Today's high school seniors.....ouch.

ovrszd · May 3, 2015

And, always "add" to make change, not "subtract". That should also be taught but alas, it is not.

Looking4new · May 3, 2015

Most of the cash registers now-a-days, you punch in the amount tendered and they automatically do the math for you and tell you how much change to give.

Creamer · May 3, 2015

Looking4new said:
Most of the cash registers now-a-days, you punch in the amount tendered and they automatically do the math for you and tell you how much change to give.

You still have to figure out which coins to pull which is difficult for many. Especially when you hand them some 'extra' coins to make the change simpler.

RSKY · May 3, 2015

The point I was trying to make is that it was simple math that I would expect any eight year old to do in their head. You won't always have a cel or calculator with you.

Daver1963 · May 3, 2015

RSKY said:
Our small town now has more than twenty "Payday Loan", "Title Loan", "Rent to Own", etc. businesses. I know these businesses prey on the young kids who don't understand basic math. But I never understood where their clientele came from. Now I know.

Scares me!!!!

Talk of the loan places reminded me of a sort of chuckle of bewilderment I had when today going through the local town (population 8,000) and there were two of those places within 200ft of each other. One had a sign that said "Title Loans" and the other had a sign that said "We pay off Title Loans."
I thought that was some weird vicious circle.

Mace Canute · May 3, 2015

Daver1963 said:
Talk of the loan places reminded me of a sort of chuckle of bewilderment I had when today going through the local town (population 8,000) and there were two of those places within 200ft of each other. One had a sign that said "Title Loans" and the other had a sign that said "We pay off Title Loans."
I thought that was some weird vicious circle.

I wonder if they were both owned by the same person?

ovrszd · May 4, 2015

Creamer said:
You still have to figure out which coins to pull which is difficult for many. Especially when you hand them some 'extra' coins to make the change simpler.

Yeah, you want to bring the checkout line to a screeching halt, throw in some extra coins.