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Re:How many of you know that the team is working on somethin... by thaumasiotes on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:38PM (#23534338)
I would have thought of this one:

https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-17

My dad always disliked the strip you cite, because the change Dilbert expects is $5.25, but there's no way to provide $7.14 in a way that couldn't be trivially reduced to $2.14. If the goal is to make things easy for the cashier, he should obviously provide $2.14 and just keep the $5 he already has anyway.

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Re:How many of you know that the team is working on somethin... by emmelaich on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:33PM (#23535057)
I'm sure that's intended; Dilbert is smart but dumb. Or dumb but smart.
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Re:How many of you know that the team is working on somethin... by sukilot on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:56PM (#23535514)
I'm pretty sure it's just a mistake because Adams wasn't careful.
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Re:How many of you know that the team is working on somethin... by OJFord on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:19PM (#23534981)
Oh dear. Erroneous 'grossing up' percentages and mis-non-use of percentage points is a pet hate of mine. I didn't realise I was a cartoon!
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Re:How many of you know that the team is working on somethin... by m463 on Monday June 15, 2020 @07:47PM (#23534392)
You are right, that is a much much better cartoon as a reply! If it had been in my faulty memory banks...

(and I agreee - the first dilbert cartoon is super contrived)

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