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Young people can't make change or seem to do math anymore
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:52 pm
I hit a drive thru yesterday and my total was $18.91. I gave the kid a $20 dollar bill and a penny. He said sir your order is $18.91 do you have ninety one cents? I said no, I gave you $20.01 so I'd get back a dollar and a dime instead of getting a dollar and 9 cents. I could see the lightbulb turn on above his head at that moment. Ohhh, I see.
What the hell are they teaching kids nowadays?
What the hell are they teaching kids nowadays?
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:54 pm to Harlan County USA
Just pay with a credit card like a normal person
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:55 pm to Harlan County USA
What do you expect? They can’t even read cursive that takes 30 minutes to learn.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:55 pm to Harlan County USA
for the last 20 years
cept at HEB
cept at HEB
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:58 pm to Harlan County USA
The 16 year old taking your order at McDonald's has lived his whole life letting a screen tell him answers. You paying $20.01 for your order can understandably be confusing.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 6:58 pm to Harlan County USA
Seems like I have been explaining this concept for at least a decade.
Does old woman screams at clouds have a meme?
Does old woman screams at clouds have a meme?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:00 pm to Harlan County USA
That one person represents a whole generation?
I am pretty sure communicating with a no so bright fast food worker doesn't define current times.
I am pretty sure communicating with a no so bright fast food worker doesn't define current times.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:02 pm to madamsquirrel
Ask and ye shall receive.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:04 pm to OweO
I see why no one likes you.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:06 pm to Harlan County USA
I had pne tell me she just did a big paper on ww2. Could barely tell me who Hitler was
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:07 pm to Harlan County USA
Okay.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:09 pm to Harlan County USA
since when?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:10 pm to DustyDinkleman
quote:I still write checks
Just pay with a credit card like a normal person
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:14 pm to Harlan County USA
I agree and I don't GAF that pennies are going away.
If you graduate from high school you should be good enough at basic fricking arithmetic to know that 2001-1891 = 110.
If you have a smartphone at all you have a calculator that can do it for you
What exactly is the justification for not knowing how to work a basic app that does the job for you??
If you graduate from high school you should be good enough at basic fricking arithmetic to know that 2001-1891 = 110.
If you have a smartphone at all you have a calculator that can do it for you
What exactly is the justification for not knowing how to work a basic app that does the job for you??
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:19 pm to Harlan County USA
Hell I stopped at Canes in Denham Springs today. Ordered a Caniac to split with my son. They gave me 5 pieces of chicken. As expensive as they are I marched inside and got my 6th piece of chicken. It’s not that hard to count chicken fingers or is it?
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:20 pm to Harlan County USA
I had an issue with a Dominos order before I even picked it up recently and was talking to the guy on the phone about a refund. He agreed to cancel the order due to not having some of the ingredients. When I asked him if i would be getting some kind of confirmation about the cancellation and refund he told me, "I don't know I am only 18. "
It was as if he didn't care to learn. I can't imagine telling anyone, "I am only 18" if I worked somewhere and did not know the answer to a question. I would say hold on let me check. I would want to find out and know. I wouldn't just say I am only such and such age.
Absolutely crazy. It made me somewhat concerned for younger people of today. Hopefully he doesn't represent the majority.
It was as if he didn't care to learn. I can't imagine telling anyone, "I am only 18" if I worked somewhere and did not know the answer to a question. I would say hold on let me check. I would want to find out and know. I wouldn't just say I am only such and such age.
Absolutely crazy. It made me somewhat concerned for younger people of today. Hopefully he doesn't represent the majority.
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:21 pm to HoboDickCheese
quote:
still write checks
quote:
HoboDickCheese
My man! 'Sup Hobo? Good weekend?
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:22 pm to Harlan County USA
This has mystified cash register folks all my life, so it’s not just young people.
One of my first high school jobs taught me how to make change. We had no mechanical register to calculate it. We counted it back, often with no idea of the amount we were giving the customer, but the counting back process guaranteed it would be right every time.
One of my first high school jobs taught me how to make change. We had no mechanical register to calculate it. We counted it back, often with no idea of the amount we were giving the customer, but the counting back process guaranteed it would be right every time.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:23 pm to Bigdawgb
quote:
What exactly is the justification for not knowing how to work a basic app that does the job for you??
systemic racism.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:26 pm to tigerbutt
Last year I went to Canes to pickup a tailgate box. They kept checking the back and telling me there was no order for MILs name to be ready at 3pm. Finally a manager came back and said I found it, someone wrote the name down 1 letter off. Never occurred to the kids looking that maybe that exact order, at that exact time, with a name one letter off would be the order they were looking for? 
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