VerizonMath Original Recording of Verizon Customer Service C

Impulse Renegade · 551.5K views · 2014-01-30 · 27:24

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Overview

An original recording of a Verizon customer service call in which the rep fails to understand the difference between cents and dollars, known as Verizon Math.

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It is posted as a joke whenever threads discuss unit confusion, bad numeracy or customer service failures.

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Internet culture & memes Business & economics (other)

What people said

burnt-resistor · 2025-10 · Joke / meme
Hearing about decimal feet tape being recorded directly as X'Y" (feet inches format) made me immediately think of Verizon math: [VIDEO]
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ftxbro · 2023-03 · Joke / meme
I was nitpicking about 0.06 dollars versus 0.06 cents. It's this ancient meme, where a guy records a customer service call with Verizon where they have some back-and-forth about whether these are the same or not. [VIDEO]
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forferdet · 2022-04 · Joke / meme
This reminds me of this hysterically funny customer service call to Verizon: [VIDEO] More of the backstory: [LINK]
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