I just saw this article about a man who was sent 2,000 credit cards when he requested two. He complains: “How could you send me 2,000 cards by mistake?”

Actually, it’s not that difficult. As a matter of fact, the last time I went to Carl’s Jr., I ordered a meal with their criss-cut fries and a large drink. The total bill? $250. Yeah. And when the cashier said it, he didn’t even sound surprised, as if he had no concept of what $250 is (then again, he works at Carl’s Jr, so he’s probably never seen $250…).

Anyway, I told the cashier, “I’m going to go way out on a limb here, but I’m pretty sure you typed something wrong.” And of course he had. See, apparently, he multiplied my order 38 times. Now I could ask, “How could you repeat my order 38 times?” Or I could just accept the fact that this is what we get when the government runs education.

Thus, I’m not at all surprised that someone ordered two credit cards and got 2,000 of them (making him have to spend several hours shredding 1,998 of them since they all contained his name and credit card information). I mean, 0 is 0. And if you put three 0s in a row, it’s still 0. Who cares if you just put a little 2 at the front of those three 0s then?