Comments on: Life in the technological fastlane https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/life-in-technological-fastlane/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:37:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: bibliobibuli https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/life-in-technological-fastlane/#comment-25050 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:44:00 +0000 #comment-25050 That’s progress! I also had to do mental arithmatic every morning and am glad for it now.

]]> By: Glenda Larke https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/life-in-technological-fastlane/#comment-25049 Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:17:00 +0000 #comment-25049 Lol, Kendall – we don’t even have quarters here to complicate matters…just as well with that shop assistant, I think. Unless the cashregister calculates the change, I think she would really be in trouble.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2006/06/life-in-technological-fastlane/#comment-25048 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:19:00 +0000 #comment-25048 Reminds me of paying for things & giving odd amounts of money, to get back larger coins instead of smaller ones. E.g. giving $8.06 when the bill was $7.81, to get back a quarter, instead of paying $8 and getting back a dime, a nickel, and FOUR PENNIES, YUCK! When this gets a confused look, I fear for civilization.

Comedian Carlos Mencia has a short diatribe about this, as do, I suspect, many comedians…his particular beef was something like, “You have a register–just punch in the numbers & you’ll see!” 😉

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