[Cowboy Bob]

She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help.

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?

[MoochPooch]

Probably was. These days diversity is more important than math literacy (numeracy?).