I do like lazy programmers, sometimes.
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I participate in a customer satisfaction program at the local store. Because of that, they've given me an electronic voucher that will give me 5% discount at one shopping occasion. I used that a long time ago when I got it, but every time I've shopped there afterwards, they have asked me if I wanted to use the 5% voucher. I always say yes. Seems like the "Used" status is not being updated correctly in their system. I must admit that I have neglected to inform them about this apparent programming miss... ;-) Unfortunately, there's also an expiration date, so in around 14 more days, the 5% discount will dissappear for good (presumeably). But by that time, I hope to have a new 5% voucher that hopefully works the same way (or doesn't work, if you will)!
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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For a faceless supermarket I might condone this, but for a local shop that you're presumably trying to support with your custom, I'd tell them that their system is broken. A 5% discount is probably wiping out their profit on everything you buy.
You're right of course, but this is no local store it is a big supermarket chain we're talking about...
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Lucky you, my friend. The supermarket assist will not admit the voucher sold by they even though it was really thing if you can not show the check in our city... It's quite different attituation about the credit. Thinging about there more and more security problem on food...What the hell thing... :( :( :(
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Ever tried "real" food? Tune, for example, can be cheaper than any brand of cat food. Some cats love it... Same for frozen fish: sometimes it's cheaper than the (horrible) cat food mixtures. ..And that'll drive your cat crazy.
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Ever tried "real" food? Tune, for example, can be cheaper than any brand of cat food. Some cats love it... Same for frozen fish: sometimes it's cheaper than the (horrible) cat food mixtures. ..And that'll drive your cat crazy.
Not in the UK - even the "cheap" Tuna is about three times the price by volume than the cat food. And having seen the cheap Tuna I wouldn't eat it myself, even ignoring that it is packed in brine (too much salt for cat health) or sunflower oil (ditto for fat content). Plus the cat food has vitamins and so forth that the non-domestic cat gets by swallowing the contents of prey stomachs when they eat normally. Cat cannot live on Tuna alone - I know this, we had a cat that tried! :laugh:
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Not in the UK - even the "cheap" Tuna is about three times the price by volume than the cat food. And having seen the cheap Tuna I wouldn't eat it myself, even ignoring that it is packed in brine (too much salt for cat health) or sunflower oil (ditto for fat content). Plus the cat food has vitamins and so forth that the non-domestic cat gets by swallowing the contents of prey stomachs when they eat normally. Cat cannot live on Tuna alone - I know this, we had a cat that tried! :laugh:
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Hmm, wasn't suggesting it as full diet, but as a "once a week" treat. And of course, not the oily one; one that is in water only. Weird; here, I was shocked to find that tuna (the same one I eat) was less than half the price of cat food (and it's good!). And the frozen fish is a giveaway compared to brand cat food.. And drives the cats NUTS when I'm boiling it. Every weekend, is fish madness... (involves biting and screaming at 4AM to get me up)
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Hmm, wasn't suggesting it as full diet, but as a "once a week" treat. And of course, not the oily one; one that is in water only. Weird; here, I was shocked to find that tuna (the same one I eat) was less than half the price of cat food (and it's good!). And the frozen fish is a giveaway compared to brand cat food.. And drives the cats NUTS when I'm boiling it. Every weekend, is fish madness... (involves biting and screaming at 4AM to get me up)
ii_noname_ii wrote:
involves biting and screaming at 4AM to get me up
Even more reason not to do it! :laugh:
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
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Any limit? Would have been awesome if you told the clerk "Oh, I did not just want the one pack. I want the whole lot and anything you may have in the back" :-D
Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.
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We have a very picky cat. Dij will eat Wiskas Fish (but no other form of Whiskas, Kit-ekay fish (under sufferance) and would happily starve rather than touch anything with "felix" written on the can. So it was with great delight that I found a different cat food he will eat : Butchers. Great! Even better, the company sent me a voucher for £3 off a pack of six cans. So I was passing a big branch of a supermarket which I was assured sells the stuff and went in. Lo! There was the product! At £2.50 per pack. Ok, lets see what happens...and a rather surprised and confused shop assistant takes the voucher, scans it, and hands me 50p... I do like lazy programmers:
costToCustomer = productCost - voucherAmount;
No sign of a limit check in there at all... :laugh: First time a supermarket has paid me to take goods way!
The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)
Clever, clever boy that Dij. Maybe you should have him pick your investments as well :-D.
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