People born before 1990 - what handy skill do you have that no one uses anymore?
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Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F
@Adstar maybe you were an exception not everyone from your time knew how to add and subtract with the technology today and educational opportunities more kids are smarter than what they used to be
Adstar · 56-60, M
@Monalisasmith86 No i was not the exception..When i was young if you went to a shop you would not find a person behind the counter who could not do mental arithmetic..
For example: Lets say the charge was $20:65 and i have a $50 note and i have 65 cents .. I give the young girl at the counter $50:65 because it gets rid of some silver change and i will get $30 back two crisp notes and zero change.. The girl at the counter looks at the money with a bamboozled look, looks at me as if i am a brain dead moron.. Puts the 65 cents down on the counter and rings up the 50 dollars and grabs the $29.35 change out of the draw and picks up the 65cents i gave her and hands it all back to me.. Variations of this have happened to me at a lot of different stores..
Another common example.. I have got a lot of silver change.. I go to a store and buy a $3:80 product.. I hand over $3:80 silver to the guy at the counter.. He looks at the hand full of silver with a dumbfounded bewildered look. Looks up at me and asks how much i have given him.. I tell him $3:80.. And because he cannot count it up in his head he has to trust me and he rings that payment into the machine and says thank you sir.. I could have paid him $2:30 and he would not have had any idea if i had lied to him.. Again i have experienced this type of situation more then a few times..
For example: Lets say the charge was $20:65 and i have a $50 note and i have 65 cents .. I give the young girl at the counter $50:65 because it gets rid of some silver change and i will get $30 back two crisp notes and zero change.. The girl at the counter looks at the money with a bamboozled look, looks at me as if i am a brain dead moron.. Puts the 65 cents down on the counter and rings up the 50 dollars and grabs the $29.35 change out of the draw and picks up the 65cents i gave her and hands it all back to me.. Variations of this have happened to me at a lot of different stores..
Another common example.. I have got a lot of silver change.. I go to a store and buy a $3:80 product.. I hand over $3:80 silver to the guy at the counter.. He looks at the hand full of silver with a dumbfounded bewildered look. Looks up at me and asks how much i have given him.. I tell him $3:80.. And because he cannot count it up in his head he has to trust me and he rings that payment into the machine and says thank you sir.. I could have paid him $2:30 and he would not have had any idea if i had lied to him.. Again i have experienced this type of situation more then a few times..
Monalisasmith86 · 36-40, F
@Adstar they must have been faking it