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   simpsonfan2 said, 6 months ago

   He will also worry that the day’s total will be wrong because he didn’t key in $50.00…because…
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   briatollah said, 6 months ago

   @simpsonfan2

   ……TBAR.
   I worked a register before. After a while you can do math in your head quickly and easily. ($37.57 back)
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   ellisaana said, 6 months ago

   The easy way is to start counting out money from 12.43 until you get to 50.00. They used to teach that in school.
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   c001 said, 6 months ago

   @briatollah

   I went to school. Same result.
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   cobraman7594 said, 6 months ago

   I agree with ellisaana. My first boss taught us to count up. Unfortunately, fast food chains are making today’s youth ignorant. They don’t even have to count change anymore. It’s automatically spit out for them.
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   sundogusa said, 6 months ago

   When I volunteer at an event and have to count back change, folks in my generation have a nice smile. Some of the younger ones don’t get it. You’re not using a calculator? Why?
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   Tsukuyomi said, 6 months ago

   Neil’s look on panel two kind of reminds me of Squidward.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

   Considering the kinds of registers today he shouldn’t have to figure it out at all. But it is funny.
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   SeaFox10 said, 6 months ago

   This is why kids are so dumb today! They rely on computers to do it for them! The future is lost!
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    Chelsea Prochaska said, 6 months ago

    @briatollah

    Ack, I’m envious. I’m terrible at doing math in my head. I did work as a waitress, but sometimes, since I had the little pad and pen in my hand, I’d just jot it down :P
    Aren’t guys supposed to be better at that, visualizing? Or is that just spatial ability?
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    K M said, 6 months ago

    First, most registers these days, fast food registers at least, won’t complete the sale until you enter the tender amount, whereupon it calculates the change for you. Second, there was a tale in the Readers’ Digest from a customer who was ordering at a fast food joint when the power went out. Kid at the register said, “Well, I guess we have to do this the old-fashioned way,” and pulled a calculator out of the till.
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    nighthawks said, 6 months ago

    when you finally figure it out, be sure to stuff the guy’s change, bills and receipt into his hand so he has to separate them
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    Blackwolff9 said, 6 months ago

    Or just subtract $12.43 from $50.00.
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    runar said, 6 months ago

    @ellisaana

    I was trained that way by someone who used to work in one of the old-style department stores.
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    flyintheweb said, 6 months ago

    Now you see the real reason soem places won’t take anything over a 20 – it’s not counterfeits, it limits the losses when the kids screw up the change…
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