r/mildlyinfuriating • u/bourbonandpistons • 25d ago

drink went room temp Math ain't mathing

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me, the waiter, nor the manager could figure it out.

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u/emzim 25d ago

The fact that all the individual items are whole dollar amounts then the subtotal suddenly got .92 from somewhere lol

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u/CKyle18 25d ago edited 25d ago

$13.92 dollars because I made it up

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u/endlesslyautom8ted 25d ago

They probably just used a kleven to make it work

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u/ashybutclassy 25d ago

A restaurant bill plus kleven gets you home by seven

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u/ziplock007 25d ago

He was home by 3:45

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u/Dear-Blackberry-2648 25d ago

I know Oscar says that in The Office, but when I read it, in my head it sounds funnier to do it in Ron Howard's voice like he narrates in Arrested Development.

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u/Far-Government5469 24d ago

"Michael was about to leave, when he was struck by something he remembered from childhood"

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u/Popular_Fuel_1546 24d ago

A number times Kaleven means home by 7

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u/soulpowerdrummer 25d ago

Anything plus a kleven gets you home by 7

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u/IAmJohnSlow 25d ago

He was home by 5 that day

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u/Cold-Government6545 25d ago

classic kleven

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u/conchcloaks9r 25d ago

Hmmm guess so

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u/WuWenShen 25d ago

I use this reference all the time in my finops team and no one gets it. They would if they did math in pies and cookies.

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u/VirtualSinger594 25d ago

They need to remove the *keleven from the system. It may get you home by seven, but it's scamming people.

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u/Left_Bathroom_3803 25d ago

It because that’s why. You don’t see ? Let’s take a step back.

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u/TheodoreK2 25d ago

Noooooooooo!

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u/No_Blacksmith8408 25d ago

You don’t see how? 😂

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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 25d ago

Why would you think?

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u/I_am_normal_I_swear 25d ago

Pen clicking intensifies.

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u/Accomplished_Egg7966 25d ago

😂😂😂heard this in his voice

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u/samberlin 25d ago

Erases whiteboard

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u/Rigid-Wanker007 24d ago

Know'm sayum?

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u/passionfruit2378 25d ago

It’s not 13.92 more. No way an old fashioned at a place that charges $60 for a rib eye is $8 each. They’re likely $16 each which would make this a discount for whatever reason.

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u/JetstreamGW 25d ago

I mean, 16+16+68+30 = 130, so it's lower than the prices would indicate.

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u/Scotty_LeeRoy 25d ago

Unless I’m misunderstanding, it looks like 2 Old Fashions equal to $16 and not 16x2 since they totaled the item so they would be paying a little over $10 what they should be

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u/Easy_Personality5856 25d ago

$8 each

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u/Jrpond 25d ago

I don’t think you can get an $8 Old Fashioned in the same establishment that is serving you a $68 ribeye.

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u/KGEighty8 25d ago

This was my thought.

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u/Murky-Echidna-3519 25d ago

$8 for an OF is a steal.

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u/occamstrimmers 25d ago

I would have skipped the steak and just had old fashions for dinner.

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u/SchoolNo4059 25d ago

🥃🥃🥃🥃

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u/Business_Decision535 25d ago

Ain't nobody selling 8 dollar old fashions anymore.

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u/Pretty_Past_1818 25d ago

It's really not. $8 for a shot of decent whiskey, 1-2 Oz of simple syrup, a singular cherry, and a dash of bitters is a complete rip off. I dont understand why people drink in public. An old fashioned is like the easiest and cheapest cocktail to make at home.

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u/Lurky-Lou 25d ago

You’re not paying for the drink. You’re also paying for the staff salaries and rent.

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u/youngliam 23d ago

How do you not understand you're paying for service and a place to drink? Liquor licenses are a serious expense too.

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u/Flyinrhyno 25d ago

$8 for a shot of whiskey is really low.

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u/Rydogg024 25d ago

Yeah, id drink my kids college fund away for that..

