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Topic: Can you count change?
justme659 Joined Wed 10/03/07 Posts: 6144	Sat 01/31/15 01:38 PM
p.s. I have a cash register just like that. I had one that had a crank handle on the side. Gave it to my brother.

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Sat 01/31/15 08:31 PM
I have worked retail for almost 10 years. Its a hard job sometimes. I have watched cashiers get so nervous and count the wrong change back because the customer is giving them a hard time. I usually tell them to take deep breaths and relax. Then other times its their first job and they really dont know how to count change. It could go either way. yes that is a different scenario than what I was thinking. most any task is made more difficult with a meanie breathing down your neck... with cash registers these days telling the cashier what the change is though, I was imagining that making things simple under normal circumstances.

Unknow Joined Tue 01/27/15 Posts: 47	Sat 01/31/15 09:18 PM
Yes the computers now days makes things so much easier and i have noticed that its happening alot more lately that kids are not being prepared for the real world. Like counting change correctly or even reading or spelling correctly.

Kindlightheart Joined Fri 09/19/14 Posts: 2370	Sat 01/31/15 10:38 PM
WHY AREN'T SCHOOLS TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW TO COUNT CHANGE? I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2, and I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried... lol...this just reminded me of when my dad and I ordered ten 99 cent cheeseburgers and the girl in the drive thru could not figure out the change for a ten dollar bill because the register was broke...sad..

no1phD Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 27442	Sat 01/31/15 10:45 PM
okay .I'm just learning how to count!. . now you want me to count change..! .omg..(. this counting stuff )is going to give me a headache, I just know it.. ... I mean..like oh my" gosh".. . when am I ever, going to need to know.. how to count.... . like for cereal.. that's what they have calculators on your phone for . daaaa......... . my oldest son's reaction.. . to his math homework..lol .. . .

Foursure Joined Fri 01/09/15 Posts: 3231	Sat 01/31/15 10:48 PM
I was in a department store browsing while two teenage boys were talking about buying something for $7.00 but wanted to buy 4 of them. One kid asked the other how much that would be and the other proceeded to get out his cell phone to use the calculator. I yelled "for goodness sake; its $28.00" I would be yelling as well --

mysticalview21 Joined Sat 06/28/14 Posts: 5462	Mon 02/02/15 12:02 PM Edited by mysticalview21 on Mon 02/02/15 12:04 PM
aren't they relying more on calculators in schools ...thought I heard that sometime ago ... and most cash register do the work for them ... and I would defiantly have a phone for back up ... because most of the time my brain will work for myth and sometimes it does not and I have to wright somethings down to be sure... but they really should teach the children while their young like they use to ... I did hear their are very few females that are good in math ... but some are great... I am terrible lol that's why you would never see me working in a bank... if you work at it all the time then you know how... but if you don't your minds slips a little ...

Cutiepieforyou Joined Wed 10/17/07 Posts: 43085	Mon 02/02/15 12:34 PM
Yes, I can.

silver14344 Joined Mon 02/02/15 Posts: 143	Mon 02/02/15 12:37 PM
I was in a department store browsing while two teenage boys were talking about buying something for $7.00 but wanted to buy 4 of them. One kid asked the other how much that would be and the other proceeded to get out his cell phone to use the calculator. I yelled "for goodness sake; its $28.00" ....yay!guest it right use calculator the best way....lol..jejeje

luvmeforlife Joined Wed 11/06/13 Posts: 700	Mon 02/02/15 01:11 PM
I was in a department store browsing while two teenage boys were talking about buying something for $7.00 but wanted to buy 4 of them. One kid asked the other how much that would be and the other proceeded to get out his cell phone to use the calculator. I yelled "for goodness sake; its $28.00" ahahha!!!!! So I thought we all learned how to do that in 2nd grade. I guess not and we now know why she was working at BK.

Jtevans Joined Fri 08/10/07 Posts: 30654	Mon 02/02/15 01:45 PM
i had to learn to count change.not all my hookers charge an even amount

Omar4Life Joined Sat 01/31/15 Posts: 6	Tue 02/03/15 03:23 AM Edited by Omar4Life on Tue 02/03/15 03:25 AM
It really important to teach our children how to count the change, So they would not find difficulties in dealing with money Thank you for this exciting Topic

devildog123 Joined Mon 09/08/14 Posts: 3902	Tue 02/03/15 03:29 AM
I remember my first job.. I was a freshman is HS... Worked in a ice cream store.. in hindsight.. I had no business being at the cash register.. I was not ready to handle the public... who.. by the way can be brutal on a kid. maybe the kid was overwhelmed a bit.

mssilverfox Joined Sat 12/08/07 Posts: 10529	Tue 02/03/15 03:48 AM Edited by mssilverfox on Tue 02/03/15 03:50 AM
Kids don't learn to make change anymore because when they are in elementary school they are allowed to use calculators. They don't teach them how to multiply and memorize. I was very upset when my stepdaughter came home and said she had to have a calculator for school. She was in 3rd grade. I once had a girl give me back too much change. I tried to explain to her three times what she did and she just shook her shoulders. I finally just walked away. She shouldn't have been hired if she couldn't count. They also don't teach the kids to write longhand (script). What do these people do when they need put their signature on a legal document? I worked in a department store (small town) when I was 16 and not only did I run the register, I was responsible for doing the deposit and walking 2 blocks to the bank with it.

Aqeelzafar Joined Tue 02/03/15 Posts: 8	Tue 02/03/15 05:17 AM
Technological babies everywhere

HoneyFly Joined Mon 01/27/14 Posts: 1962	Tue 02/03/15 10:56 PM
lol I had a guy who's cash register wasn't working... he actually got sum paper out, wrote it down, subtracted, even crossed out, carried the one over lol etc etc all to give me my change back. I watched him in amazement, that he just had no concept of how to count change back. At least he was persistent in giving your correct change back. I'd usually tell the cashier to keep it cuz I can't count too.

panchovanilla Joined Tue 01/07/14 Posts: 5396	Tue 02/03/15 11:02 PM
Girls are usually better at change counting than boys. For example; Jack and Jill went up a hill Each with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with $2.50.

HoneyFly Joined Mon 01/27/14 Posts: 1962	Tue 02/03/15 11:15 PM


prashant01 Joined Wed 05/06/09 Posts: 14148	Thu 02/05/15 09:14 AM
WHY AREN'T SCHOOLS TEACHING OUR CHILDREN HOW TO COUNT CHANGE? I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2, and I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried... Ohhhhhh.... That's scary and ridiculous too........ Anyways...after reading topic title, I thought it's about counting the change ( measuring the transformation)

prashant01 Joined Wed 05/06/09 Posts: 14148	Thu 02/05/15 09:24 AM Edited by prashant01 on Thu 02/05/15 09:35 AM
BTW...those who considers themselves good at counting the change, may give a try to answer below simple puzzle pls.... A boy buys goods worth INR.200 from a shop. (shopkeeper is selling the goods with zero profit). The boy gives him INR.1000 note. The shopkeeper gets the change from the next shop and keeps INR.200 for himself and returns INR.800 to the boy. Later the shopkeeper of the next shop comes with the INR.1000 note saying that the note is ��duplicate�� and takes his money back. How much LOSS did the shopkeeper face?