【美壇綜藝秀】The True Story of An Organic Onion

故事來自文學城，原文是中文。

To find a dish companion for my dinner, I went to a nearby grocery store and picked up a medium-sized organic white onion.
It must be organic, everything I consume must be organic, no matter how costly it is.
 
At the checkout, I was told to pay $2.79.

Having paid with my credit card, I walked out of the grocery store. 
As I walked, it was haunting my mind that why this damn onion was so expensive, almost $3 for such a tiny one,
much more expensive than in New York City. 

It suddenly crossed my mind  that the price tag reads $2.49 per pound. 
This small onion could not be over one pound. 

The cashier must have made a mistake. I checked the receipt, and it reads $3.99 per pound, 0.70 pounds.

I  went back into the grocery store, and directed my first jab at the cashier: "You did the wrong math!". 

He looked embarrassed and immediately called the manager. The manager arrived shortly. 

He spent a while punching on the cash register panel and finally told me, "I am sorry, we need to refund you twenty-one cents."

I directed my second jab, "That is still not correct. This onion is $2.49 per pound, you should refund me more."

The manager reweighed the onion, which turned out to be 0.69 pounds, and said, "You should be refunded $1.01."
I thought, "That makes sense.".  Eventually, the onion ended up costing me $1.74.

I have developed a habit of mentally calculating and verifying the total when I shop. Many stores have a nasty habit of overcharging customers. 
I have caught them overcharging me numerous times.

 

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• ai voice? mental maths, an effective way to prevent dementia -顫音- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 08:49:29

• 中翻英有功夫。 -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 09:04:54

• 2.79-1.01=1.74? your mental math has room for improvement :) -1001tmkx- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 09:26:55

• 哈哈，歡迎新朋友來美壇玩 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:00:32

• 好 -Jennifer_H- ♀ (4124 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 09:48:29

• You both are smart :) -Oona- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 10:15:33

• much better -得瑟一下- ♂ (50 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:00:49

• 哈哈，你倆都很能寫。寫得好！下筆如有神。歡迎Jennifer來美壇。常來玩呀。：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:03:34

• I havn’t figure out what’s wrong with the math. But I’m sure -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 11:08:11

• It is wrong. Thanks for sharing! -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 11:08:37

• 主要是中文故事背景你不太了解。哈哈。 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:05:15

• 地道的英文表達。再讀再讚。期待下次真人朗誦。：）） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/07/2023 postreply 15:06:47