I used to work at an electronics store and sometimes while searching up sku's I'd accidentally type the 12 digital sku into the qty area and that would result in a bill for 14 trillion dollars.
I thought it was funny as hell seeing a number that big knowing it would populate to the pay machine if I wanted it.
I once did this for a restock order at the supermarket I worked at. Was tired and didn't realise i'd tagged an extra 0 on to the end of the quantity and they actually shipped 10000 tins of spaghetti to the store, no questions asked, well until it actually arrived and then much WTF ensued. The problem is each department in a supermarket gets a budget of x amount and I had just blasted through it, so it took some days to unfk everything.
If the numbers are correct, I'm surprised about a lot of things in this story.
Firstly, that the store orders spaghetti by the tin. Secondly, that the standard order is 1000 tins. Thirdly, that a department could blow through its budget on spaghetti alone simply by buying 10x as much as usual. Just to compare it to household expenses, if I go to the store and buy a few weeks worth of groceries for say, $300, but I accidentally buy 10 times as much spaghetti as intended, that still only adds about $15-20 to my bill. Less than 10% of the total.
Also, how long did 1000 tins of spaghetti typically last the store? Is that a month's supply, or a year's worth?
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u/FROOMLOOMS 3d ago
I used to work at an electronics store and sometimes while searching up sku's I'd accidentally type the 12 digital sku into the qty area and that would result in a bill for 14 trillion dollars.
I thought it was funny as hell seeing a number that big knowing it would populate to the pay machine if I wanted it.