You total comes to $6.66 US dollars, what do you do?

[dragonfly6516]

You're making a purchase, it doesn't matter what, but your total comes to $6.66 US dollars.

As a cashier, I can tell you that *most* people will say they want to add another item to change the total.

I find that option to be the most hilarious. Why?

If a number can actually harm you, doesn't it make more sense to see it as a sign, that maybe you shouldn't be buying whatever it is you're buying?

Instead of taking the hint, and giving up something that might be bad for you, or even doing it a little less, most people would rather throw more money at the problem and make it go away.

Sounds like a great marketing ploy! Intentionally price items that are normally paired so that they will total $6.66, but everyone will want to add impulse items as the end, raising profits.

I'm not superstitious myself, and I'd just hand over the money and make my $6.66 purchase.

Quick, add another item!

Remove item X.

Pay the amount as is, because it's just a number.

Buy nothing, and leave.

[Almostragan]

It probably wouldn't occur to me that it was "666." I would just pay the total if I did notice, but the number 666 does have real, biblical significance. It relates to the name of the Antichrist in some unspecified way. I would find it very unlikely that my total had anything to do with the Antichrist and wouldn't think that it would be wrong to buy the things. I don't understand why people who aren't Christians or are only nominally Christian would be concerned except that they are treating a serious subject as superstitious nonsense because they don't know the significance of the number, just that it means something bad.

[BaileyisDarcy]

That comes to 8.92 AUD so doesn't affect me at all XD

But nah, wouldn't do anything. It's literally impossible (unless your shopping on the web) to get that number here when shopping. We don't deal in one and two cent coins anymore. Closest is maybe 6.65 AUD or 6.59 AUD. The only reason we have the nine is to make the price seem lower, when really. It might be 9.99 but you are still paying ten bucks.

[BelleGirl21]

I pay for it because I don't care. But funny story my mom got sent licence plates with the number 666 on them and she had them changed. She didn't want to be a target or have people think she got it on purpose or anything.

[dragonfly6516]

Now THAT is interesting/funny! Honestly I'm surprised, in this country, that such a number on a license plate isn't treated the same as floor 13 in tall buildings. It doesn't matter what you call it, it's STILL a 13th floor!

[justbanANNAz]

... lol seriously? wow... well id pay as is, but anyway, i was so distracted by the fact that u guys don't round off ur money lol.
i also feel sympathy for the fact that ur tags show the price before tax lmao

[WeaponZero]

It would make a lot more sense to round it up. Funny thing, it actually costs the US Mint more than 1 cent to produce a penny (1 cent piece).

[dragonfly6516]

@WeaponZero Yeah, pennies really don't make any sense... no pun intended.

[justbanANNAz]

@WeaponZero i know right? they're the most pointless thing I've encountered in all my life, and because I'm so used to rounding off, i NEVER used them while i was shopping in america. my family saved them up for laundry lmao!

[nickh1100]

@WeaponZero really? if it costs more than it's worth how come people aren't melting it already? coins are always made so that they're of more value as minted coins than if sold as metal after melting.

[nickh1100]

i saw many examples of such coins which carried more value as simple metal than coins disappearing from market as people sold em after melting to get more value out of it

[dragonfly6516]

He right, actually. Pennies for cost more than than they're worth. But they guys making them need jobs, and the government needs ways to spend the tax money so as to fluff reports on how much tax money is actually needed. So they create jobs for workers who need them, this creates a need for more money from tax payers, and puts money into more tax payers pockets, etc the cycle.

[bloodmountain1990]

lmao, when i worked at a culver's in the bible belt of kentucky, people would freak out when their order total was $6.66. They'd be like oh my god i can't pay that total, can i order more food? I'd be like sure, we'll take your money. Just like satan would encourage any glutton lol.

[bloodmountain1990]

Thanks for most helpful guy

[Applefan1]

Pay the amount because it is just a number. Most people only use cards these days so it does not matter.

[Applefan1]

I would be paying in New Zealand dollars to just like @RedRobin.

[dragonfly6516]

Even on credit, my customers still want to add an item... Truly sad.

[Applefan1]

Really I would not do that.

[teawrecks]

I've been a cashier for 5 years and never once have I had anyone remove or add an item just because of their total being $6.66, at most they just chuckle.

[dragonfly6516]

What part of the country do you live in? I'm down in the south, the Bible belt. People are REALLY superstitious around here. I lived up north for a while in PA, and people were a lot more realistic up there. I wasn't a cashier while I was up then, so I couldn't tell you about how people would react to a 666 up there.

[teawrecks]

I'm in the Midwest.

[dartmaul15]

id wonder why the fuck the sum is in dollars. I'm in norway XD

As for if it was 666nok, i'd ust pay and shrug.

[dragonfly6516]

I envy you, sir. That's one of the three non-US countries my boyfriend and I would like to live someday :-) This country has seriously gone to shit.

[dartmaul15]

the world has gone to hell in general.

it's just that some places aren't as fucked as others XD

[BuchitaBuchys]

I'd probably snapchat it because most of my friends and family are religious and I think it's hilarious to freak them out with silly things like this. Many would freak out, but I think it's just a number.

[Avenuewriter]

I'd pay the amount as is, but make sure to wink to the cashier and say "just as I planned."

[dragonfly6516]

Once had a guy tell me "Damnit I'm supposed to be a SECRET shopper! Okay, you got me, I'm the spawn of Satan."

[Waffles731]

Get annoyed because its a pain to make exact change for that,
Pennies always make it annoying.
I'd still pay it as is

[GiftShop]

I'd laugh as my horns rip from my scalp and flames kiss the top of my head.

Then take my purchase and leave :)

[Mesonfielde]

Voted C). It's a number. I would laugh, maybe, though.

[AzureGirl]

I would laugh, pay, and keep my receipt to show my family. Because that's awesome!

[SolitaireBond]

I would quietly and discretely make the sign of the cross.. Just superstitious.

[Tarvold]

In Australia, anything that costs $XX. X6 gets automatically rounded down to $XX. X5, so yeah, I'd pay it without changing a thing.

[Anonymous]

Id rather add another item to make it 6,66, just for the lols.
Fun fact: the emergency number of "my" hospital (where I study medicine) is 66666.

[Kylesar]

I'd pay the total and not spend more money just to make a number disappear

After I give them the money, the number is gonna disappear

[Anonymous]

These 'people' need to realize intentionally changing the total makes no difference. They already got the 6.66, can't change that

[Bobba_Fett]

I don't understand the problem.
Why would someone be superstitious of a number?

[dragonfly6516]

It's supposed to the "Devil's Number" AKA the "Mark of the Beast".

[Bobba_Fett]

I see.

Clearly I would have had no reaction.

Thanks for taking the time to set me straight.

[QuestionMan]

It's just a number.
I'd save the receipt though so I could show it off afterwards.

[This_is_my_username]

Lol!! ahahahahh you could buy a frame to go with it too!! :)

[Grace_Rdz]

This is actually a thing? ._.
Lmao!

[dragonfly6516]

Sadly it is, and quite common.

[Toad-1]

Begin chanting gibberish in latin

[dragonfly6516]

My boyfriend actually began reciting a prayer taken straight from the Satanic Bible... which is what spurned this post... But it was all in humor, he's Norse Pagan.

[Toad-1]

oh good i did answer this one lol. :P

[Anonymous]

I'd get down on my knee and say thank you my lord and pay it.

[DominicLc]

It wouldn't matter to me...

[fauchelevent]

Wonder why I'm paying in USD :P