Originally Posted by Ruffy

Absolutely! I remember a few years ago, before full barcode zapping tills, I was buying a new rugby shirt and a couple of other bits and pieces. At the checkout I decided to add a new pair of socks. So £1.99 needed adding to the total. The assistant reached for a calculator, and promptly got the answer wrong! I politely suggested re-calculating, offering "add £2 and take off a penny", to which I got a blank look of total confusion.

Technology today is wonderful stuff, but most people seem to forget that garbage in still equals garbage out, however quickly and accurately it's been processed.