Bank tellers are no better. Especially now that cashing a check requires 4 forms of ID and a blood scan I'm starting to chafe at people who still write them (up yours grandma!).
I've always like to minimize my change so what's even better is the confusion when I do something like this:
My purchase is 9.86, so I give them eleven cents in coins and a ten dollar bill. This will yield a quarter in change so I have less small coins in my pocket.
It's amazing how often they'll look at the register and ask something like, "But it's 86 cents." Come on, this is basic math, people.
Also, if they handed back your six cents while the thing spit out .94 in change I'd hand it all to them and make 'em give me the freaking dollar.
Listen I majored in math and am in grad school and I would be thrilled if I never had to do another piece of arithmetic. That's what we invented robots for!
What's truly boggling is that they don't need to know math. The new-fangled currency registery machine in front of them will make all clear, clearer than any cicular math they may be attempting in their heads, should they just push the freaking buttons.
I don't know why, but I've been fortunate in that nearly every cashier I've worked with understood when I tossed in a few extra cents in order to deal with getting back fewer coins, etc.
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I should stop reading these Privilege Dude memes.
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Especially now that cashing a check requires 4 forms of ID and a blood scan I'm starting to chafe at people who still write them (up yours grandma!).
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My purchase is 9.86, so I give them eleven cents in coins and a ten dollar bill. This will yield a quarter in change so I have less small coins in my pocket.
It's amazing how often they'll look at the register and ask something like, "But it's 86 cents." Come on, this is basic math, people.
Also, if they handed back your six cents while the thing spit out .94 in change I'd hand it all to them and make 'em give me the freaking dollar.
God, I'm a math nerd.
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I swear some of these kids can only count to ten if they're wearing sandals.
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