dollars...

[browntown]

Don't get me wrong, I agree with the guy 100%, and I think the service reps should have seen the issue sooner, BUT...

It our modern day society, the way that is worded, 90% of people would have assumed it meant 2 cents. So you can't rip people apart too much for not understanding at first.

Are you out of your mind?

If you can't expect 90% of the population to understand basic math, then shoot me now. Why would anyone think it meant 2 cents? 0.002 dollars is 0.2 cents, 0.002 cents is a hundreth of that. If the population can't handle that, I should be supreme ruler of the world with my math training.

see http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/

[JGood]

Don't get me wrong, I agree with the guy 100%, and I think the service reps should have seen the issue sooner, BUT...

It our modern day society, the way that is worded, 90% of people would have assumed it meant 2 cents. So you can't rip people apart too much for not understanding at first.

[dude8383]

lol i love talking to service reps...

[joshh]

There is no difference.....









sorry, just wanted to be reminded of the Plane thread....lol

[Garageaholic]

This guy wanted quotes of kbytes from verizon before he used it. They verbally said (3 reps) said .002 cents, which we all know is .00002 dollars.

They properly charged him .002 dollers per kilobyte but quoted him at .002 cents per kilobyte, so instead of his bill being .71 dollars, it was $71.00.

People dont know how to use basic math. pretty sad.... lol

[hugh jass]

Can someone summarize that in a haiku for me? I don't want to waste 27 minutes of my life. Thanks.

[erik325i]

Priceless... Verizon...

http://media.putfile.com/Verizon-Bad-Math

Yeah, I've heard that before. It's pretty sad accually that some people can be that dumb...

-Erik

[Garageaholic]

Priceless... Verizon...

http://media.putfile.com/Verizon-Bad-Math