Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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50% discountIn the five minutes I worked in retail, I got my sums a little wrong on the day this one chap came in and made an enormous purchase of all the dog food we stocked.
The tins came in pallets loaded six-by-four, which of course means there are 24 per box. Or, by my calculations: 12. He bought dozens, at a good 50% knock-off.
I later worked out that I lost the company some £2,000 and the manager got suspended while a bunch of stony-faced auditors investigated "missing" stock.
On the plus side, I helped the bloke - who must have known he was on the winning team -load the stuff into his van, and he gave me a twenty quid tip.
Aggravating factor: I was studying A-Level maths at the time.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 13:46,
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codwow you formalise with the same maths system I have being trying to implement for years.
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