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Something I've also noticed lately. Basic fucking math. I more often than not pay in cash, and recently I've had more than one person at more than one place give me incorrect change. And just not like a few cents, but dollars amount wrong. And when I try correcting them they're so adamant they're right even when I'm like... dude, you owe me 50 cents, not 3 dollars.
I have, on multiple occasions paid an an amount that would have someone give me $5 back in change or exact cents, then had them be utterly confused and have to pull out a calculator.
But like, if the total is 17.75, and I hand them $22.75. I'm expecting the person to be able to figure out I'm making it simpler for them.
Well.. simpler for you. Unless the store is low on ones, I never understood why this feels like a favor. It's nicer for you to walk away with just a five rather than two ones back when you already have an extra 2 ones in your wallet you don't want. A cashier doesn't care what denominations they have.
Either way, embarrassing when people can't do basic addition (though I remember the first time this happened to me as a teenager, and it wasn't the addition that tripped me up, it was the concept. The customer was so impatient because it was so "obvious" they wanted fewer bills back, but I was just afraid I was missing something they were trying to buy. I'm guessing as cash becomes rarer, more people just are unfamiliar with this tactic.)
Doesn't the register show the cashier how much change he has to give out? Or are the math skills so bad that even just counting is already a challenge?
No idea where dude is shopping but I haven't seen a register that didn't show the change in the last 20 years. When I worked retail cashiers were told to never do math just put the numbers in the machine and give the customer what ever the machine says.
If they are giving you an extra $2.50
Why are you complaining?
It’s gonna fuck them at the end of their shift when their register cash is wrong.
Aye I worked retail.
I learned real quick how to do math when I had to make up the difference.
It's literally the definition of their job.
Everyone can have a bad day or a brain fart. I’d rather take a few seconds to correct someone than screw them at the end of their shift. I’ve only ever walked off if they literally wouldn’t talk to me or shooed me away.
That's not from math. That's from lack of practice. Nobody has used cash in 10 years.
Yeah, no coins feature numbers prominently (one sas "dime" instead, a word nobody ever uses otherwise), some are near-worthless, the dollar is not nearly as widespread as it should be, the diameter is often not increaing by value (even within the same metal series) and the notes are way too similar, plus their value is on the low side... No wonder Americans switched to checks and insecure cards so soon
What?
No, it's because we have something called "Civil Asset Forfeiture" which basically means that American cops can just stop you for no reason, file a lawsuit against your cash and just take it out of your wallet. If you want it back, you have to declare yourself to be a criminal defendant, and then be found not guilty of the criminal charges against you. If you don't, they get to keep your money to put in their pension fund.
Dime is a pretty common word among basketball commentators and fans. It means assist!
A point guard who’s dropping dimes all over the place is playing really well and helping facilitate the team’s scoring.
Yes but I feel like nobody would miss that word if coinage now said "10 ¢" instead (or 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 because numerals are apparently hard). Saying "it's a dime" is shorter, sure, but that can't be said about almost anything nowadays.
jesus fucking christ dude haha