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re: Young people can't make change or seem to do math anymore
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:33 pm to Harlan County USA
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:33 pm to Harlan County USA
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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 $20.01 so I'd get back a dollar and a dime instead of getting a dollar and 9 cents. I could see the lightbulb turn on above his head at that moment. Ohhh, I see.
He probably had never seen a penny before.
I haven’t seen one in over a decade.
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:43 pm to Centinel
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systemic racism.
it's funny cause that's the true argument 
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:44 pm to Harlan County USA
It’s amazing. I’ve had the same experience several times where I end up talking a cashier through the transaction and then the light goes off about what just happened.
The reaction is hilarious.
The reaction is hilarious.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:50 pm to Harlan County USA
Need to make monopoly a requirement in school
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:54 pm to HoboDickCheese
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quote: Just pay with a credit card like a normal person
I still write checks
Truly sad. Sorry for your inadequacy.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:56 pm to Harlan County USA
i've never had this problem and i live in a city full of retards
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:56 pm to Harlan County USA
Puttting the dollar sign after numbers is equally as frustrating
I read 15$ as 15 dollar sign.
It’s $15. Fifteen Dollars.
I read 15$ as 15 dollar sign.
It’s $15. Fifteen Dollars.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 7:59 pm to Harlan County USA
quote:
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?
It's not a new thing. Young people in cashier jobs are notorious for this going back decades, long before screens and whatnot.
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Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:01 pm to ElderTiger
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The reaction is hilarious.
it's almost like you can actually see a lightbulb above their heads...
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:02 pm to Harlan County USA
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Young people can't make change or seem to do math anymore
Hell, they barely can speak coherent English. Was at one of my customers last week and stepped into their break room to grab a coke on the way out. Group of about 7 or 8 guys all between 20-25 years old having lunch break. Couldn’t understand half of what they were saying. Felt like I was in that movie Idiocracy.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:10 pm to Harlan County USA
It’s common to the core.
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:10 pm to Harlan County USA
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What the hell are they teaching kids nowadays?
And you are from Harlan County???
jk, I am from West KY
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:21 pm to Harlan County USA
These youngsters don’t even know how to send a letter or dial the operator either
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:29 pm to Harlan County USA
quote:apparently they can't read analog clocks either
Young people can't make change or seem to do math anymore
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:39 pm to OweO
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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.
No because I used to run into them in Southlake, TX, which has a big money school district.
This post was edited on 1/11/26 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 1/11/26 at 8:40 pm to LCA131
quote:Living the dream, cashing checks and snapping necks
My man! 'Sup Hobo? Good weekend?
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:17 am to GetmorewithLes
Yes. But live in AL now.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:44 am to Harlan County USA
Math is racist according to some
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:08 am to Harlan County USA
It might be his first job and has never encountered this particular move that some people do to get a specific amount of change back. I’d cut him some slack.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 6:11 am to Harlan County USA
Similar experience. At a festival my order came up to 26 dollars, gave the young girl 2 20's. She could not figure out how much change to give me. I had to laugh when her grandmother told the mother "I told you not to send the child to xyz school, she can't even do simple math!" Finally the grandmother showed her how to figure it out and I got my change. It is very common with younger generations, and it blows their mind when you throw that penny in there like the OP.
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