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I have confused the hell out of the deli workers on my last three trips to Kroger here at school. The first time I had the audacity to ask for 2/3 a pound of ham. The lady looked at me like I was speaking french. She then asked if it was like 1/2. I said a little bit larger than that so she proceeded to put .27 lbs on the scale and ask me if that was enough. I told her to make it .66 and she finally understood.
On the next trip to the deli I wound up with the same nobel prize winner. I decided to make it easier and ask for 3/4 of a pound. She responded with "that's the same as three quarters, right?"
Last week I got a new deli worker. I asked for 3/4 a pound. She too needed to double check, responding with "that's .75, right?"
Simply astonishing that someone can work at the deli counter all day slicing meet based on weight and not have the basic fractions down. It is not as though I asked for 12ths or 16ths. Oh, and the first woman was at least 25-30. the woman in the last interaction was over 45.
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Garrett
Living and Thriving
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