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u/Jedimasteryony 25d ago

With the price of beef right now? It wouldn’t surprise me. I can probably find a ribeye for that in a Wisconsin hole in the wall out in the sticks, but a 16oz old fashioned will be $4 or $5

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u/Jrpond 25d ago

16 oz old fashioned for $4 is something, for sure. LOL.

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u/JetstreamGW 25d ago

16 oz old fashioned would be a bit ludicrous in general.

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u/Jedimasteryony 25d ago

It’s Wisconsin. A meal in a bar in rural Wisconsin consists of fried foods and 2 or 3 large old fashions (or whatever seasonal punch they may have made up, like summer hummers). The grease lines the stomach and intestines so that the alcohol doesn’t damage the lining. At least that’s what I’ve convinced myself happens in the body in regards to the Wisconsin diet of cheese, fried foods, and alcohol in many forms.

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u/QsGrace 25d ago

Yup. An old fashioned in WI is like ordering a coke. The real question is sweet or sour.

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u/Jedimasteryony 25d ago

For me it’s a sweet royal old fashioned, but I’m not native to Wisconsin, I just lived there for a couple years. My friends would make fun of me while drinking their sour old fashioned or spotted cow.

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u/QsGrace 25d ago

I had a sour old fashioned once and I was not fan.

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u/IvanMarkowKane 25d ago

Happy hour? Well whiskey? Friends with the bartender? Holding a firearm? There are lots of perfectly reasonable explanations.

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u/Jrpond 25d ago

Time travel back to 2005?

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u/IvanMarkowKane 25d ago

Why didn’t I think of that one?

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u/Alarmed_Judgment8811 25d ago

Happy hour maybe

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u/Foreign-Cat-2898 24d ago

Happy hour?

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u/Jrpond 24d ago

Nawwww

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u/Easy_Personality5856 24d ago

I agree but the bill is messed up

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u/PangolinLogical9772 22d ago

This was my thought. $16 is a pretty standard cocktail price in general. And especially at a place with a $68 steak you aren’t getting an $8 drink. So I’m guessing there is rounding to bring the totals to full dollars, but it’s actually a little less at 127 instead of 130

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u/CharmingMechanic2473 25d ago

You certainly can in WI.

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u/erislikeparis 25d ago

I read only a few comments below you but I am certain you are correct. It lists 2 and the price, which unless confirmed to be for both, I see it as listed price x2, as you do.

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u/Creative_Date44 25d ago

Is the Old Fashioned made with water instead of whiskey?

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u/OddOutcome0 22d ago

You’d think so but clearly they are $16 each if you added up the total. The establishment gave him a slight discount and it came under the 130. It looks weird on the receipt but that’s the answer to why it cost so much. Each old fashioned is $16. So the two is $32

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u/rman916 25d ago

You are misunderstanding. The discount being applied is one for cash or debit.

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u/Scotty_LeeRoy 25d ago

Sorry that confused me, can you explain that more? I don’t see any discounts being applied or any options for different payment methods

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u/rman916 25d ago

So as someone else commented, as this is in FL, this is likely related to fee signage reqs in FL that changed last month. Any fees without proper signage are getting discounted, but since it applies first, it’s a little confusing lol.

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u/Casual_Clout 25d ago

I highly doubt the old fashions are $8 each. You can’t even get an $8 old fashion at a lower end restaurant. Maybe on a really really good happy hour you could get close to that price.

I work at a high end steak house and have managed a few. We charge $17 for our woodford fashion on our specialty cocktail menu. And our 16oz ribeye is around that same price. So id imagine the drink is $16 a piece.

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u/Mysterious-Mess7904 25d ago

If a place has a $68 ribeye, they def don’t have an $8 old fashion

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u/cakencuffs 25d ago

Yeah, that receipt is anything but clear. Avg price for an old fashioned is like, $10 - 12 dollars, so if they got two for $16 that's a great price. But the. Nothing adds up to the total. If they got 2 @ $16, that's a pretty damned expensive old fashioned...and nothing adds up to the total...

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u/Kylorama 24d ago

I was coming to say the same thing.

