"These flash drives were on sale for $3 yesterday but now they're $3.95. Why the price increase? I wanted to buy one for $3" A woman complained. Really, we're complaining about 95 cents now?
"That was the same price it was yesterday. You're just remembering the $3 part and forgetting about the cents. It's a funny little trick our brains play on us. It's why they advertise gas prices as blah and 9/10s of a penny or items as blah99, because we don't process as a dollar higher than it really is."
"Do you really think I'm so stupid that I wouldn't know the difference?"
Yes, Ma'am, yes I do.
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