The Pizza Incident 2

My wife and I went to dinner with our small group--a couple from church, and my wife's sister and husband. Round Table was the destination. We ordered two large pizzas and a few drinks. The total came to $35.45. We asked her to split the bill so we could pay for separate pizzas.

She looked at the computer screen and looked at the credit cards. She looked at us. Again, down at the screen, at the cards, and then at us. Perplexed, she began tapping the touch-screen trying to figure out how to split the total. Finally, she grabbed a piece of paper and began a series of long-division attempts to split the bill.

Her frustration began to mount and she grabbed the cordless phone. We were wondering whom she could possibly call in this situation--maybe she thought she could "phone a friend" for the answer.

Her math wasn't adding up--she couldn't figure out the total of a split bill.

"$17.72 on one card," my friend chimed in, "and $17.73 on the other."

A wave of relief washed over the pizza girl's face and she happily processed the charges on each card.

I turned to my friend's wife and she shrugged her shoulders and said, "Calculator?"