From: darkon.tdo@gmail.com   
      
   usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:   
      
   > Some cashiers rely so completely on the register that they can't   
   > even do basic arithmetic.  At a burrito shop, my total came to   
   > $22.80 and I gave the young woman $25.  She stepped away from   
   > register for a moment to speak with the cook, and in the process   
   > lost the read-out of the change due.  She came back and fished out   
   > a pen and paper and started figuring.  I realized she was   
   > calculating my change -- she couldn't do that basic sum in her   
   > head.  I had to chide her for that.  She weakly made some excuse   
   > about "being out of school."   
      
   Yeah, they get confused when you give them odd-seeming amounts so that   
   the change will be more convenient, such as wanting three quarters back   
   instead of 69 cents. In their defense, working fast food can be mind-   
   numbing. You're tired, your feet hurt, everything smells like grease,   
   then some customer hands you $7.06 for a $6.31 purchase and asks why   
   you don't do it in your head.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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