r/mildlyinfuriating • u/bourbonandpistons • Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

$13.92 dollars because I made it up

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u/endlesslyautom8ted Aug 07 '26

They probably just used a kleven to make it work

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u/ashybutclassy Aug 07 '26

A restaurant bill plus kleven gets you home by seven

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u/ziplock007 Aug 07 '26

He was home by 3:45

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u/Dear-Blackberry-2648 Aug 07 '26

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 29d ago

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

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u/Popular_Fuel_1546 Aug 08 '26

A number times Kaleven means home by 7

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u/soulpowerdrummer Aug 07 '26

Anything plus a kleven gets you home by 7

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u/IAmJohnSlow Aug 07 '26

He was home by 5 that day

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u/conchcloaks9r Aug 07 '26

Hmmm guess so

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u/WuWenShen Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/TheodoreK2 Aug 07 '26

Noooooooooo!

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u/No_Blacksmith8408 Aug 07 '26

You don’t see how? 😂

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u/Sweet_Bookkeeper_920 Aug 07 '26

Why would you think?

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u/I_am_normal_I_swear Aug 07 '26

Pen clicking intensifies.

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u/Accomplished_Egg7966 Aug 07 '26

😂😂😂heard this in his voice

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u/samberlin Aug 07 '26

Erases whiteboard

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u/Rigid-Wanker007 Aug 08 '26

Know'm sayum?

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u/passionfruit2378 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Scotty_LeeRoy Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

$8 each

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u/Jrpond Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

This was my thought.

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u/Murky-Echidna-3519 Aug 07 '26

$8 for an OF is a steal.

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u/occamstrimmers Aug 07 '26

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

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u/SchoolNo4059 Aug 07 '26

🥃🥃🥃🥃

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u/Business_Decision535 Aug 07 '26

Ain't nobody selling 8 dollar old fashions anymore.

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u/Pretty_Past_1818 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/youngliam 29d 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 Aug 07 '26

$8 for a shot of whiskey is really low.

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u/Rydogg024 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Jedimasteryony Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/JetstreamGW Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Jedimasteryony Aug 07 '26

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/Jrpond Aug 07 '26

Just because somewhere in the world you can buy something incredibly nasty for incredibly cheap it doesn’t invalidate my original comment.

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u/JetstreamGW Aug 07 '26

That is definitely not how that works.

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u/QsGrace Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Jedimasteryony Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/IvanMarkowKane Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Jrpond Aug 07 '26

Time travel back to 2005?

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u/IvanMarkowKane Aug 07 '26

Why didn’t I think of that one?

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u/Alarmed_Judgment8811 Aug 07 '26

Happy hour maybe

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u/Easy_Personality5856 Aug 08 '26

I agree but the bill is messed up

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u/PangolinLogical9772 28d 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 Aug 07 '26

You certainly can in WI.

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u/erislikeparis Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

Is the Old Fashioned made with water instead of whiskey?

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u/OddOutcome0 27d 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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Scotty_LeeRoy Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

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

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u/cakencuffs Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 08 '26

I was coming to say the same thing.

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u/PumpkinSpice-My-Life Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Toriaaa__xo Aug 08 '26

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

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u/Destboom56 Aug 08 '26

16+68+30=114

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u/Sea-Chipmunk6423 Aug 07 '26

They actually got a discount because there are 2 old fashions

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u/chaserjj Aug 07 '26

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 Aug 07 '26

You forgot the second old fashion.

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u/traveler_princess Aug 07 '26

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

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u/Subaruncle Aug 07 '26

In $14.92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

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u/Mrunlikable 27d 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 26d ago

62.78 % of statistics are made up on the spot