There are 3 kinds of people in the world... those that can count and those that cannot.
NCC On 5/23/07, Duane Hummel <a1959jack...@yahoo.com> wrote:
So.... half the people are above average? Duane *Tim Kohtz <tko...@hotmail.com>* wrote: Einstein once said that if you think of how smart the average Joe is, half the population are more stupid than that. >From: "Minton, Mark" >To: Cave Texas >Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Math Skills >Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:00:54 -0400 > > Fritz Holt said: > > >Most math skills for dollars and cents are so poor that cashiers would be >lost if the register did not tell them how much change was due the >customer. > > That's for sure. I often give a cashier a larger bill than the >total due, plus some coins to make the change come out more even, so that >I'll get a nickel or a dime rather than a bunch of pennies. Sometimes they >just push the coins back and make change out of the large bill, as if I >didn't realize I already had enough cash on the table. Those are usually >the ones who try to think about it. If they just punch it into the cash >register, they give me what it says and don't appear to think about it one >way or another. Other times they are totally stumped, and I have to >explain what I want. It's sad. > >Mark _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine's 2007 editors' choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com ------------------------------ Pinpoint customers <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48250/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v9.php?o=US2226&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=AprNI&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50>who are looking for what you sell.
