I'm surprised that the customer wasn't arrested for making the girl feel uncomfortable.
What the author didn't mention, and is perhaps more important: was the workforce diverse?
Too many bum & deviate and mooch & sponge programs. No need to know anything to survive. A slut puppy with 4 bastard children gets the equivalent of $28,000.00 a year. And some degenarate males will eagerly benefit from her subsidized pad, phone, utilities, etc.
When I was in school (a really long time ago), if we were caught using a calculator we'd get a zero for the day and a trip to the main office. Nowadays kids use them for tests and some are required to have them or they fail the class. No wonder that girl couldn't make change, she didn't have her calculator with her, and the register had too many buttons.
Sounds like she needs a refill on her Zoloft prescription.
You and your nickel and three pennies. You made that little girl cry for no reason. What about her self esteem? What about her emotions and her 'feel good' attitude!?
You are so mean, you would probably kill a spotted owl with your bare hands, you, Republican, you!
/sarc
Years ago the little neighborhood grocery store was taken over by new owners. It had always been customary for locals to run a tab to be paid off weekly, and they continued on with the tradition.
The new owners grandson was attending the counter when I put a few items on the counter, including a gallon of milk (kid was probably about 16). His grandfather instructed him to write down the items on a little booklet along with the price of the items.
The kid picks up a pen and asks his grandad, "How do you spell milk"?
A sad comment is right.