It's not just the millenials - it's teacher union run public ed coupled with digital dependency - the dynamic duo. The original Calcasieu Lumber Company in Austin was downtown. Back when the sales tax rate was 5%, you'll have to figure out how long ago that was, I made a purchase for one dollar. The clerk got out his calculator and said, "That will be $1.05, sir."
Dolph Briscoe or Bill Clements era maybe? My old friend at Home Lumber Company used to say, "I liked Austin before it was weird." Good thing he's gone now. We moved out three years ago. Back the other day. Unbelievable.
I was listening to a commentator on a radio program this week speaking of the Dept of Education origins and how miserably theyтАЩve failed, little Johnny canтАЩt read now and 49 years ago he could read in 2 or 3 languages. My thought was how can we expect Johnny to read when his parents and teachers canтАЩt read?
If the cash register or computer register (whatever...) doesn't give them the answer, they are completely lost. They tend to check computer answer, then hand back a wad of money. It's even worse with young only using Venmo or CCards now. I remember my 1st jobs being taught to count from the cost of the item. If it was $1.26 counting up to 30 gave you 4 pennies, 2 dimes made 50, 2 quarters made $2.00. If they gave you more dollars you just gave back the difference in those - 3,4,5 voila $5.00. If they added 1 cent, it was subtracked and 3 quarters were returned to customer. I tried to explain that once to a young lady. Total blank stare. PS. I was terrible at math, by the way.
I had to learn to count back change, & it has helped me in my life; itтАЩs sad though, these younger generations cannot count change, & depend on CCтАЩs!
That millennials video was telling. My wife encountered a clerk the other day who could not make change.
It's not just the millenials - it's teacher union run public ed coupled with digital dependency - the dynamic duo. The original Calcasieu Lumber Company in Austin was downtown. Back when the sales tax rate was 5%, you'll have to figure out how long ago that was, I made a purchase for one dollar. The clerk got out his calculator and said, "That will be $1.05, sir."
And that WAS a long time ago
Dolph Briscoe or Bill Clements era maybe? My old friend at Home Lumber Company used to say, "I liked Austin before it was weird." Good thing he's gone now. We moved out three years ago. Back the other day. Unbelievable.
Can remember back when Okla. had a 1 or 2% sales tax and Texas had none and ragged them about it. Wonder whose is higher now?
Maybe a DOGE effort will be instituted at the state level, too. But I think Texas bureaucrats are better than the DC ones.
LOL!
I was listening to a commentator on a radio program this week speaking of the Dept of Education origins and how miserably theyтАЩve failed, little Johnny canтАЩt read now and 49 years ago he could read in 2 or 3 languages. My thought was how can we expect Johnny to read when his parents and teachers canтАЩt read?
If the cash register or computer register (whatever...) doesn't give them the answer, they are completely lost. They tend to check computer answer, then hand back a wad of money. It's even worse with young only using Venmo or CCards now. I remember my 1st jobs being taught to count from the cost of the item. If it was $1.26 counting up to 30 gave you 4 pennies, 2 dimes made 50, 2 quarters made $2.00. If they gave you more dollars you just gave back the difference in those - 3,4,5 voila $5.00. If they added 1 cent, it was subtracked and 3 quarters were returned to customer. I tried to explain that once to a young lady. Total blank stare. PS. I was terrible at math, by the way.
Math is why I went into biology
I had to learn to count back change, & it has helped me in my life; itтАЩs sad though, these younger generations cannot count change, & depend on CCтАЩs!