"Steven Peck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/23/2008 07:01:17 PM:
> I got A's in math in school. I learned over time how to do the math > and reverse count change properly. It is a learned skill and my > manager taught it to me but I sure couldn't do it that first week. I > could not reverse count change properly until taught. It was a dying > skill when I was at this job 23 years ago, I imagine it's not really > even taught at all in fast food joints anymore but is taught in other > eating establishments. Heh - a few months back I counted the change to myself in reverse change order, and the kid behind the counter expressed interest - so I showed him how it worked (there was no one else behind me - heaven forbid I hold someone up in line). We did a few practice counts together and he picked it up pretty quick. I had to smile later when I left - he was practicing it with another customer. His buddy next to him never did pick up on it :/ Now I just collect the change at home, and take it in every few months to my credit union - they have a change counting machine in the lobby. It's easier then dealing with the deer in headlight looks when you try to reduce the amount of change you get with cashiers... Eric Eskam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The contents of this message are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government "The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it." - P. B. Medawar ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
