r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/alphafalcon Dec 06 '16

Fractions of Euros are still measured in cents. (Euro-Cents, but usually it's clear enough from context)

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u/Adderkleet Dec 06 '16

More correctly Euro cent (even when multiple) but common usage has slightly ruined that forever.

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u/guy_from_sweden Dec 06 '16

That is correct, but $.99 =! .99€

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u/SEOfficial Dec 06 '16

$.99 != 0,99€

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

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u/absentmindedjwc Dec 06 '16

I actually read yours in borat's voice.

$.99 equals .99€.. NOT

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u/Arthur233 Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 06 '16

Pretty damn close to be honest. This coming from an american who took a job in Europe 2 years ago because the salary looked a lot better then. Now it is close to parity and feel like a made a really bad mistake.

Edit: It was 1.38 dollar to euro when I accepted the offer. Now it is 1.07 dollar to euro. My pay dropped to 77% pretty much instantly and has stayed there for two years.

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u/CaneVandas Dec 06 '16

Except it's written 99¢ which could be confusing at a glance.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

This is just all the more reason to cover it up. I don't know why people are getting upset over something so stupid.

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u/rixuraxu Dec 06 '16

In english we put the symbol first. €.99

Though if you're going german, it should be a comma not a period ,99€

Weird differences

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u/Nikotiiniko Dec 06 '16

Well the latter makes more sense. Symbol after number because it's one euro, not euro one. Also the decimal comma is the international standard for marking a decimal.

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u/rixuraxu Dec 06 '16

No, it looks dumb.

And if you put the large denomination first you can do this €1.99c

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u/Techun22 Dec 06 '16

Eh. It's close enough now.