Hehe, I know I've seen threads like this before, but without remembering which and not wanting to threadjack them... thought I'd throw my own out there.
Now, I'm not great with math in my head if it's.. say, percents or complicated things. But simple addition? Sure.
I was helping a semi-new employee of mine count out her register drawer and set up her register's deposit bag. On the slip of paper, one of the entries needed are any refunded amounts, added up to a total. She had three slips to add up, but couldn't find a calculator. So, I proceeded to add up $aa.aa + $bb.bb + $cc.cc, in my head, out loud so I could think better. It went something along the lines of "Okay, aa.aa plus bb.bb.. that's ... this number, rounded up to dd.dd... plus cc.cc... that's... this, this ... rounds up to *total*. Put that down."
She looked at me and said "WOW, you're GOOD."...
I just laughed and shrugged. I mean.. even something slightly complicated I might have a little bit of trouble with, but simple addition? Pff. It amazes me that people can't count out change or add in their head without a computer anymore. I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to do the "Kids these days!" and "Get off of my lawn!!"
Now, I'm not great with math in my head if it's.. say, percents or complicated things. But simple addition? Sure.
I was helping a semi-new employee of mine count out her register drawer and set up her register's deposit bag. On the slip of paper, one of the entries needed are any refunded amounts, added up to a total. She had three slips to add up, but couldn't find a calculator. So, I proceeded to add up $aa.aa + $bb.bb + $cc.cc, in my head, out loud so I could think better. It went something along the lines of "Okay, aa.aa plus bb.bb.. that's ... this number, rounded up to dd.dd... plus cc.cc... that's... this, this ... rounds up to *total*. Put that down."
She looked at me and said "WOW, you're GOOD."...
I just laughed and shrugged. I mean.. even something slightly complicated I might have a little bit of trouble with, but simple addition? Pff. It amazes me that people can't count out change or add in their head without a computer anymore. I'm getting to the point where I'm starting to do the "Kids these days!" and "Get off of my lawn!!"
Comment