Thursday, October 30, 2008

Yeshiva Math

Here we see a prime example of why yeshivas need better math.

This sign makes no sense no matter where it's hanging.  Whether where it is now, on ave M or even if it would be a block away from the store.

Does the sign mean that the store is so great that after taking the subway there, you'll never want leave?  Or, perhaps, the prices are so bad that after your "$200" discount, you wont have any money left for the return trip?  Is the sign actually 18-22 years old, when the subway was $2, and was stuck in interdimensional limbo until now?  Does the genius who came up with this sign know that the bus costs the same as the train.

No matter how you look at it and what logic you use, this sign makes absolutely no sense.  Chuck another one for the great yeshiva edumacation system.
Posted by at 10:16 AM
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25 comments:

  1. I think what the sign is trying to say is that you don't have to go to Syms or some other store by Subway (or bus), but you can just go down the block to their store (and get a good deal on the suit). The $2 you save on the subway is the cost of going to another store.

    The Wolf
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  2. Dude, I think you went to the same yeshiva is the guy who made that up.
    You do realize that you gotta pay another $2 for the trip back, right? It's $2 there and another $2 back.
    In either case, considering that it's hanging on M and the store is on 13th ave, you still gotta pay, unless you wanna walk there...
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  3. Perhaps the Math mess up was done on purpose so that you and others would comment. Imagine if they don't know math on the sign how much less math they know in the store. The deals must be amazing. Perhaps you can get a 200 dollar suit from the deal.
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  4. $200 suit?! No way! I can get cheaper in Syms.
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  5. I think what the sign is saying is that you can save 2 dollars from going on the subway to go to a fancy suit store that has prices that are 200 dollars more than what they charge.

    Perhaps their only concerned about the one way travel to the store, after all the 2 dollar cost of traveling is to get to the store. Once it's the ride home, then it's 2 dollars to get home and no longer involved with the store since you already left the store.
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  6. But it's still 4 bucks!

    "Perhaps their only concerned about the one way travel to the store, after all the 2 dollar cost of traveling is to get to the store. Once it's the ride home, then it's 2 dollars to get home and no longer involved with the store since you already left the store."
    Then it's same if you go to a store in Manhattan

    And the store is in Boro Park while the sign's on M!
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  7. Its a stupid marketing gimmick. Now get over it :P
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  8. Can't get over it, I keep passing under it. :-P
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  9. Why dont u call them and say wtf
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  10. Better yet, I'll go there with a lawyer and demand a free suit for false advertising. ;-)
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  11. I think they mean you can save two bucks because you have transfer from the first ride which still doesnt make sense because if you go to the city there is still a transfer. Wait! there is a way it makes sense, if your yeshivish you understand it and then you go buy there.
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  12. wow. I just read that billboard 5 times, to make sure I wasn't crazy for not understanding it.

    Its a crazy sign. WOW.
    WoW. Like Mike said the yeshivish people get it.

    Yupz...I def see Yated readers having a good laugh becaus its some sort of joke about some gadol that farted out bubbles or s/t and went to buy suits after.

    Hey, you never know!
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  13. You can't use a transfer for a return trip on the same line.
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  14. I forgot to click the subscribe link! arrgg

    Mike In Midwood made a good point, you have a transfer, so that's how it's 2 dollars instead of 4! Transfer if you need to take 2 buses to get to boro park, remember their not concerned with the way back.

    If you think about it, if someone is involved in business, and they use their car to travel from one job to the next, then the only part that's considered a business expense is the part that's driving from one job to another, not the coming to the first job or the driving home from the second, cause those are home related.

    So same here

    btw, interesting how now these comments are causing links to appear. In other words if you subscribe to links of your blog, your going to find a bunch now, or at least I did. Here was one of them, which is a good thing, cause then I was able to check back and realize that I hadn't subscribed to the comments.
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  15. actually now I see what happened, it counted the link on the side from your blog list feed as a link to my blog.
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  16. You can't use a transfer on same bus for way back.

    You're kidding, right? I'm sure lots of business would be very happy with your idea but it's never gonna happen. Send an employee to another state or country and then tell them they gonna have to pay for the trip back?!

    Links? Where? Huh?
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  17. right, I'm not talking about the same bus. I'm talking about 2 separate buses. I'm talking about 1 direction still.

    sending a employee to another state or country is another story, that's called Travel. I was just talking about using your own car for business uses and getting reimbursed for gas and stuff.
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  18. about links, look at my sidebar, under recent comments, and you'll see it shows your blog, when it's not the real type of link.
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  20. Wife works for VA, they got paid for fare when they went to NJ and back.
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  21. Ah
    Still, it's an awesome addition.
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  22. forgot what VA stands for. But yea, some companies pay for fares and give transit subsidies. That's something else.

    Yea, nice to see your blog up there, lol.
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  23. Whats the problem? They'll pay your Subway ride for getting to the store, so thats $2 saved on going there. Then they're saying their prices are so good, you'll get a suit there for $200 less than you would elsewhere. I remember that sign when I was there in September.
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  24. o, and the reason why it's 2 and not 4 can be, because people recognize the 2 dollars as being a subway fare. But if it was 4 they wouldn't know what it stood for.
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  25. Yeah, math, deductive reasoning, reading comprehension, all things missing from yeshiva edumacation.
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