As you guys know...

[guncrasher]

I watched a 20 something at a register in the gas station unable to do simple math like calculate change from a dollar. He had to use his fingers and still couldnt figure it out because he messed up when trying to calculate the total of the purchase on the register. Had to use a calculator to do it for him.

I can't count from 1 to 10 in English, I have to do it in my native language.

he may have had a problem.

semp

[Slamfire]

Fast food places (and pizza chains too for that matter) have gone to crap in the last 20 years.  I mean they were never fantastic, don't get me wrong, but in the last 20 years armies of Harvard MBAs came in and cheaped out on everything.   Wendys is prime example... they used to have good burgers circa late 90s, now they're horrific.

Pizza Hut is another example - remember when they had good pan pizzas that came out in a big black metal pan ?   

Anyways, like anything else, it's always a race to the bottom.

[Eviscerate]

but in the last 20 years armies of Harvard MBAs came in and cheaped out on everything.

I think the term you're looking for is late stage capitalism.

[Slamfire]

No, I think the term I'm looking for is "sit your bellybutton back down at the kids table".

[Slamfire]

LOL I see Scuzzy installed a curse world corrector.  Lame.

[RUSH1]

I think the term you're looking for is late stage capitalism.

[RUSH1]

I think the term you're looking for is late stage capitalism.

Bernie, is that you?  Please explain?

[MiloMorai]

You tell me.  There are $20.+ /hr. start jobs everywhere for the unskilled, yet you see 20 and 30 somethings everywhere settling for the type jobs mentioned above.  One guess would be motivation.  When mom still washes your clothes, a 40 hr. work week becomes less of a priority.

Cop out.

[Chalenge]

WalMart, and Sam's both sell Jimmy Dean's Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Muffins. So, you can avoid Micky Dee's altogether.

[RUSH1]

Cop out.

Prove me wrong, one liner talking points king.  Mom still iron your pants before meeting with your unemployment officer?  Wait, we don't have those guys anymore ...

[bj229r]

If you REALLY want to watch a meltdown give them a  $5, 2 dimes and a penny for a $1.06 item

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I watched a 20 something at a register in the gas station unable to do simple math like calculate change from a dollar. He had to use his fingers and still couldnt figure it out because he messed up when trying to calculate the total of the purchase on the register. Had to use a calculator to do it for him.

That would be me. I freeze up when counting change or doing simple math. I've been that way since I was a kid. I was good at math in school too. My brain just has a mental block for that simple thing.

[nrshida]

I watched a 20 something at a register in the gas station unable to do simple math like calculate change from a dollar. He had to use his fingers and still couldnt figure it out because he messed up when trying to calculate the total of the purchase on the register. Had to use a calculator to do it for him.

Might have dyscalculia.

[guncrasher]

If you REALLY want to watch a meltdown give them a  $5, 2 dimes and a penny for a $1.06 item

around here we still have a shortage of coins. so if you don't have exact change you get 4 bucks back. if you are a long time customer then it would only be 1 buck.


semp

[sparky127]

As a retail manager... I instruct ALL newbies to NOT fall for the "THEY CAN'T COUNT CHANGE!!1!" scam.  We don't pay them to do math. We pay them to put the correct sku into the cash register, input the correct payment methods/quantity, and give the change that the computer tells them to give. Oh.. And, up sell.  While you're finding around trying to make the cannot look silly, your buddy is stuffing the candy track into their backpack.  Dealing with the public is difficult enough.  Why would you want to make a crappy job even crappier??