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[AZCamaroFan]

i figured you showed up here too

[jewel25]

Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

i figured you showed up here too

Yeah trying to take a break from school and work.

[Nvincent4708]

Hewwo?

[AZCamaroFan]

[Nvincent4708]

I thought the PWA threads were dead, guess not.

So I guess I should change my avatar and such... I have a 2014 SS now.

[AZCamaroFan]

i remember when you said you could not post because you sold your camaro

[Nvincent4708]

Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

i remember when you said you could not post because you sold your camaro

Then I bought a 94... Then sold that and now have a 2014 lol.. That I just put long tubes on.

[FenwickHockey65]

We're having a discussion over at GMI right now...

A member and his wife went out to dinner and the final bill was $11.98. The wife handed the cashier a $20 bill and two $1 bills.

The cashier was super confused and said, "You gave me a $20."

The wife responded, "Right, and you give me $10 and 2 cents in change."

The OP is attributing this to the younger generation's overdependence on technology and being unable to do the math.

I disagree. If the bill was under $20, and you handed me a $20 bill and two extra bills, I'd be confused too. I'd probably just hand you back the extra cash and make change from the $20.

OP refuses to confirm, but I'm guessing his wife wanted a single $10 bill rather than have a $5 bill and 5 $1 bills. The thing is, it's not the cashier's job to read minds if the wife hadn't explicitly stated her intentions. I don't think the cashier was as dumb as he thinks, in fact from her response, it sounds like she thought the wife was the idiot in this situation for paying with more than was required.

[jewel25]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

We're having a discussion over at GMI right now...

A member and his wife went out to dinner and the final bill was $11.98. The wife handed the cashier a $20 bill and two $1 bills.

The cashier was super confused and said, "You gave me a $20."

The wife responded, "Right, and you give me $10 and 2 cents in change."

The OP is attributing this to the younger generation's overdependence on technology and being unable to do the math.

I disagree. If the bill was under $20, and you handed me a $20 bill and two extra bills, I'd be confused too. I'd probably just hand you back the extra cash and make change from the $20.

OP refuses to confirm, but I'm guessing his wife wanted a single $10 bill rather than have a $5 bill and 5 $1 bills. The thing is, it's not the cashier's job to read minds if the wife hadn't explicitly stated her intentions. I don't think the cashier was as dumb as he thinks, in fact from her response, it sounds like she thought the wife was the idiot in this situation for paying with more than was required.

I agree with you. I would have been confused too, but I also would have asked them what they wanted me to do. I wouldn't just assume.

[Mr Twisty]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

We're having a discussion over at GMI right now...

A member and his wife went out to dinner and the final bill was $11.98. The wife handed the cashier a $20 bill and two $1 bills.

The cashier was super confused and said, "You gave me a $20."

The wife responded, "Right, and you give me $10 and 2 cents in change."

The OP is attributing this to the younger generation's overdependence on technology and being unable to do the math.

I disagree. If the bill was under $20, and you handed me a $20 bill and two extra bills, I'd be confused too. I'd probably just hand you back the extra cash and make change from the $20.

OP refuses to confirm, but I'm guessing his wife wanted a single $10 bill rather than have a $5 bill and 5 $1 bills. The thing is, it's not the cashier's job to read minds if the wife hadn't explicitly stated her intentions. I don't think the cashier was as dumb as he thinks, in fact from her response, it sounds like she thought the wife was the idiot in this situation for paying with more than was required.

First: I'd like to know where two can eat out for under $12

Second: I do this with toll booth operators all the time.

Change from $20 is $5 + 3- $1 + .02 (four pieces of paper)
Change from $22 is $10 + .02 (one piece of paper)

That's all there is to it, fewer pieces of paper.

They need the small bills and I prefer not to sit on a wallet full of $1 bills.
If you eat out almost constantly you end up with a wallet that can't even fold anymore.

In all my years I've never met a toll operator that didn't do the math in less than 3 seconds in their head and give me the correct change. Fast food cashiers are another story. It's just inexperience.

The art of counting change is a victim of modern technology, the same as Engineers using PC's to draft, Millwrights using modern electric tools to build furniture, and Machine shops using 3D milling machines to create parts. The results are finer, but at the expense of knowledge.

Watch any modern company try to live without electricity for one week..... I can't think of any that could.

[Camaro_Corvette]

Agreed, anybody that gives me more pieces of paper than I need I assume wants less pieces of paper.

[FenwickHockey65]

I understand wanting fewer pieces of paper (well kind of, I really don't care what I get back as long as the change is correct, and I don't mind getting $1 bills cause at least I won't have to feel like an idiot paying for something that was $1.99 with a card), but I really don't think I would've made that connection had I been the cashier. She would've gotten back her two $1 bills, a $5 bill, three $1 bills, and 2 pennies. I understand that's inconvenient for her, but like I said, it's not their job to read your mind.

In any case, like I said originally, the cashier doesn't sound like she's dumb, she just didn't understand the intent in this situation. I mean I've done the same thing in the past when I knew I'd need a single bill for something later on, but I've always let them know what I needed.

[Mr Twisty]

I would never call anyone dumb for not being able to make change. They need encouragement more than criticism. If they stay in the foodservice industry they'll figure it out.

I've actually started paying for everything with CC, even .99 cent sales. It's for my convenience since I spend so much cash in a month it makes it easy to see where it's going.

[AZCamaroFan]

yeah i just don't think she understood the two extra dollars either