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Posted by Tina - AxisHOST, Inc. on 11/13/05 15:24
"JDS" <jeffrey@example.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.11.13.03.22.25.2776@example.invalid...
> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:43:31 +0000, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> Well said. And is a reason that would apply to why all cash registers
>> these days tell the kids how much change to give back.
>
> Oh my god that is annoying!
>
> Teenager: "That'll be 11.53"
> Me: <Hands her[1] a ten and a five>
> Me: <waiting for 3.47>
> teenager: <pressing buttons pressing buttons>
> Me: <still waiting>
> Me: "Um... forty-seven? Um..no, three forty-seven. THREE. Yes.
> Forty-seven. See? right there. A five. Yes... minus 1.53."
> teenager: <more buttons>
> Me: "Okay. Thank you."
>
> sheesh.
>
> I used to work with this Old Guy(TM) who *never* touched the register
> except to put money in and take it out. Just pressed the big "Open
> Drawer" button. And was quick as a <insert good "quicknes" simile here>
> doing it, too. I happened to *be* a teenager at the time.
>
> Ah, well, I'm rambling now. Quick tie-in. That "Old Guy" story happened
> before HTML really existed in the wild. 1988. Allright, I really am
> rambling now.
>
> [1] It always seems to be teenage *girls*[2] that I have to deal with in
> this capacity.
>
> [2] Sike. Just being sexist. Teenage boys are just as bad.
I worked in a 7-11 awhile ago - my boss at the time forbid us to let the
cash register figure up the change for us....because, get this, he said he
figured it cost him about $300 per year in wasted register tape!!
--Tina
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