<VV> counter help - a bit off topic

[J R Read_HML]

I don't know, he wanted his OWN quarter back plus another one, I guess.

As a teen, JR knew his 15 times AND 35 times tables in his head.  They only 
taught up to 12 X 12 in schools.  He worked at a "Dairy Queen" which also 
sold burgers.  There were .35 burgers and .15 burgers.  The .35 ones were 
easy.  They were big and no one ordered very many of them.  3 of them would 
be a buck five.  7 of the .15 were a buck five.  So, 14 of the .15 were 2.10

Oh yeah, in those days we counted the change back.  Order is total of 2.10 
and you are handed a $5.00...  (Twenties then were like Fifties now - you 
didn't like to break them).  So, it goes (you say out loud) 2.10 (for the 
amount of the bill), 2.15 - you hand over a nickel, 2.25 - you hand over a 
dime, 3 - you hand over 3 quarters, and 2 is 5 - you hand over $2.00  No one 
ever seemed to get confused with that system.

That was BC (before computers) learned to count and people forgot how!

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 1:06 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Dr. Jack, counter help


>>> I gave the girl a $20. The beer was $3.75, so I gave her another quarter 
>>> and asked her for the bills back. After a solid three minutes of getting 
>>> puzzled looks, I asked Chico what 20 take away 4 is. He immediately gave 
>>> the answer, and I told the girl to just five me back $16.
>
> Yes, as JR has pointed out, she must have thought you were completely mad. 
> Some weird old guy with a kid comes in, orders something that costs $3.75, 
> gives her a $20 bill, and then gives her another 25 cents (so that she now 
> has a total of $20.25), and demands $16 back instead of the $16.50 he was 
> due. Giving her the extra 25 cents actually made the math *harder* for 
> her.
>
> Perhaps she thought you were trying to give her a 50 cent tip, although it 
> sounds as if your attitude at the time wasn't symptomatic of this...
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
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