I was buying some things at the local grocery store last week. I saw the total was going to provide me a wad of singles so I do what I usually do: I kicked in a quarter to make my change a fivespot. You’d think this was simple math, but you’d be wrong. The slacker at the register gave me a blank look.
“Aw, man,” he sighed, fumbling with the money. “The last math I did was advanced trigonometry.”
Dust off those advanced trig skills, dude. NASA may be calling you.
And enjoy the look of confusion on the cashier’s face – I can practically smell their brain cell burning. All too often I have to tell the cashier “Trust me – just plug it into the register.” You’d think that most people could handle third-grade mathematics without needing a calculator….