'Cool Cash' card confusion - News - Manchester Evening News
A seasonal twist on the lottery card is withdrawn because people don't understand how negative numbers work. "I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher – not lower – than -8 but I'm not having it."
- Web Address: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022757_cool_cash_card_confusion
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Tags: lottery, numbers, education, mathematics, gambling
- Saved by Jeremy Keith on November 12, 2007.
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Chris | 'Cool Cash' card confusion |
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November 14, 2007 |
Good god. Funny at first, then chuffing terrifying when you start to think that Camelot had to take this card of the market because of all the confused customers. "I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -... |
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robmcm | 'Cool Cash' card confusion |
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November 9, 2007 |
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closetgeekshow | 'Cool Cash' card confusion - News - Manchester Evening News |
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November 5, 2007 |
there's a lesson in usability to be learned here, "they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it" |
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Mark | 'Cool Cash' card confusion - News - Manchester Evening News |
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November 5, 2007 |
apparently a lottery *is* a tax on people bad at math |
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