People suck at math and this is how they confuse people into not caring what the actual price becomes when they have to add multiple items together.

What’s 19.99 + 21.75 + 4.99 + 3.99 + 1.99? Can the common person do that math in their head while grocery shopping? Not a chance.

Weirdly, my brain went through those numbers as “20, 22, 5, 3, 2.”

How is that “weird”? That’s just good numeracy.

I got through a bunch of them fine, then the $3.99 tripped me up.