I'm grateful that some countries swap periods and commas relative to the US when writing numbers. It got me a discount on a calculator!
I wanted an HP15. When I went to buy one, the store was out of stock, but offered to let me have the display unit for something like 10% off. While examining it to make sure it was in good shape, I noticed commas and periods were swapped, and pointed this out.
I had no idea this was normal in some countries, and so assumed it was a defect. So did the sales person, and offered me another 10% off because of that. I decided I could live with that "defect" and bought it.
I was delighted when I got home and read the manual to find that this was simply a setting for internationalization, and and I could easily set it to US mode.
I wanted an HP15. When I went to buy one, the store was out of stock, but offered to let me have the display unit for something like 10% off. While examining it to make sure it was in good shape, I noticed commas and periods were swapped, and pointed this out.
I had no idea this was normal in some countries, and so assumed it was a defect. So did the sales person, and offered me another 10% off because of that. I decided I could live with that "defect" and bought it.
I was delighted when I got home and read the manual to find that this was simply a setting for internationalization, and and I could easily set it to US mode.