Four young twenty somethings working in a “kwiky mart” didn’t know that half a dozen was six. they had to google it.
I kid you not.
I had high school kids working a football game use a calculator to add 4 plus 6. Can’t do that in your head? Those aren’t big numbers.
Then I had to explain 10% to some college kid.
Schools are indoctrination factories and aren’t teaching basic life skills or any information not approved by the commissars.
At Subway I need to say, “Please cut the sandwich into three equal pieces.” If I say, “Please cut it in thirds”, I get deer in the headlights looks.
I ordered a quarter pound of swiss cheese from a supermarket deli a couple of years ago, and the 20-something (though closer to 30) asked if a quarter was the same as a fourth.
I said, “last time I checked”.