'Cool Cash' card confusion
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 -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, stupid, funny, sad, english, mathematics, numeracy
- Saved by Chris Adams on November 14, 2007.
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Jeremy | 'Cool Cash' card confusion - News - Manchester Evening News |
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November 12, 2007 |
A seasonal twist on the lottery card is withdrawn because people don't understand how negative numbers work.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 i... |
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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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