Ok, so I go to Burger King and gave the cashier...

[Ladybugsmom]

Originally Posted by 20Camaro11

Oh yeah....I always appreciated the drunks and druggies who would come in and pay with silver dollars, rare wheat pennies and buffalo nickels, so on and so forth to pay for a beer and cigarettes....thank you very much... Don't know whose collection they raided...but...at the end of the day, I just collected money.

Oh yeah - I bought a 1934 twenty dollar bill out of the register when I worked at a retail place. Some teenager's parents were probably pretty pissed when they found out what had been taken from their collection!

[20Camaro11]

All I know is that customer service is for the birds. The 10% of the population that doesn't understand or find good manners to be part of their day can pretty much make a day suck. The Deuc&*-Nozzel who threw $21 on the counter for a $1.89 Steel Reserve Deuce and then stated I was a #$%%#@ idiot for asking for his ID...well, I took his $21 dollars and wished him well when he told me to keep the change from what I presume he thought was 11 cents. That four year really enlightened me to what people really are...takes a lot for me to be impressed.

[Tessa]

Originally Posted by stieger

Don't do it. I went to a McDonald's up at school (McFlurry's are my weakness) and paid with a $2 bill. They called the police, told the officer that I was attempting to pay with counterfeit currency, and that they should arrest me on the spot.

Luckily the officer was a bit older. He looked at me, looked at the $2 bill, looked at the cashier, looked at the $2 bill, then just shook his head.

[2ndgenz28]

Originally Posted by stieger

Don't do it. I went to a McDonald's up at school (McFlurry's are my weakness) and paid with a $2 bill. They called the police, told the officer that I was attempting to pay with counterfeit currency, and that they should arrest me on the spot.

Luckily the officer was a bit older. He looked at me, looked at the $2 bill, looked at the cashier, looked at the $2 bill, then just shook his head.

I would be getting free mcflurrys for life and that person fired.

[L88427]

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[Lou_Dorchen]

Try this:

When you get a total of say $4.86, give them a $5 bill. Wait til they type it in so it tells them what change to give you back. Just as that happens say, "Oh wait, I have 11 cents". 9 times out of 10 you will get a blank look in return.

[Rogue Leader]

Originally Posted by Captain Vlad

For all of people's bitchin' and moanin' about the lack of education or intelligence, if you've ever worked in a cashier's position at some point or the other you've been the dumb-ass employee you're complaining about now. If you have never been a cashier, and decide to become one, you may also rest assured that you will become, if only for a moment, the dumb-ass employee you're talking about now.

But it balances out, because everyone, at some point, has also been the pain-in-the-ass demanding customer who won't shut up and go home despite receiving perfectly good service.

Err I worked at McDonalds all through my senior year of high school and never had a problem with simple math.

[heRS]

Nice to see the milk of human kindess flowing freely towards those less fortunate than yourselves.
Personally I have a number dyslexia sort of thing going on. Despite a 3.6 - 4.0 in all other subjects I failed at math miserably. My 7th grade math teacher gave me a mercy D- and said "I'm doing you a favor so you don't have to suffer through my class again, I can see that math just isn't for you". That was my last math class in high school!
I'm the person who can have momentary confusion over numbers, who does have to be very careful with anything involving numbers so I get it right. I can count change although when someone hands me an odd amount it might take me a little cipherin' to figure it out.
Luckily, as a dog trainer (who can afford to buy a new Camaro because I'm good at what I do), I'm not required to do much with numbers.

[Captain Vlad]

Originally Posted by CamaroFemme

I think Vlad is saying: everyone has mathematical mindflatulence every once in a while, especially if you aren't naturally gifted with numerical talents.

Exactly. Even if you think you haven't or didn't. Or especially if you think your haven't or didn't.

[NavyDood]

Originally Posted by Berean

$11.47 for a $6.47 bill.

She just didn't get it. She got slightly impatient and said "You know you gave me too much money".

Far too many people are deficient in basic skills nowadays.

I actually find it more funny that having five one dollar bills instead of a five dollar bill was a problem for you.

[IROCanSS]

Originally Posted by NavyDood

I actually find it more funny that having five one dollar bills instead of a five dollar bill was a problem for you.

If he gave the cashier the $10, It wouldn't have been 5 ones... It would have been 3 and a hand full of change! he gave what I presume as a ten dollar bill, a one and then 47 cents to obviously get a 5 back. and maybe he didn't need any more ones.

It's the same at a restaurant. If your bill is say $31.50 and you give them two twenties, a one and two quarters and the bring you a five and five ones back... Dumbasses

[AutoAgenda]

That's awesome... and she thinks your the crazy one...

[CamaroSkooter]

Originally Posted by Captain Vlad

For all of people's bitchin' and moanin' about the lack of education or intelligence, if you've ever worked in a cashier's position at some point or the other you've been the dumb-ass employee you're complaining about now. If you have never been a cashier, and decide to become one, you may also rest assured that you will become, if only for a moment, the dumb-ass employee you're talking about now.

But it balances out, because everyone, at some point, has also been the pain-in-the-ass demanding customer who won't shut up and go home despite receiving perfectly good service.

I worked at RadioShack for a few months when I took a semester off from college. There were a few times when the computer system was down and all transactions had to be by hand.

If I hadn't been working there when those instances happened, I imagine my coworkers would've been freaking out having to do all the math in their head. I became the store calculator for a few hours. You'd think basic addition and subtraction was an alien language these days.

Originally Posted by heRS

Nice to see the milk of human kindess flowing freely towards those less fortunate than yourselves.
Personally I have a number dyslexia sort of thing going on. Despite a 3.6 - 4.0 in all other subjects I failed at math miserably. My 7th grade math teacher gave me a mercy D- and said "I'm doing you a favor so you don't have to suffer through my class again, I can see that math just isn't for you". That was my last math class in high school!
I'm the person who can have momentary confusion over numbers, who does have to be very careful with anything involving numbers so I get it right. I can count change although when someone hands me an odd amount it might take me a little cipherin' to figure it out.
Luckily, as a dog trainer (who can afford to buy a new Camaro because I'm good at what I do), I'm not required to do much with numbers.

But see, you KNOW you have issues with numbers. And since you KNOW that, I imagine you wouldn't be applying to a job that requires you to work a cash register all day long, would you?

This was clearly not a case where the person had a legitimate dyslexia with numbers issue. They just didn't pay any attention in math class and it showed.

[c_LoW29]

Originally Posted by Lou_Dorchen

Try this:

When you get a total of say $4.86, give them a $5 bill. Wait til they type it in so it tells them what change to give you back. Just as that happens say, "Oh wait, I have 11 cents". 9 times out of 10 you will get a blank look in return.

The blank look is probably because they are pissed since you didnt tell them that before they punched the numbers in the register considering it does all the math it also balances at the end of the night as well.