Quote Originally Posted by stitching woman View Post
How many stores do you go in that the clerk can't count back your change? If the register didn't tell them how much money to give you back I would hate to think what would happen. It is a very sad.
Stitching woman...most every fast food/store I go to where the clerk is mid 20's (looking) or younger... will literally be searching for which coin...looking back up to what the register says (like they forgot how much they were looking for) then back down and search around and grab coins, then drop them back...and of course NEVER count back the change to the customer. And I count my change and when it is wrong I will tell them and they look at me like I"m the stupid one! Since the automated world does the thinking for you and push buttons have become all it takes to do things... people don't have to think anymore. Schools these days (well, back in my kids days even) they teach you about computer this and that, but dont' bother teaching kids about how to balance a check book or calculate interest rates or things that we do in daily life.

I'll never for get when my 4 year old grand daughter told me... we were shopping and I didnt' have enough money for something and she said "well, nanny, why don't you just swipe your debit card?"