Tuesday, February 27, 2007

How not to write a check

Below is an image of a real check submitted to one of our customers. I especially like the memo:) I'm putting that on all my checks from now on.

check image


P.S. Five points to the first person you can figure out what amount to deduct from his account.

6 comments:

Kieno said...

The guy's a real joker:

The right hand side is one of those goofy summation thingies that you learned in Calc II that totally didn't do us any good.

Read it as: Summation from n=1 to infinity of 1/2^n.

In other words if you go from point A to Point B, and every time you take a step you move a shorter distance by half the original. You will eventually get there. i.e. right hand side = 1.

Euler's Identity from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%28number%29

e^i*pi + 1 = 0

so the dude wrote a check for .002 cents. And from what I guess, it's essentially a check for nothing as you have to round fractions of cents down right?

That's all I know. ;-)

Kieno

Eric said...

Well done Kien. You can redeem your points for 5 tic tacs or a single jolly rancher:)

Kieno said...

I'll take the 5 tic-tacs. Or if you want, or we can take $5000 out of his account and I'll split the interest with your company and if he complains we give it back and say "Sorry, we forgot to carry the 1"

Sue said...

LOL, I love knowing so many intelligent men.

Paul said...

and isn't the ultimate answer to "what now, bitches?"
"What is now is we slap you with a late fee because you didn't pay your cell phone bill. Sincerely, Verizon"?

They probably have a policy forbidding the use of imaginary numbers on your checks anyways.

btw, I've been wondering for a week, but I cringe to ask... how, Eric, do you pee in a circle?

Eric said...

Ever try to close your eyes and stand up perfectly straight without swaying? It's like that, but replace "no visual cues" with "so hammered that balance is only a distant memory".