Cashiers who cannot perform basic math

[lxskllr]

Like radians? http://www.proradian.net/pro-shop/proradian-pro/ http://www.proradian.net/pro-shop/proradian2/
You can probably also find one scaled in decimal values of pi for even more intuitive math.

I'd probably go for gon to be consistent with something, but I'm not particular as long as it's decimal. I do wish the US would take up metric as the standard format. a mm is as precise as I generally need to be, and it can be directly read on a tape. As it is, my smallest graduation in .01'(~1/8"), and it's sometimes not close enough, and I have to interpolate. That's not even counting getting 300 pages of blueprints that are all in decimal feet aside from the structure, which is in imperial, presumably because it's somewhat related to architecture, and it's well known architects are retarded :^D

 

[us3rnotfound]

Alright let me tell you something. You expect me to get paid $6.70/hr and have the ability to do mental math on the fly? You're dreaming. I was once a cashier in high school, so I know.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Alright let me tell you something. You expect me to get paid $6.70/hr and have the ability to do mental math on the fly? You're dreaming. I was once a cashier in high school, so I know.

It's more about pattern recognition than 'mental math.' Good cashiers do NOT do subtraction in their heads. They count forward ALWAYS.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

One skill you are capable of attaining within a week of side-by-side training - the other requires a background in many courses typically that would take years for a lot of burger flippers to attain.

And plenty of people have cube jobs that are pretty easy too - and they are easy for people like us. Try explaining basic accounting principles to a burger flipper. Go on. I'll still be here when you get back 5 years later.

You are confusing skill sets and knowledge. With regards to cashiering, you can only teach someone to be adequate. You can't teach them to be good if they lack the skill set. Funny you mention accounting, I lack 9 hours for a degree in accounting. The accounting classes I took were part of my food and beverage degree. They weren't wasted but, I lack the skill set to be a good accountant. You seem to think those 'burger flippers' will never do anything else. Functioning as part of a team, having a useful skill set while, simultaneously interacting with the public puts many 'burger flippers' light years ahead of the average cube monkey.

 

[Thebobo]

Eons ago I was the shift manager at a gas station we didn't have self serve and I was the change god. Carried all the money at the pumps, had hundreds of bills in my top pockets and a coin dispenser on my belt. I could do the math and whip out change in seconds, the fasted thumb in the east. I did my calculations on base 10 and plus or minus everything from there out. Worked great for me.