True. I've volunteered as a cashier and after the total bill was calculated, would ask the kids what their change should be, and I could always beat them to it if they could do it all. I'd estimate that maybe 10% of them would even attempt to do it and most were wrong. I think it was that they'd learned to rely on calculators. Very sad.
True. I've volunteered as a cashier and after the total bill was calculated, would ask the kids what their change should be, and I could always beat them to it if they could do it all. I'd estimate that maybe 10% of them would even attempt to do it and most were wrong. I think it was that they'd learned to rely on calculators. Very sad.
Initially I didn't want that job but had a great time partly because a lot of recent immigrants would come through and I was able to learn enough of several languages to shock and amuse them and myself. Sometimes they'd have me guess where they were from, and I got to be pretty good at it which surprised and delighted them to no end.
True. I've volunteered as a cashier and after the total bill was calculated, would ask the kids what their change should be, and I could always beat them to it if they could do it all. I'd estimate that maybe 10% of them would even attempt to do it and most were wrong. I think it was that they'd learned to rely on calculators. Very sad.
Initially I didn't want that job but had a great time partly because a lot of recent immigrants would come through and I was able to learn enough of several languages to shock and amuse them and myself. Sometimes they'd have me guess where they were from, and I got to be pretty good at it which surprised and delighted them to no end.