Math + Cashiers + Safeway + Sobeys

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by bomber317

I find it funny when cashiers have problems with the following example

$7.67 charged

I give

$12.75

I wouldn't even try that, you crazy mister.

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Goes with the onion tied on your belt.

isn't that the current style?

anyways, we all get frustrated with service folks when they make silly mistakes - but at the end of the day they are just trying to do a job. for all we know it was the cashiers first day working at a job and she was flustered due to the OP extraordinary level of handsomeness or handsomisity if you will.

Perhaps the previous customer ripped her a new one.

Sometimes when you are "in training" and everything is new, it is hard to remember that 2+2=5......

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

And no, she wasn't hot, otherwise I probably wouldn't have noticed the whole can't add thing.

We are bad people.

I recently bought something that didn't have a barcode and it sent the beautiful woman behind the till into a real tailspin with the button pushing and hand-wringing. She tried the same thing over and over and over.

We were there for an extra 5 minutes.

When we walked away the person I was shopping with (a woman) said "so, is that one of those times when she gets away with it because she has a pretty face?". I said "yes".

If it was a dude back there I would have gone to another till, shaking my head.

It's a cruel world.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

We are bad people.

I recently bought something that didn't have a barcode and it sent the beautiful woman behind the till into a real tailspin with the button pushing and hand-wringing. She tried the same thing over and over and over.

We were there for an extra 5 minutes.

When we walked away the person I was shopping with (a woman) said "so, is that one of those times when she gets away with it because she has a pretty face?". I said "yes".

If it was a dude back there I would have gone to another till, shaking my head.

It's a cruel world.

Did you goose the girl you were shopping with?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I carry around a dozen apples in my pocket so that I can do math.

I carry a banana in my pocket, but that has nothing to do with math.

[Yamer]

Does anyone else get annoyed when you give a $50 for something under $10 and they ask if you have something smaller?

Maybe I don't. Maybe if I do, I need to break up a bill. And don't act like you don't have two twenties to spare. I have worked as a cashier, it is the most common bill you receive in a day.

Back on topic. Sorry.

[Northendzone]

i must not use cash very much as i rarely have anything larger than aq $20 in my velco wallet.

[jayswin]

The guy at the chicken place by my house is hilarious at the till. He's bad at math, and condescending while he's wrong.


"That'll be $10.49"

*I hand him 20.50

*In condescending tone with that "you're so stupid" snicker going on as he hands me back the two quarters...

"Ummm sir, your bill is under $20, I don't need these *snicker*".

**** you!

[Phaneuf3]

Originally Posted by flameswin

The guy at the chicken place by my house is hilarious at the till. He's bad at math, and condescending while he's wrong.


"That'll be $10.49"

*I hand him 20.50

*In condescending tone with that "you're so stupid" snicker going on as he hands me back the two quarters...

"Ummm sir, your bill is under $20, I don't need these *snicker*".

**** you!

Doing that to people that you know get easily bugged by it would be actually kind of amusing. Real life trolling!

[frinkprof]

I like how a lot of the people bashing people for their math skills in this thread have multiple grammar mistakes in their posts.

I do agree though that being able to do simple math quickly in your head should be more common than it is.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by flameswin

The guy at the chicken place by my house is hilarious at the till. He's bad at math, and condescending while he's wrong.


"That'll be $10.49"

*I hand him 20.50

*In condescending tone with that "you're so stupid" snicker going on as he hands me back the two quarters...

"Ummm sir, your bill is under $20, I don't need these *snicker*".

**** you!

Don't blame him he was distracted by the orgy of excitment that was coming out of the basement.

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

I like how a lot of the people bashing people for their math skills in this thread have multiple grammar mistakes in their posts.

Hey! Get back to the gramer bashing thread nobody asked you iregardious what you figure jirk.

[Acey]

I pay for everything with debit, but this thread kinda makes me want to pay with cash for the social experiment.

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

I like how a lot of the people bashing people for their math skills in this thread have multiple grammar mistakes in their posts.

We're not getting paid to post though.

(Well, unless you count posting at work.)

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by chalms04

We're not getting paid to post though.

(Well, unless you count posting at work.)

Really? CP pays me to post. I had just assumed everyone else was getting paid too.

Well this is awkward.

[bcb]

Originally Posted by Pinner

My dad drilled me with homemade flash cards and to this day I'm often the quickest in a crowd, well more than often.

Once you master the basic math you can learn more advanced math, but so many people can't add, subtract, multiply or divide in their head, it's sad really.

Now if I could only learn to spell.

Your Dad could 'drill' you from now till kingdom come, and it wouldn't necessarily make you better at advanced math.
People love to complain about "kids these days" not being able to count change, not realizing there are two kinds of math, computation math and logical math.
You can do all the Mad Minutes and drilling (computation) you want during your formative years, but if your brain isn't wired logically, you won't succeed at calculus or even algebra.
Similarly, it's not uncommon to find math professors who need a calculator to perform the simplest arithmetic operation.

It's not a function of anyone's upbringing.

[kyuusei]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Does anyone else get annoyed when you give a $50 for something under $10 and they ask if you have something smaller?

Maybe I don't. Maybe if I do, I need to break up a bill. And don't act like you don't have two twenties to spare. I have worked as a cashier, it is the most common bill you receive in a day.

Back on topic. Sorry.

Not necessarily.

Yeah, if someone gives me $100 for a $3 purchase first thing in the morning like the other day, I won't have much (if any) 20s. And it can be annoying to give them like nine 10's.

Math comes easily to some people... not so much to others. I've always been pretty good at it and survived a couple awful calculus profs. I just have to survive complex variables and DEs and I'm done. =P

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Really? CP pays me to post. I had just assumed everyone else was getting paid too.

Well this is awkward.

KevanGuy gives you handy jay's weekly too?

[Pinner]

Originally Posted by bcb

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It's not a function of anyone's upbringing.

You realize we're talking about a cashier that can't cash..eer

[Yakbutter]

Originally Posted by Yamer

Does anyone else get annoyed when you give a $50 for something under $10 and they ask if you have something smaller?

Maybe I don't. Maybe if I do, I need to break up a bill. And don't act like you don't have two twenties to spare. I have worked as a cashier, it is the most common bill you receive in a day.

Back on topic. Sorry.

No most places have a policy agaisnt accepting $50 and $100 bills and if they do accept them they have to be checked. Who goes to the bank and waits in line too take out $50's anyways...

Sorry I work as a cashier and people come in all the time and pay for tic tacs (or whatever cheap item) with $100 bills... annoys the crap out of me and they argue when I tell them no.