[petercooper]

When I go to stores and the kid cashier says $4.61, I purposely give the .11 to confuse them. Fun to watch.

[jimmango]

When I go to stores and the kid cashier says $4.61, I purposely give the .11 to confuse them. Fun to watch.
Even better, last weekend I had a bill for $10.04 at a local restaurant. After giving the cashier (high school girl) $20, I said that I think I have the $0.04. I pulled out a quarter and gave it to her. After standing there for a bit, looking at the confused look on her face, I told her she needed to give me $10.21 back. Maybe I should have said $15.21?

[rarestia]

I do the same thing! They hate it. I like having larger coins, so I carrying around change when possible, esp. if traveling. Doesn’t it just fry you, though, that they can’t figure out this basic math?

Oh... my favorite story: went to Chili’s for dinner with the little lady one night. It was storming and Chili’s was one of the few places with power. We went to pay, and they told us, “Oh, the computers are down due to the storm, so we’re taking card numbers for later.”

I told the girl, “No problem, I have cash.”

You’d have thought I was paying with gold nugget. The bill was something like $36.80, and I gave her 2 $20 bills. First she came back with $4.20. I told her she was a dollar off. She came back with $5.20. I just shook my head and laughed. She called over her manager... she proceeded to argue with me that $4.20 was appropriate change. I was flummoxed.

Remember, I’m only 32. This manager looked older than me and even had issues with basic subtraction.

We’re doomed.