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 Post subject: This is why Verizon sucks
PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 12:10AM 
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http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/clips/verizon-doesnt-know-difference-between-dollars-and-cents-220362.php


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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 12:22AM 
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Once in a while you'll see something in the grocery store marked as 1.50c or something like that. You have to wonder about things like this...pretty sad.

Okay, this is really funny. I was only halfway through the thing when I posted haha. This is great.


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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 12:55AM 
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Those people were dumber than a bag of bricks.

"How do you write down 1/2 of one cent?"
"Um, point... zero zero five ... I don't know, I'm not a mathematician."


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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 1:20AM 
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nice.... very nice.... fekkin morons...

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 1:39AM 
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i can't believe how they couldn't understand it either. ".002cents is $.002"

i suspect if enough people watch this, Verizon is going to get down on their knees and suck his balls.

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 1:55AM 
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O M G... un-freakin-believable, but hilarious

OMGOMGOGMOGMG!!!

"Do you recognize the difference between one dollar and one cent?"
"Yes, definitely."
"Do you recognize the difference between half a dollar and half a cent?"
"Definitely."
"Then do you therefore recognize that there's a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?"
"...No."

I'm still in awe.

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".002 dollars isnt a real number" .... wow..

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 9:12AM 
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Haha, that was awesome. A 2nd grader would realize the difference between the two.


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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 12:28PM 
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I can see how an employee would get confused. When I see $.02, I think two cents, not .02 dollars. When whoever it was found the info for the guy saying it would cost $.002, he knew what he was trying to say but thought "two cents", like I did, come the end. No doubt this guy will end up fired anyway, but maybe they could write 1/5 of a cent in their database instead of $.002 which would confuse anyone. Since the caller couldn't see what the employee was seeing, he took her for what she said and thought she meant 1/500 of a cent rather than 1/5 of a cent.

Don't call me stupid, either, because you know you'd do the same thing.

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 12:47PM 
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...you know you'd do the same thing.

Not really, I make it a point of fact when it comes to money not to confuse things by a factor of 100.

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 1:12PM 
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This is awesome! I like when he says "I'm teaching math here."

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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 2:25PM 
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Looks like he finally got his account credited.

http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12 ... efund.html


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PostPosted: Mon 12-11-2006 5:16PM 
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i like how there were people who listened to this and didn't hear a problem with Verizon. Yes, people actually posted "Verizion was very patient and understanding with this guy. They told him 5 times his bill calculation was right, and he just didn't want to accept that." If you cant see the difference, you apparently need a job at verizion.

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