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re: Young people can't make change or seem to do math anymore
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:50 am to ragincajun03
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:50 am to ragincajun03
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But it's also possible the kid just had a brainfart. You've never had one while working at your job?
I live in an area where it's 90% kids working these jobs and I never run into this problem, and I love to pay in cash and get rid of change when I can.
Guess I'm just special.
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:55 am to OweO
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I am pretty sure communicating with a no so bright fast food worker doesn't define current times
I'm almost positive that it describes an overwhelming problem with our educational system over the past half century.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 12:04 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.
I did something similar and the cashier said,
"I am sorry sir I can only do millennial math".
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 1:08 pm to DustyDinkleman
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Just pay with a credit card like a normal person
frick that noise
Posted on 1/12/26 at 1:24 pm to soccerfüt
Actually yes but it is the part of history I love to study. Struggling to say who Hitler was is a failure in the classroom.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:30 pm to DustyDinkleman
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Just pay with a credit card like a normal person
and pay 3% more for the item you're buying because of plastic? Math is not your forte it appears.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:32 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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What do you expect? They can’t even read cursive that takes 30 minutes to learn.
what is the point of learning cursive in 2026? Does anyone write anything by hand anymore? And if they do, how many people under the age of 70 are writing in cursive?
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:32 pm to Harlan County USA
Can’t even tell time on an analogue clock
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:34 pm to WG_Dawg
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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.
I don’t think I’ve seen a “16 year old” working at a McDonald’s in a decade. It’s almost always fat women in their mid to late 20s to 30s.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:38 pm to HoboDickCheese
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I still write checks
Dear god why. Please tell me you aren't mailing them.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 2:41 pm to Homesick Tiger
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and pay 3% more for the item you're buying because of plastic? Math is not your forte it appears.
Somewhere with a drive thru as in the OP, rarely are you going to be getting charged more for a card, cash and card will be the same price.
Coincidentally, the one using the card will get points/cash back. So, depending on what the card rewards are vs the markup, the card payer may actually have a net gain vs paying cash. Math and such.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:29 pm to madamsquirrel
At my first job, we had a tackle box for a cash register. Tax was 5%. All prices ended on .99. Wasn’t that hard. SS says I started there at 13.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 5:34 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
quote:Because I choose to do so. Of course I am, how else am I supposed to pay bills?
Dear god why. Please tell me you aren't mailing them.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 9:19 pm to tigerbutt
They gave me 5 pieces of chicken. As expensive as they are I marched inside and got my 6th piece of chicken.
—Bruh, they only got 5 fingers on one hand.
—Bruh, they only got 5 fingers on one hand.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 9:25 pm to Harlan County USA
Yeah, I've been through that one too.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 11:03 pm to Harlan County USA
I went to the Mandeville Popeyes near the causeway yesterday. I ordered a 5 piece tender spicy with BBQ dipping sauce. Get home and have 4 tenders and no sauce 
Look at those pathetic little tenders. Smaller then Canes!
Look at those pathetic little tenders. Smaller then Canes!
Posted on 1/13/26 at 4:44 am to HoboDickCheese
We do too. Every Sunday at church. My wife will also drive to Alabama Power, Charter, Alfa Insurance, etc. to pay our bills using a check to keep from using a credit card or automatic withdrawal. Nobody is getting an automatic withdrawal from our accounts. Not happening. Too much fraud nowadays.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:04 am to Harlan County USA
I agree with you because I am old but in their defense, Its not done often and soon, they wont have to worry about pennies.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 5:23 am to Harlan County USA
The best teachers are retiring. You are left with the same quality as professional agitators.
Posted on 1/13/26 at 6:00 am to GetMeOutOfHere
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I love to pay in cash and get rid of change when I can
Seems like you are on a cycle of accruing change that you want to get rid of
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