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Product is �10. Customer pays �10, cashier accepts it, hands over goods, pockets �10.
Product is �9.99. Customer pays �10, cashier accepts it, has to enter figure into till to retrieve 1p change, thus registering sale, unable to pocket �10.
System was maintained, and 99p culture carried on.
It dates back to before supermarkets when small shops used .99p to stop fraud. If the owner was away, he knew that for each sale, the assistant had to ring up the price on the till (mechanical in those days) in order to give the customer the penny change, assuming a note was tendered. Otherwise, the assistant could easily pocket the note and the discrepency would not be found untill the next stock take.
At least that's how Steve Wright explained it on his show several years ago.
lol. I love those guys. I got a copy of an earlier manifesto:
-on Global Warming: Problem: Rising Sea Levels. Solution: slaughter all whales, thus reducing sea levels.
-on Road Kill (obviously a major issue for floating voters): install 'pedestrian crossing buttons' also 5 cm above ground level to allow hedgehogs to press them and thus cross the road safely. (Knew smudge would like that one).