dwilliams wrote: ↑Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:37 pm
Interesting. The quoted text includes an ad for "mobile casino" that's not in the original.
Averysk is upset with you.
Stop counting your change and noticing things!
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I think I have told this one before:
In California I used to buy combo meals at MDs in the drive-through.
I calculated the tax in my head and thereby the total but I was surprised when the total was off by some change.
I confronted the cashier who informed me that since the manager programmed the register it must be correct.
I figured out that what they were doing was charging the tax rate on the individual items rather than the combined total. I left a message for the manager who never called me back.
After no response I called the state tax office (cannot recall the official name) and asked, "Can I charge whatever I like for sales tax and then just turn in the correct amount and keep the difference?" "Oh NO, sir!" "Well, that is what a local restaurant is doing." "We'll speak with them."
Time goes by.
I buy another combo meal and nothing has changed. I called the local newspaper (yes, they really did exist back then) and told a reporter about what was going on.
I get a phone call from my Sister in SoCal who tells me that I am in the news, described as a penny-pinching customer. The restaurant was contacted and in the newspaper the owner reported that he has spoken to me and the short-lived mistake was corrected and a check for the total amount (less than $100) was donated to the local library.
At that point in time I would just shove receipts into my glovebox. I looked in there and I found one from over six months prior. I went around and tried MDs in the area and further into the state. It only happened with a group of restaurants owned by this local franchisee. Rough calculations indicated that he was probably bringing in about $30,000 a year from this -- more than enough to make payments on the bright red Ferrari he drove and parked at the local MD.
Corporate MD was contacted and they put a stop to it within 30 days.