Not here!

first!!! ahha that is really funny. lols

Posted by: Geoffrey on March 9, 2009

Second!at last
I liked it!

Posted by: saad(bahawlpur,pakistan) on March 9, 2009

I remember hearing about this!

Posted by: William Mruzek on March 9, 2009

Wow, that is truly frustrating....

Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2009

This is hilarious!

Posted by: Isra on March 9, 2009

Wooooow, those people are really dense -.-" I mean, when I was in elementary school, a couple kids in my class my say stupid things like that, but I don't think it ever took me THAT long for me to explain to them how wrong they were.

Posted by: Narce on March 9, 2009

Geh, I think I'm still tired from my first day of school since we lost an hour. For lack of an edit button, change my entire 2nd sentence to "I mean, when I was in elementary school, a couple kids in my class might have said stupid things like that, but I don't think it ever took me THAT long for me to explain to them how wrong they were" in your minds, please.

Bleh.

Posted by: Narce on March 9, 2009

I love it!

Posted by: Maria '13 on March 9, 2009

O_O

That is truly amazing. Just when you think it can't get worse, Verizon does their math wrong and (incidentally) charges you too much.

Posted by: Pam on March 9, 2009

LMAO....hahahahahahahahahaha this is hilarious..."I'm not a mathematician..."

Posted by: Phil on March 9, 2009

Superb!

Posted by: Dhvanit on March 9, 2009

I don't get the difference.??

Posted by: Harvard '10 on March 9, 2009

"It's a matter of opinion" [that $0.002 = 0.002¬¢] - Verizon manager

Honestly, she's probably psychology major. No offense to psychology majors.

Posted by: Wow on March 9, 2009

I don't like Verizon Wireless very much, even though father dearest works for VZ telecom... On their newer WM smartphones (samsung i900, i770, HTC touch) they force you into a data plan -- 30$/month. Over 2 years, that's over 700$. You can't cancel the data plan. The phone has Wi-Fi, I don't want to pay for 3G internet...

They claim the phone "won't work" without 3G data, even though you can deactivate the phone and still use Wi-Fi and WM. FML.

Posted by: Tim '13 on March 9, 2009

I'm with Tim. There's also the thing that they claim to provide the most coverage, but I can never get a good signal anywhere in my town.

Posted by: Molly H. ('13?) on March 9, 2009

This just makes me laugh oh so much

And Harvard '10, the difference between $.002 and .002 cents is that .002 cents would be equal to $.00002. Because it's .002($0.01). So the guy should actually only be paying approximately $.70 instead of the ludicrous $70.
But that's Verizon for ya haha

If anything else, they provide good entertainment.

Posted by: Cayla on March 9, 2009

well i like the difference more when lincoln is on the paper bank-note, not the coin

Posted by: comboy on March 9, 2009

omg... how thick can you be? seriously, what amazes me is that two of the people there both the employee and the manager could not understand what he is saying! like come on. And then she says its an opinion???

1+1 = 2

Its not an opinion, its a statement!

How can you even become a manager when you do not even know the difference between cents and dollars.

anyway im rambling on...

Posted by: Fouad on March 9, 2009

Actually, it's an extreme application of Godel's Incompleteness Theorem...

Posted by: oneofthemany13hopefuls on March 9, 2009

He probably should have tried them at different time...they didn't sound very happy or awake. I know I can't tell the difference between .002 cents and .002 dollars when I'm really tired.

Posted by: Eric J. on March 9, 2009

Question: Why do schools require Algebra 2 even though the vast majority of people will never need it.

My theory: To leave enough buffer room so that as you slowly forget how to do math you might remember the difference between $.002 and .002 cents. So much for that theory.

Posted by: Matt A. on March 9, 2009

Question: Why do you have to take English all the way through college?

My theory: So you might know enough English to remember to include question marks appropriately. D'oh!!! There goes that one too.

