Posted on 05/18/2021 10:08:48 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
I'd gone to a doctor's appointment this morning. Stopped by McDonald's before returning to work. Walked in so I could use the restroom. My order came to $6.87. I gave the girl $20.87. Went downhill from there.
She handed me $13.13. I said, "No, you need to give me $14" She replied, "I can't, the register says I have to give you $13.13".
Called the manager over. She had punched in $20 instead of $20.87.
The manager said "Give him $14" The girl was all flustered. "But, the register says..."
"Give him $14"
Sad commentary on today's kids. I guess they're skilled in demonstrating with ANTIFA and BLM but can't figure out how to do change.
There was none of that when I was a kid. As someone interested in history, I'm sorry now that I never studied Latin in high school. My oldest son, now 54 wasn't interested in taking any computer classes when he was in college. Ended up teaching himself over the years. He's a computer geek now. After spending his weekdays working from home on a company computer, in his spare time he writes script, and creates mods for Fallout 4 that he uploads for people to use in the game. He has a channel on YouTube where he uploads videos, and live-streams on Twitch a couple times a week. I don't understand any of it, so he obviously didn't get his brains from me.
My Rheumatologist retired when the medical group he was working at decided to upgrade to a better system. He told me he was terrified of it.
At one of my last appointments with him, he walked into room, saw the screen on his laptop had gone black, and said: "Oh dear! That's not good."
I told him the computer had just gone to sleep. He didn't even know what I was talking about. I told him all he had to do was hit one of the keys, which I did, and the screen woke up. He was so impressed, thanked me profusely for "fixing" his computer. I asked if he had a computer at home, and he said "yes," but obviously he wasn't familiar with it. I couldn't believe I'd been seeing this dummy for all those years. Thank God he did retire.
back in the 80s I was the only one allowed to work register because I was the only one that could count out change
My wife like to torment the deli people by asking for a third of a pound of something.
Physicians are doing that in diagnosing you....punch into a computer symptoms and up pops the solutions.
“Sad commentary on today’s kids.”
Don’t blame the kids, it’s not their fault that their idiot parents consider keeping up with the Jones more important than protecting their kids from the public schools. Something like 80% to 90% of the people I work with send their kids to those schools...and virtually all of them can afford not to. But what the heck, their free!!!!!?
When I told her my left ankle and foot were swelling at times and I'd not had that problem before surgery....she just said “I know”.... and went on typing though I'd never mentioned it before and never addressed the issue..
Right. Doing the work is how the skill is learned. Nothing is learned when a student punches numbers on a calculator. They get the results but have no understanding of the process needed to get the results. I teach adult ESL. I discourage the use of translators unless a student has no idea of what he is reading or needs to write.
The humorist Jean Shepherd once commented on a paint-by-number set that promised that the user would soon be painting beautiful masterpieces just like Michaelangelo’s. Yep, skip from A to Z without having to worry about talent or skill or real work.
I have a son who finally took his three girls out of public schools in their teens. Said it was one of the best decisions he made. First thing he noticed was all the drama ceased....grades were already good but improved even further. And the girls were much happier.
Can’t blame the kids.. Blame the educators. They’re the problem.
I would have explained and tried to teach her.
Sounds like even the manager didn’t take the time to teach.
I think that says something about the adults nowadays.
It’s not just kids. There are adults who rely on the computer and not on their brains. Are we on the way to becoming a nation of idiots who can do nothing without a computer?
“I have a son who finally took his three girls out of public schools in their teens. Said it was one of the best decisions he made. First thing he noticed was all the drama ceased....grades were already good but improved even further. And the girls were much happier.”
EXCELLENT story. Usually it doesn’t end too well (for many reasons) if you wait too long to pull them out. Depending on the state, they may even hunt you down with ‘social workers’, or at least force you to prove to them that you’re ‘still’ educating their students (even if though they weren’t). However, if you never get on their radar, like my kids, then they won’t even know the kids exist. Just tell the neighbors they go to that Christian (or other private) school at least 10 miles away...as it’s unlikely you’ll run into any real families using that school.
Sounds like it’s time for you to find another doctor. When my family doctor of many years moved to S.C., I asked my Endocrinologist to take over that job. He agreed. And when my Rheumatologist retired, my Endocrinologist took over prescribing my anti-inflammatory too. I’ve managed to turn 3 co-pays into only one. I see him every six-months after having fasting blood work. And he’s old school, doesn’t rush you through the visit like most doctor’s do these days.
Oh sheesh! Icons for symptoms!
You can see the icons from the movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzJR7K0wK0
Ask for 2 sevenths of a pound to really mess with their heads.
I was dumbfounded. Don't they have the little handout sheets with different coins to help kids understand what the value is and how to use different coins to get to the amount you need?
Our kids can't even do common sense little things like count change.
How did the register screw up?
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