Once again, Big Red Valero incorrectly uses the cent sign and decimal point. Using a decimal point denotes part of a whole. Thus, $1.36 means 1 whole dollar and part of another whole dollar. To be exact, it means 1 whole and 36 of 100 parts of another whole. When one writes $.36, one communicates 36 of 100 parts of a whole. This same idea may be communicated as 36 followed by the cent sign. (I cannot find this symbol on my phone keypad.) When one uses the decimal point and the cent sign, one communicates an amount that is part of a cent, not part of a dollar. I would like to see them give change for a penny since the Icee costs less than one penny.
See my previous posts for pictures of this mistake on the sign outside Big Red.
