man,.. i work with a complete idiot.

[vash]

we all kicked in for something for the office. we had to pay in $5.50 based on the number of us non stingy bastards willing to kick in. turned out more folks paid up, so the buy in cost dropped.

i gave the guy my $5.50. five one dollar bills in and two quarters. he mumbles (like rainman) let me give you some change. i blurt out, i have a pocket full of change, i can probably give you exact money. he said, he didnt want to mess the math up in his head. so he heads to this envelope marked "change". i swear, the dude gave me back $1.50, and put the money i gave him into another envelope.

[Jims5543]

Awesome!!! He'll go far.

[juanbenae]

there a state employee fer yee.... move the money, see the money, be the money.

[vash]

one of my friends is really going to eff him up. he is going to try to buy in late. the poor idiots head is going to explode.

[lendaddy]

Originally posted by vash
one of my friends is really going to eff him up. he is going to try to buy in late. the poor idiots head is going to explode.

This could be an entire episode of "The Office".

[jrdavid68]

Have the friend give him a $20 and various change that equals $.50 and see how he figures that one out.

[Rick V]

I wonder what would happen if he were to recieve $2 bill

[rfuerst911sc]

My dad and I many years ago went to a beer joint in Tenn. to buy some beer. The total came to aprox. $18.00 and my dad hands the girl a $20.00, the girl looked confused ( a good look for her ) and then did something on the register. The next thing I see is this girl counting change back to my dad ( many bills ). When finished my dad asks the girl you sure that's right? She said yep and we walked back to the car my dad laughing. When we got in the car my dad says here count this, she had given my dad $47.00 change back!!!! We concluded that high school was the best 10 years of her life.

[Superman]

I saw someone walk up to a hotdog stand and ask for change. "Two fives and two tens." From a twenty. He got the two fives and the two tens.

Riddle:

Three guys are travelling and stop at a motel. The clerk says the room is thirty dollars, so they each cough up a ten. Later, the clerk realizes he charged the weeday rate, but it's a weekend.....so the room should have been $25. He hands the bellhop five ones. The bellhop explains th situation to the guys in the room. They notice that three does not go neatly into five, so they each take a dollar, leaving the bellhop with a two-dollar tip. Therefore, the guys each paid nine dollars for the room.

Problem: Nine times three is 27. 27 plus two is only 29. Where did the other dollar go?

I like this one.

[lendaddy]

Originally posted by Superman
I saw someone walk up to a hotdog stand and ask for change. "Two fives and two tens." From a twenty. He got the two fives and the two tens.

Riddle:

Three guys are travelling and stop at a motel. The clerk says the room is thirty dollars, so they each cough up a ten. Later, the clerk realizes he charged the weeday rate, but it's a weekend.....so the room should have been $25. He hands the bellhop five ones. The bellhop explains th situation to the guys in the room. They notice that three does not go neatly into five, so they each take a dollar, leaving the bellhop with a two-dollar tip. Therefore, the guys each paid nine dollars for the room.

Problem: Nine times three is 27. 27 plus two is only 29. Where did the other dollar go?

I like this one.

No, each guy paid $9 plus 1/3 of the $2 tip.

Wait that's not right

[cashflyer]

Originally posted by Superman
Where did the other dollar go?

Taxes.

[lendaddy]

$25 to the clerk, $2 to the bell hop and $3 to the guys = $30

the fact that 9x3+2+29 means nothing, the appropriate equation is 9x3-2=25(the actual cost of them room).

I'll have to try this on my buddy tonight

[legion]

Originally posted by Superman
I saw someone walk up to a hotdog stand and ask for change. "Two fives and two tens." From a twenty. He got the two fives and the two tens.

I worked as a bank teller in high school. We were trained to make change instantly for anything on the fly. We were also specifically instructed to look out for this (common quick, easy scam). In fact, the test for getting your cash drawer involved making change for someone who keeps changing their mind on how they want their bills back while you are counting.

[Superman]

Len got it. It'll work on your buddy, Len. Works every time. Sure, it can be solved, but it sure looks like a riddle at first glance.

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by vash
one of my friends is really going to eff him up. he is going to try to buy in late. the poor idiots head is going to explode.

LMAO

[cool_chick]

Originally posted by Superman
Len got it. It'll work on your buddy, Len. Works every time. Sure, it can be solved, but it sure looks like a riddle at first glance.

yep, tricky wording. Making you want to add 27+2, when you should be adding 25+2.