Re: [OM] wahoo!

[Paul Braun]

On 5/30/10 18:36 : , John Hudson wrote:
> I did.
>
> A recent bill came to $19.28. I gave the nice person at the till a $20 bill,
> a nickel and a quarter and said that I was due a looney [local speak for a
> $1 coin] and two pennies.
>
> She called a supervisor and asked how much was due to the customer.
>
> One is reminded that Starbucks' adverts for behind the counter staff often
> contain an interesting one liner ......"university grads preferred".
>
> I'd mastered the $20.30 and $19.28 complexity before I was 10 years old.
>
>
>    
I come across this all the time.  Give 'em an extra 3 cents so you get 
back something like a quarter, and they stare at you like you've 
suddenly sprouted an extra head and an eye in the middle of you face.  
It's worse if they've already punched "amount tendered" and you find 
those extra pennies in your pocket.... I've also had them get a manager 
to come over and explain to them why this idiot just gave them three 
pennies.

Sad state of affairs.

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