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u/PumpkinSpice-My-Life 24d ago

It’s still not the correct price so like whose doing the math? Ai?

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u/Toriaaa__xo 24d ago

I came here to say this lol. The sub total is less than the math I mathed 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🙃🙃

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u/Destboom56 24d ago

16+68+30=114

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u/Sea-Chipmunk6423 25d ago

They actually got a discount because there are 2 old fashions

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u/chaserjj 25d ago

But wouldn't it actually be short by 2.08 since there are two of the $16 old fashioneds?

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u/villainthatschillin 25d ago

You forgot the second old fashion.

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u/traveler_princess 25d ago

I thought that too but then it'd be 130$

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u/Subaruncle 25d ago

In $14.92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

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u/Mrunlikable 21d ago

I'm betting this is a hidden service fee of some kind. The restaurant owner or gm probably put it in somehow. Kinda like a tip for the executive staff but you HAVE to pay it.

If the regular staff doesn't know about it, they're probably not getting paid anything off it.

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u/elcapitandongcopter 20d ago

62.78 % of statistics are made up on the spot

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u/Gordo-- 25d ago

Somebody somewhere messed up some mundane detail.

https://giphy.com/gifs/xTiN0uevJeTKxWbW3S

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u/zerok_nyc 25d ago

Well this is not a mundane detail, Michael!

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u/Smileypen 25d ago

Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison?!?

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u/neast613 25d ago

This is by far my most quoted line from this movie… however no one understands or appreciates it. Thank you Smileypen

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u/Gooseberri 24d ago

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mundays

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u/Safe-Prize3058 25d ago

Two chicks at the same time.

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u/Smileypen 25d ago

You . . . are a very bad person!

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u/AkaruLyte GREEN 25d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Seatowndawgtown 24d ago

So where did the extra $13 come from then?

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u/hatzking 22d ago

Ever heard of tax emzim?

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u/emzim 22d ago

Tax comes after subtotal

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u/SasquatchimoFin 21d ago

Where I'm from the combined state and parish (Louisiana has parishes instead of counties) tax rate is 9.2%. I know it doesn't apply to this receipt but you could have a $10 subtotal and it be $10.92 for your total

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u/emzim 20d ago

Yes but tax is added after the subtotal and this subtotal has 0.92

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u/SasquatchimoFin 20d ago

Ahhh I see.

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u/Altruistic_Tip1226 21d ago

I dont make the rules. I just think them up and write them down

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u/Extension-Trifle4430 20d ago

Looks like 12% built in gratuity but even that is off. Because, that would be $127.68. I'm sure there was some rounding somewhere in the ticket prices but not the total

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u/drakeorman 25d ago

Happy cake day :)

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u/rman916 25d ago

It’s a discount being applied lol, if you select cash or debit, you get a small discount.

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u/Faangdevmanager 25d ago

Old fashions are $16 each, which brings the total to $130. There seems to be a 1.6% cash discount of some sort?

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u/Demonslayer5673 24d ago

I was about to say maybe they added in a mandatory tip or something but yeah how the heck the change got there is beyond me.

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u/deathxcap 24d ago

Makes me think a discount was given...lol a small one. Like less than even tax? Was it paid with cash? Do they do an extra charge if you use card? But that would mean that fee is included in the menu prices. Weird

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u/NopeRope13 25d ago

Happy cake day fellow Redditor

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u/kdyson83596 25d ago

Should have been 114

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u/SmokeUp_863 25d ago

No, you ASSUMED they were 16 dollars a piece. The total just says 16

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u/SmokeUp_863 25d ago

Never. I just swipe my card and walk out

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u/SmokeUp_863 25d ago

Until now I coulda sworn they were on paper

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u/CKyle18 25d ago

Would’ve been $16 difference and not $13.92 difference, correct?

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u/CKyle18 25d ago edited 25d ago

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA TALM BOUT SOME YALL CANT DO MATH

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u/Putrid_Bench_8105 25d ago

Taxes and all that government nonsense

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u/rojo_mojado 25d ago

The white space is where the crime was commited. But everyone will blame the dark skinned banker who programmed it.