Rock Victorian  wrote:

I don't understand how there are cashiers/tellers/clerks (whathaveyou) that do not know how to count back change, or understand that someone gives over to receive exact bills. One of my first jobs was as a cashier, it was learned immediately.

"Math is hard!"

Seriously - teachers are no longer allowed to pound fundamental understanding of basic arithmetic into their students. It's "bad for their self-esteem."

Caradoc wrote:

"Math is hard!"

Seriously - teachers are no longer allowed to pound fundamental understanding of basic arithmetic into their students. It's "bad for their self-esteem."

Calling them retards for not knowing how to count is bad for their self esteem too.

Caradoc wrote:

You should really be investing in brass, copper, and lead if you want metals with value.

Of course, they're mostly traded in assembled forms, with a primer at one end. When they're traded in disassembled forms, someone usually gets perforated.

Why copper or brass or lead?  What's the big deal about those?   GOLD is the good one.  How do you buy those gold bars like in movies?