Verizon Canada has Math Problems - (.002 cents = .002 dollars?!?)

[ChoralScholar]

Blogger George Vaccaro recently had a problem with his Verizon based on an unfortunate miscommunication of currency. The crux of the matter was that he was quoted .002 cents per kilobyte for data during a trip to Canada but was charged .002 dollars. Normally this would have been an easy fix, however several humorous calls later the Verizon reps still were unable to discern the difference between the two rates.

You really have to hear it to believe it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp0HyxQv97Q&eurl=

[MazeRat7]

1. I'm still laughing at this...

This is about 16 minutes in:

George: Do you recognize there is a difference between one dollar and one cent?
Andrea: Definitely.
George: Do you recognize there is a difference between half a dollar and half a cent?
Andrea: Definitely.
George: Do you therefore recognize there is a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?
Andrea: No... There's no .002 dollars.
George: Of course there is. :eyes:

A 6th grader can do this math, yet at least "two" adults seem to be baffled by it all.... :wtf:

MZr7

[Hosnon]

7. That was the best...for some reason the extra zeros cause such a brain squeeze

that the principle: x dollars is not equal to x cents, falls apart!

"Of course it isn't...unless x is less than .01."

Ugh...

[mainegreen]

2. Theres a difference between .002 and .2.

*silence*

:rofl:

What incompetence!

[mainegreen]

3. "I'm teaching math here"!!!!!11!!

:spray:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

4. And some wonder why we get perturbed

:eyes: :eyes:

[ChoralScholar]

5. weekend/evening crowd bump

:kick:

[Hosnon]

6. MY...GOD...

That has to be the funniest/most painful thing I've ever heard before.

I'm just screaming: "UNITS! UNITS! THE 71 IS IN CENTS!!!"

Haha, oh boy...I gotta know how this turns out.

[Hosnon]

8. Kick. nt.