I ran by the pizza store on the way home for their carry out special, got a medium pizza and a 2 liter Pepsi, total was $5.42.
I give the girl a twenty, then check my pockets, and found 45 cents in change. I said, "wait I have some change", she says " well I already typed $20.00 in the register", and of course the register showed change for me of $14.58.
I say "Well, let me give you this, and just give me a 5 and a 10 back." I hand her the change and immediately see the look of horror cross her face as the reality of her actually figuring the change in her head hits her with the force of a home run swing to the skull.
She ponders the change drawer with a bewildered look for a few seconds, then drops the 45 cents I gave her in the drawer. She pulls out the $14.58 and hands it to me, I say "this isnt correct." She replies with, "well, can I just give you the 45 cents back?" I say, "Just put this back and give me the $15.03." Another blank look slowly crosses her face as she ponders this new request of money from me. I hand her the money back and she piles it on top of the $20.00 that is sitting on the register. Then proceeds to whip out the paper and pencil. I watch as she painfully does the 4th grade math, and carrying her numbers in writing, of subtracting $5.42 from $20.45.
I blurt out "Its $15.03." She glares up at me with the biggest GO TO HELL look I have seen in a few years. I decide it would be wiser to let my pizza drop by a few degrees as she figures out this complex equation on paper, than to have her fly over the counter and knife me in the gut.
She finally gives me the $15.03 after checking her subtraction TWICE, and I prepare to head out the door.
About this time the manager wanders over and sees me with the one pizza box and the Pepsi, and sees her putting $34.58 in the register (that was siting on the top). He unknowingly walks into a mine field by asking the girl "How much did you charge that gentleman for his order?" This time he is on the business end of the look from hell, as she glares at him, then me. I say "I was charged properly, she can explain it to you." and walked out the door.
When I got to the truck I looked back and saw her explaining wildly by flailing her arms around pointing at the cash drawer then pointing out to me. I just drove home bewildered.
I give the girl a twenty, then check my pockets, and found 45 cents in change. I said, "wait I have some change", she says " well I already typed $20.00 in the register", and of course the register showed change for me of $14.58.
I say "Well, let me give you this, and just give me a 5 and a 10 back." I hand her the change and immediately see the look of horror cross her face as the reality of her actually figuring the change in her head hits her with the force of a home run swing to the skull.
She ponders the change drawer with a bewildered look for a few seconds, then drops the 45 cents I gave her in the drawer. She pulls out the $14.58 and hands it to me, I say "this isnt correct." She replies with, "well, can I just give you the 45 cents back?" I say, "Just put this back and give me the $15.03." Another blank look slowly crosses her face as she ponders this new request of money from me. I hand her the money back and she piles it on top of the $20.00 that is sitting on the register. Then proceeds to whip out the paper and pencil. I watch as she painfully does the 4th grade math, and carrying her numbers in writing, of subtracting $5.42 from $20.45.
I blurt out "Its $15.03." She glares up at me with the biggest GO TO HELL look I have seen in a few years. I decide it would be wiser to let my pizza drop by a few degrees as she figures out this complex equation on paper, than to have her fly over the counter and knife me in the gut.
She finally gives me the $15.03 after checking her subtraction TWICE, and I prepare to head out the door.
About this time the manager wanders over and sees me with the one pizza box and the Pepsi, and sees her putting $34.58 in the register (that was siting on the top). He unknowingly walks into a mine field by asking the girl "How much did you charge that gentleman for his order?" This time he is on the business end of the look from hell, as she glares at him, then me. I say "I was charged properly, she can explain it to you." and walked out the door.
When I got to the truck I looked back and saw her explaining wildly by flailing her arms around pointing at the cash drawer then pointing out to me. I just drove home bewildered.
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