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And of course you're being facetious, because if everyone is 33% better, the company can fire 25% of its staff (right?).

m463 6y ago
That's hilarious - I can't help but think of this dilbert cartoon on making change: https://dilbert.com/strip/1993-03-20 https://dilbert.com/strip/1993-03-20 (I am not putting you down)
- thaumasiotes 6y ago
  I would have thought of this one: https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-17 https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-17 My dad always disliked the strip you cite, because the change Dilbert expects is $5.25, but there's no way to provide $7.14 in a way that couldn't be trivially reduced to $2.14. If the goal is to make things easy for the cashier, he should obviously provide $2.14 and just keep the $5 he already has anyway.
  - m463 6y ago
    You are right, that is a much much better cartoon as a reply! If it had been in my faulty memory banks... (and I agreee - the first dilbert cartoon is super contrived)
  - OJFord 6y ago
    Oh dear. Erroneous 'grossing up' percentages and mis-non-use of percentage points is a pet hate of mine. I didn't realise I was a cartoon!
  - emmelaich 6y ago
    I'm sure that's intended; Dilbert is smart but dumb. Or dumb but smart.
    - sukilot 6y ago
      I'm pretty sure it's just a mistake because Adams wasn't careful.
- rurp 6y ago
  Years ago I worked at a store with registers that didn't calculate change; myself and the other cashiers would need to calculate the change mentally. Once in a while I would get people like this who threw out convoluted amounts of change. Normally it was fine, but sometimes towards the end of a long day when my brain was tired I wanted to strangle them. The store actually had really great employees overall and I suspect this little factor played a big part in that. Part of the application process was a basic math test and it was funny to see how quickly some applicants recoiled when they found that out. It seemed to be a great filter.
  - marcosdumay 6y ago
    The Python effect for cashiers?
  - sukilot 6y ago
    "How about you tell me how much change you are expecting" and then add to check.
    - m463 6y ago
      Is that like putting a total on a restaurant check and leaving the tip "as an exercise for the server?"
      - thescriptkiddie 6y ago
        That's actually how paying in a restaurant usually works, in Germany.
  - rags2riches 6y ago
    You don't calculate change. You just count it out, picking up coins and bills as you go. Start at the sum to pay and count towards the amount the customer gave you. Work your way up from the least significant digit using the smallest denominations. No hard mental calculations are involved, you just need to know how to count. Basic cashier knowledge they should be teaching you on day one.

m463 6y ago

That's hilarious - I can't help but think of this dilbert cartoon on making change: https://dilbert.com/strip/1993-03-20 https://dilbert.com/strip/1993-03-20 (I am not putting you down)

thaumasiotes 6y ago
I would have thought of this one: https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-17 https://dilbert.com/strip/1998-03-17 My dad always disliked the strip you cite, because the change Dilbert expects is $5.25, but there's no way to provide $7.14 in a way that couldn't be trivially reduced to $2.14. If the goal is to make things easy for the cashier, he should obviously provide $2.14 and just keep the $5 he already has anyway.
- m463 6y ago
  You are right, that is a much much better cartoon as a reply! If it had been in my faulty memory banks... (and I agreee - the first dilbert cartoon is super contrived)
- OJFord 6y ago
  Oh dear. Erroneous 'grossing up' percentages and mis-non-use of percentage points is a pet hate of mine. I didn't realise I was a cartoon!
- emmelaich 6y ago
  I'm sure that's intended; Dilbert is smart but dumb. Or dumb but smart.
  - sukilot 6y ago
    I'm pretty sure it's just a mistake because Adams wasn't careful.
rurp 6y ago
Years ago I worked at a store with registers that didn't calculate change; myself and the other cashiers would need to calculate the change mentally. Once in a while I would get people like this who threw out convoluted amounts of change. Normally it was fine, but sometimes towards the end of a long day when my brain was tired I wanted to strangle them. The store actually had really great employees overall and I suspect this little factor played a big part in that. Part of the application process was a basic math test and it was funny to see how quickly some applicants recoiled when they found that out. It seemed to be a great filter.
- marcosdumay 6y ago
  The Python effect for cashiers?
- sukilot 6y ago
  "How about you tell me how much change you are expecting" and then add to check.
  - m463 6y ago
    Is that like putting a total on a restaurant check and leaving the tip "as an exercise for the server?"
    - thescriptkiddie 6y ago
      That's actually how paying in a restaurant usually works, in Germany.
- rags2riches 6y ago
  You don't calculate change. You just count it out, picking up coins and bills as you go. Start at the sum to pay and count towards the amount the customer gave you. Work your way up from the least significant digit using the smallest denominations. No hard mental calculations are involved, you just need to know how to count. Basic cashier knowledge they should be teaching you on day one.