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this generation is the computer one if a machines says its so it is.....my gdd has no idea how to handle money or use read the dails on the clock I said what if all the power in the world went out what would you do without your ipod..............................
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I just read online that the Treasury is not printing so much paper money, because of so many people not using cash.
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No dc don't ever use one. Use cash, check and rarely cc.
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I almost never use cash or checks; it's all debit for me with a rare credit card swipe for major purchases.
Kids don't know how to count back change because they don't have to count back change. If the register didn't tell them the amount (AND if people returned to using cash) they'd be as good at counting it back manually as older generations were. Kids today are learning different skills from what many of us had to learn to get by in the society of the times. Now, if you came out of school unable to use a computer it would be a serious obstacle to going into most job markets, and entirely prohibitive for pursuing higher education. Those non-change-counting kids have to have computer skills to run the registers now. Cursive writing is pretty, but is it truly necessary when we can block print or type communication? Paper forms are dying out, but even these now usually have a note to PRINT your name. I'm not saying we should junk everything we were taught in favor of new things, but we should look seriously at what skills are needed and which ones are now only "nice to haves." |
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
when my son was inmiddle school and high school,he graduated 2000.he wasnt allowed to turn in hand written reports,they had to typed or done on a computer.teachers didnt want to have to try to read the kids handwriting.And I honestly thiink because of that his hand writing is terrible
Not necessarily so. When my youngest son was in kindergarten he got shifted part time to another class because he already was reading at 3rd grade level. They tested him as being gifted. But they did say that an intelligent kid is a nosey kid and his mind will most likely always work faster than his manual dexterity..which means that most highly intelligent folks will have horrid hand writing. And unfortunately, nowadays it is not really necessary except for signing contracts and checks. And on reading his notes on BD and other cards, I can sympathize with teachers, they have masses of kids' reports to read and they simply do not have the time to teach each and every one of the class to write legibly by hand. LOL :P :P :P |
Some businesses are now asking for your credit card. We were in a major hotel in Ontario last week and they weren't at all happy that I wanted to pay my bill with cash or Interac. I wasn't even carrying a credit card and they were absolutely incredulous that I wouldn't have one.
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Originally Posted by JulieR
I almost never use cash or checks; it's all debit for me with a rare credit card swipe for major purchases.
Kids don't know how to count back change because they don't have to count back change. If the register didn't tell them the amount (AND if people returned to using cash) they'd be as good at counting it back manually as older generations were. Kids today are learning different skills from what many of us had to learn to get by in the society of the times. Now, if you came out of school unable to use a computer it would be a serious obstacle to going into most job markets, and entirely prohibitive for pursuing higher education. Those non-change-counting kids have to have computer skills to run the registers now. Cursive writing is pretty, but is it truly necessary when we can block print or type communication? Paper forms are dying out, but even these now usually have a note to PRINT your name. I'm not saying we should junk everything we were taught in favor of new things, but we should look seriously at what skills are needed and which ones are now only "nice to haves." |
I use shecks alot & cashiers really don't like them any more....Too Bad..
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Originally Posted by Sandee
I use shecks alot & cashiers really don't like them any more....Too Bad..
I'm a cashier, so handle checks, credit & debit cards. Our check verification machine takes a long time for approval. In the meantime, the line behind the checkwriter is getting longer & people are getting impatient. I had 1 customer down the line ask "why the h*** do you take checks anyway?" Credit & debit cards also take longer than cash sales. Sometimes when a card is declined, the customer gets mad at us & says they just made a deposit, it should go through, yada, yada, yada. Unless the deposit was cash, most banks won't release the funds until the next day. I'm not trying to push cash, credit or debit--just trying to present the other side. BTW, I sometimes prefer using checks if I don't have enough cash on me and don't want to put it on a credit card. I don't have a debit card--it seems like too much bookkeeping for me. Since I am on my soapbox, don't even get me started on rude/impatient/talking on their cellphone customers. Most of us behind the register are trying to do our best and be nice to even the nastiest of customers. :-) |
if it is under $10 I use cash. It frustrates the heck out of me that none of the clerks know how to cound back change.
Used to laugh at the kids in the store I worked in when the power went off - they could not make change. They used calculators, pads & pencils anything to "figure" the change. To this day, when a clerk hands me money, I count it back to myself to make sure it is correct. |
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