Young people haven’t been able to count back change for a long time.
Twenty years ago we were checking out at a fast food place when the power went out. The clerk’s drawer was open, and he counted out change without missing a beat. Zip zip zip.
I asked, “Home schooled?”
“Yes.”
After school, I clerked at Famous Barr (now Macy’s) near St. Louis back in ‘67 and ‘68. We were taught how to hand change back by counting up from the purchase price. No cash register in those days told you what the change was supposed to be. It only rang up the sale price. If you couldn’t master counting back change, you didn’t last long.