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Originally posted by AFJuvat
Stopping by McDonalds this morning for some breakfast, I order my combo with a large coffee. The total, with tax, comes to $4.55.

(I can remember the commercials "feed a family of four for $5" but I digress..)

I pay with a $50.

Cashier (about age 18) mis-types the amount tendered in the cash register. the computer shows that my owed change is $0.45.

Looking at my $50, she knows the computer is wrong, realizes her mistake. She then promptly calls over the manager to do the math for her. She didn't even TRY to do it in her head..

Manager looks over and says "You need to give him $43.45"

I corrected them both, and got my correct change



Doomed... we are all doomed....

No great surprise, public schooling is crap, even the really good public schools can be gotten through without really getting it. My kids went to a school that's known for being one of the best in the area, they regularly win the academic decathalons, lots of scholarships, etc... Plenty of the kids managed to slip through. Hell, in school they were required to use a calculator in math.

Of course, that's why they were working at McD's. If they were too educated they wouldn't be working there, and we need someone to fill that role.