The total with tax was $6.01. I gave the girl at the counter a 20 dollar bill and she tendered that into the register keys.
Then I remembered that I had some coins in my pocket and gave her a penny...She was stumped.
I said just give me $14.00 back. Still a blank look on her face.
*What grade are you in?
Her: 12th.
> She was stumped. <
I will defend the clerk in that instance. I taught for many years in public schools. The latest fad is calculator work only. Teachers in my district are actually forbidden to teach things like estimation, the times tables, etc.
The math teachers hate this.
Anyway, we now have a generation of kids who can punch buttons, but cannot do simple math in their heads. It’s not their fault. It’s the fault of the idiot math supervisors, and the school boards who hire them.
Ohhhhh. That kind of stupid DOES hurt.
Where can you buy a whole pie for six bucks....