From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 2/27/2026 8:50 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:56:32 -0600,   
   >    sticks  wrote:   
   >>   I play the lotto 5 times a week with a friend.  I tried   
   >>   explaining why I think the situation I'm gonna tell is funny to   
   >>   my wife, but I'm not sure she understood.  Here goes.   
   >>   
   >>   So I go in to get $20 worth of lotto tickets.  I also have a $2   
   >>   winner to be taken care of.  I tell the girl I have a winner   
   >>   and would also like $20 worth of tickets.  She goes to the   
   >>   lotto terminal and has the machine generate the tickets, and   
   >>   also checks the winning ticket and finds it is a $2 winner.   
   >>   She walks back to the register and sees I have placed a $20   
   >>   bill on the counter for payment.  9 times out of 10 this person   
   >>   then asks if I want to put the winnings toward the tickets.  I   
   >>   always say, "What?" and make her repeat it.  When she does, I   
   >>   simply say that what I want is my $20 worth of lotto tickets   
   >>   and for her to give me $2 change.  She looks confused for a   
   >>   minute and eventually does what I asked her to do.  Happens all   
   >>   the time.   
   >>   
   >>   Some people might think this is normal, or not understand why I   
   >>   find it to be a problem if this is the way some people think.   
   >>   I'm not saying these kind of people are stupid, but they're   
   >>   certainly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.   
   >   
   > I run into that same thing from time to time.  It used to bother   
   > me a bit, but I've (mostly) come to accept that some people just   
   > think differently and that's okay.   
      
   You're a kind person.....I'm working on that   
      
   > I most often encounter this difference when giving an extra amount   
   > of cash over the total so I can get back a reduced amount of   
   > change (or fewer $1 bills).  For example, if the total due is   
   > $4.77 I may give the clerk $5.02 to get back only a quarter.  At   
   > times I have to explain it.  On the other hand, I enjoy it when   
   > the clerk stops for a moment, and then I can see the light go off   
   > in their head.   
      
   Yes, exactly!  If you can't do this kind of thing easily, why are you   
   working at a cash register??   
      
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