Buggin
Something's been buggin me ever since this morning. As yall know, I kinda celebrated my birthday today and as a birthday present for myself, I got a Sonicburger and fries. What's buggin me is what happened there. I gave the girl a $20 bill to pay for the $4.48 cost. She had to get out a calculator to figure out the change!!!!! Have we come so far that our young people need a calculator for such a simple task? Before she even took the calculator out, I knew what the change would be. How hard can it be!!!! Do we, now, have an educational system that doesn't teach simple math? I could have made that change when I was 9 years old! Granted, as most of yall know, I grew up in my dad's grocery store and started handling money early in my life. But such a simple calculation???? Think about it. When was the last time someone counted back your change. I know I can't remember. They just give you your change and tell you how much it is. The cash register figures it for them. And it's not new. When I was graveyard manager of Sambo's, I caught a waitress giving back the wrong change to a customer 30 years ago. The cistomer had given her a $20 bill and she was giving him back change for $50!!!. Why? Because she had put $50 in the register as his payment and the register, not knowing the difference between a 20 and 50 dollar bill had told her to. What happens when the batteries run down? Or when the electricity goes out?
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I grew up in a country where I had to handle very little money. And to boot it was in lbs shillings, and pence. It took me a while to learn American money.
About 20 years ago I got a job at Fingers Furniture Store and had a hard time trying to balance the till.
But after that I was working at Sears and balancing the safe when we closed at night, and sometimes having to balance it before we opened in the morning. From growing up learning by rote I still use my fingers sometimes.
Amen Reverend! I know EXACTLY what you mean, and yes, I think you\'re right. After say the 5th grade, simple mathematics are thrown out and they rely on calculators. Soon, they forget their multiplication table and the like, and HAVE to use a calculator. However, in her own defense (I know that most managers make them use calculators now to avoid stupid mistakes). But, honestly, I don\'t think she would have been able to do it anyway. Happy Birthday! Brenda
Happy Birthday!!! I\'m not crazy about the lack of wisdom with kids, but what really irritates me is the level of rudeness. It\'s hard to not become cynical, but then you get to be around kids who have been taught well. Take care and God bless you!!!