[FenwickHockey65]

We're having a discussion over at GMI right now...

A member and his wife went out to dinner and the final bill was $11.98. The wife handed the cashier a $20 bill and two $1 bills.

The cashier was super confused and said, "You gave me a $20."

The wife responded, "Right, and you give me $10 and 2 cents in change."

The OP is attributing this to the younger generation's overdependence on technology and being unable to do the math.

I disagree. If the bill was under $20, and you handed me a $20 bill and two extra bills, I'd be confused too. I'd probably just hand you back the extra cash and make change from the $20.

OP refuses to confirm, but I'm guessing his wife wanted a single $10 bill rather than have a $5 bill and 5 $1 bills. The thing is, it's not the cashier's job to read minds if the wife hadn't explicitly stated her intentions. I don't think the cashier was as dumb as he thinks, in fact from her response, it sounds like she thought the wife was the idiot in this situation for paying with more than was required.