Thinking “new math” doesn’t get it...
04-22-2021, 11:10 AM
#11
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
Most people don't know how to count back change any more. It's a fact of life. Why make it hard for them, just take your change and you can roll the coins when you get home. If I were a store owner with a modern cash register, I would not want young clerks trying to do math in their head.
Probably 100 years ago the old people were complaining, "these young kids, they don't even know how to drive a team of oxen."
Probably 100 years ago the old people were complaining, "these young kids, they don't even know how to drive a team of oxen."
04-22-2021, 04:08 PM
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Pay by credit card and forget it. If you pay off the balance every month there is no problem. I don't use cash much anymore. Some people are better at some things. Others are good at something else.
My bank tellers must be geniuses they know how to count money.
My bank tellers must be geniuses they know how to count money.
04-23-2021, 07:17 AM
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Seems to me if the cash register shows to give back cents plus $5 after a $10 bill was given to pay for it and it was entered as $10 paid, not $10 plus cents, then the read out at the end of the day will be a headache. Computer does not understand oh by the way. That cashier's tally will be a mess to deal with if it happens a lot.
04-23-2021, 07:24 PM
#15
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Most modern cash register has them put in the amount you give them and the machine calculates the change. No math needed and that’s a good thing. Most children don’t do math in their heads but with a calculator nowadays.
04-24-2021, 04:58 AM
#16
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My first job was running a register. For me, the people who added change to the money after I had entered it into the register flustered me. Especially if they wanted to round to the nearest quarter so they did not get back small coins. I also had people who would hand me money and inform me how much change they needed and they were trying to rip me off. I can do math just fine, but I might need a pencil and paper. When there were impatient people waiting in a line and a manager watching and all the other distractions, I just froze. I was very glad when I was able to quit that job.
04-24-2021, 10:04 AM
#17
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Originally Posted by IceLeopard
You don't need a calculator or do math in your head. Charge is $5.31. $10 tendered. You start with the charge and count up to the tendered amount, starting with pennies. 4 cents brings you up to $5.35, a nickel brings you up to $5.40, a dime to $5.50, two quarters to $6. Four $1 bills brings you to $10. Takes about a quarter of the time to do than it does to explain!
04-24-2021, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
Most people don't know how to count back change any more. It's a fact of life. Why make it hard for them, just take your change and you can roll the coins when you get home. If I were a store owner with a modern cash register, I would not want young clerks trying to do math in their head.
Probably 100 years ago the old people were complaining, "these young kids, they don't even know how to drive a team of oxen."
Probably 100 years ago the old people were complaining, "these young kids, they don't even know how to drive a team of oxen."
a hundred years ago (1921) very few people were driving beards of oxen- people were driving cars.
04-24-2021, 12:53 PM
#19
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Originally Posted by gale
It takes a little more thought when the bill is 4.18 and someone gives you 10.25 though. LOL
04-24-2021, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
Seems to me if the cash register shows to give back cents plus $5 after a $10 bill was given to pay for it and it was entered as $10 paid, not $10 plus cents, then the read out at the end of the day will be a headache. Computer does not understand oh by the way. That cashier's tally will be a mess to deal with if it happens a lot.
