Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: Benito
Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
A high school kid asked me how we ever got through high school in our day without a smart phone. I responded that it was just the reverse in those days, that we were smart and our phones were stupid. He then responded that he liked his smart phone because he did not have to think, any more. Case closed.
LOL
I wouldn't have believed the stories of kids unable to make change but it just happened to me.
Something that was $0.49 was charged as $1.49. I went back. They voided the $1.49 in the register and took out a dollar bill.
So far so good.
Then they counted out 49c. I said just give me the dollar. They gave me the whole $1.49.
Then they rung up the charge correctly as 49c. I gave them the 49c and they were surprised I had a dollar bill in my hand and congratulated me on being right.
Really cute chick though and I think she counted the 49c correctly.
Believe me, this did not just start with the last generation.
Even as a kid, I might have bought something for, say, $1.33 and given the cashier $5.33 so I would just get singles back. 80% of the time the cashier would stand there looking confused or ask why I didn't just give them the fiver. And, I got incorrect change all the time...it just wasn't so obvious without a computer readout telling you what it should be. If I brought it up, oftentimes I would get a blank stare back and decide to just drop it so I could go about my business.
I made a purchase at Walmart that came to $10.16. I handed the young lady cashier a twenty, a dime, a nickel and a penny. She handed back the coins saying that the twenty would "cover it". I said that I wanted a ten back. She said we would not be able to know what the change might be until she rang it up. I said go ahead and give it a try. She did. When the change reading on the cash register came out to exactly ten dollars she was completely surprised. She said, "How did you know?".