Posted by: Matt A. on March 9, 2009

I'm dying to know the follow up. Did this guy ever find anyone at Verizon able to use a calculator and give him his refund?

Posted by: MIT Parent on March 9, 2009

that video changed my life aha!

Posted by: Han on March 9, 2009

old.

Posted by: 0 on March 9, 2009

There can only be one appropriate response to this.

*headdesk*

Posted by: Piper '12 on March 9, 2009

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that is epic.

Posted by: Javal on March 9, 2009

I would hate to be the guy trying to explain the difference between dollars and cents. I mean, really?! How do you even begin to explain something like that to someone past grade 3? And the "that's your opinion" bit - since when is basic math an opinion? I guess if it's my opinion that 1+1=3, it's perfectly legit, right?!

*headdesk* seconded

Posted by: Kim '13 on March 9, 2009

I feel obligated to sympathize with the caller. I would hate to be in his position. It was a good idea to put it up though.

Posted by: kai on March 9, 2009

I love America =)

Posted by: Jesse on March 9, 2009

Oh god! That's mindblowing.

Though he could've tried stating that .002 dollars is equal to .2 cents, to hammer it into them.

But how can anyone mess up something like that?!

Posted by: CAPTCHA on March 10, 2009

"I'm not a mathematician"

ROFL

Posted by: Muhammad on March 10, 2009

Oh man. Sad. Painful.

Posted by: Aditya on March 10, 2009

LOL @ "Do you recognize that there is a difference between one dollar and one cent?"
Lady: "Yes"

Then how on EARTH can she NOT get the difference between $0.002 and 0.002 cents??? Hahhah that is pretty stupid.

Posted by: 0 on March 10, 2009

Guy:"Do you agree that there is a difference between a dollar and a cent?"
Operator:"Yes..."
....
"Do you agree therefore agree that there is a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?"
Operator:"Umm, no."

LMAO!

I honestly do not know what i would have done in that situation. what can you do?

Posted by: Tim on March 10, 2009

Is the post from harvard '10 a joke?

Posted by: anonymous on March 10, 2009

-.-" Of course it's a joke. As MIT students love to do, he's making fun of the brick down the street.

Posted by: Narce on March 10, 2009

this is so awful

Posted by: 0 on March 11, 2009

Woah. I don't know what to say. This is like one of those times when you drink Slurpee too fast and your brain just freezes over. I am lost for words.

Posted by: Kannan on March 11, 2009

thank you so much snively!! this has totally made my day. literally lol

I reminds me of a girl in my home ec class freshman year who, when asked what 4 times 25 was, answered 256. dead serious.

Posted by: cici on March 11, 2009

THAT RECORDING. Oh my God.

I'm laughing but I feel for that guy!

Posted by: 0 on March 12, 2009

LMAO!!!!!

btw--Can't wait for tomorrow!!!!!!

Posted by: darkblue303 on March 13, 2009

HaHa you pulled a FUNNY!!

Posted by: LOLOLOLOLOROFL on March 13, 2009

Check it out!!!! What a hoot!!!!!!

Now I know where verizon does training.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88E0TYijc5I&NR=1

Posted by: Mark on March 14, 2009

My dad always taught me never to underestimate the stupidity of human beings......
But that was ridiculous.

Posted by: Adrian on March 15, 2009

That really made my day. Thanks, Snivley. I seen worse situations.

Posted by: Labib ('14 hopeful) on March 21, 2009

That really made my day. Thanks, Snivley. I've seen worse situations.

Posted by: Labib ('14 hopeful) on March 21, 2009

Oops, sorry for the double post. We've just had one of our regular power outages here in Bangladesh and I hit 'post' again after the backup power came on.

Posted by: Labib ('14 hopeful) on March 21, 2009

this is jksssss.

I should really think about attending MIT!!

Posted by: avi on March 22, 2009

LOL!!!

Posted by: 0 on March 26, 2009

MIT Admissions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Snively '11

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