The Daily WTF's Error'd column, curated by Lyle Seaman, rounds up reader submissions of software output that is technically a number and spiritually nothing.
Dmitry K. found The North Face offering to add a non-positive amount to his wallet and wondered if confirming it might crash the global financial system. Renan spotted Steam advertising a 0% discount on a Final Fantasy title and decided to pass. Philip, whose country no longer has Office Depot at all, was assured he has $0 in rewards waiting should the chain ever return.
Reinier B. is owed 2.25 euros by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, which promised to transfer the amount around year 0, a wait of roughly 2026 years. An anonymous rider learned his hard-earned zero award points expire at the Unix epoch. Emily closed the set with a rewards conversion that left her balance at a value suggesting next month might bring -0.01.




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