The Human Race Is Doomed
So I was at the store today, as one occasionally is. The total came to $80.10, and having just been to the bank, I handed the cashier a hundred dollar bill and a dime. She typed it into the cash register wrong, so she had to figure out the change herself.
Except she couldn't do it.
No, really. She had to call over her supervisor to help her do the math. And to make it better, the supervisor studied the situation for a moment and then pulled out her cell phone to use the calculator feature. Granted, I think they were both a bit thrown off by trying to work backwards from whatever the cashier had accidentally typed in, but still. The second time I told them that the correct change was a twenty, the supervisor assured the cashier that I was right and we all got to move on.
Any society in which two supposedly-functional adults cannot subtract $80.10 from $100.10 and get $20 does not deserve to survive. The aliens can invade any time now.
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Except she couldn't do it.
No, really. She had to call over her supervisor to help her do the math. And to make it better, the supervisor studied the situation for a moment and then pulled out her cell phone to use the calculator feature. Granted, I think they were both a bit thrown off by trying to work backwards from whatever the cashier had accidentally typed in, but still. The second time I told them that the correct change was a twenty, the supervisor assured the cashier that I was right and we all got to move on.
Any society in which two supposedly-functional adults cannot subtract $80.10 from $100.10 and get $20 does not deserve to survive. The aliens can invade any time now.
This entry was originally posted at http://lizvogel.dreamwidth.org/82276.html because LiveJournal has broken posting on my browser. Comments accepted here, but please comment on Dreamwidth if you possibly can.