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I was at the TCU/ West Virginia game last Thursday and I went for bottled water. The water was $4 each and I asked the young lady hovering over her bucket of cold drinks for 4 waters. She reached down and dug out 4 and I pulled out a twenty. She looks at me and looks at the water 3 or 4 times and says,," if you hold these I will get out my phone calculator. My jaw must have dropped but I managed to say, " thats $16 ,,and she says thank you and looked at me blankly again as she realized she didnt know how much change to give me. I said you owe me $4, and she said, "thank you for your help, enjoy the game."
I know she was at least 16,,but dang it. I can only hope she becomes a car salesperson and I stumble on her again her first day.
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2015, 12:38:08 PM » |
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I was at the TCU/ West Virginia game last Thursday and I went for bottled water. The water was $4 each and I asked the young lady hovering over her bucket of cold drinks for 4 waters. She reached down and dug out 4 and I pulled out a twenty. She looks at me and looks at the water 3 or 4 times and says,," if you hold these I will get out my phone calculator. My jaw must have dropped but I managed to say, " thats $16 ,,and she says thank you and looked at me blankly again as she realized she didnt know how much change to give me. I said you owe me $4, and she said, "thank you for your help, enjoy the game."
I know she was at least 16,,but dang it. I can only hope she becomes a car salesperson and I stumble on her again her first day.
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2015, 12:47:21 PM » |
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Shoulda give her 5 bucks and left it at that!  When folks put people some where to deal with the public MIGHT be a good idea to find out IF they are actually READY to deal with the public!  Kinda simple plan-YES?? RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2015, 02:23:11 PM » |
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Holy crap ! $4 for a water ?
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2015, 02:31:32 PM » |
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hey help her out with the math is she is having problems
4$ for a water 4 waters that's 8$
its the new math {giggle}
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2015, 02:47:29 PM » |
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On a similar note when we go to the movies we smuggled in our own water and candy. The water is $4 and candy $4.50 at the theater. The price for a movie is $13. The funny thing about all this is the garbage cans at the exits to the indoor theaters are filled with different name brands for water and candy that they don't sell there. Ive even seen beer bottles.
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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2015, 03:18:27 PM » |
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 I had a college kid, that is working on his masters. tell me the other day, that the only difference between a crocodile and an alligator was one is male and the other is female. I almost pasted out with laughter. Yeez....... its sad.
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2015, 05:38:33 PM » |
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I had a college kid, that is working on his masters. tell me the other day, that the only difference between a crocodile and an alligator was one is male and the other is female. I almost pasted out with laughter. Yeez....... its sad. As a coon@$$, this makes me laugh... and sad at the same time.  |
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2015, 06:04:21 PM » |
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CajunRider-MIGHT has ta splain-Coon Ass to the northern folks!  I lived in East Texas fer a spell with the first ex wife! RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2015, 06:41:50 PM » |
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Was she blond and had assets to compensate for her cranial shortage?
Some air heads do have nice attributes. Some Engineers get boring real fast.
Take away the technology and our kids will be lost. Google that-
If you are ever attacked by a crocodile or alligator, will you be checking out it's sex?
You are screwed anyway.
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2015, 02:52:58 AM » |
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no Marcus, she was short on assets all the way around
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« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2015, 04:06:09 AM » |
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Ever since jimmy carter got his liberal education department, scores have been dropping on school testing. The dumbing down of america. Libs have almost total control of the ed system.
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« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2015, 04:47:26 AM » |
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Ok, I gotta say it. She didn't know how to do simple math, but you paid $4 dollars each for bottled water. Who's smarter?  Just messin withya HB |
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« Reply #14 on: November 03, 2015, 05:43:27 AM » |
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Judy and I went to breakfast a while ago... Paying the bill, It was like 19 dollars and small change. I handed the girl a twenty and then pulled out a quarter and a couple pennies to cover the change and get a dollar back instead more coins.
She looked funny at me as she continued to count out seventy some cents and said. "Sir, you already gave me more than enough, as she gave me the original change and put my additional thirty cents in the drawer.
I just shook my head and walked away.
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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2015, 05:47:48 AM » |
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HAHA. Just remembered another. Unfortunately I work around a lot of them. He asked me if I could fix a hinge on an over head cabinet. He had his head stuck up in there looking at it. I said , There should be an adjustment screw on it, Is it Phillips or Slotted? He said I don't know. Its the one that looks like an "X". WOOOOOW !!!!
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2015, 08:48:47 AM » |
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HAHA. Just remembered another. Unfortunately I work around a lot of them. He asked me if I could fix a hinge on an over head cabinet. He had his head stuck up in there looking at it. I said , There should be an adjustment screw on it, Is it Phillips or Slotted? He said I don't know. Its the one that looks like an "X". WOOOOOW !!!!
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2015, 08:51:42 AM » |
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HAHA. Just remembered another. Unfortunately I work around a lot of them. He asked me if I could fix a hinge on an over head cabinet. He had his head stuck up in there looking at it. I said , There should be an adjustment screw on it, Is it Phillips or Slotted? He said I don't know. Its the one that looks like an "X". WOOOOOW !!!!
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2015, 08:55:23 AM » |
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that's what I was getting at. He didn't know different between slotted and Phillips and then called it an X. Same guy as above. Oh and I couldn't find any of the young kids that could hook up a battery charger either. Just blows my mind. No worldly sense at all.
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« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2015, 11:11:50 AM » |
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Well I will have to admit to something. I've never called the slotted screwdrivers that. I just call them a regular screwdriver . Also when I saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about a Jeep with mechanical troubles.  |
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« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2015, 04:41:14 PM » |
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Well I will have to admit to something. I've never called the slotted screwdrivers that. I just call them a regular screwdriver . Also when I saw the title of this thread I thought it was going to be about a Jeep with mechanical troubles. Right or wrong, I've always called them Phillips or Common. And here's more on Jeeps...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPHYLrlMNSw |
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2015, 05:55:01 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: November 04, 2015, 02:17:58 AM » |
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I was at the TCU/ West Virginia game last Thursday and I went for bottled water. The water was $4 each and I asked the young lady hovering over her bucket of cold drinks for 4 waters. She reached down and dug out 4 and I pulled out a twenty. She looks at me and looks at the water 3 or 4 times and says,," if you hold these I will get out my phone calculator. My jaw must have dropped but I managed to say, " thats $16 ,,and she says thank you and looked at me blankly again as she realized she didnt know how much change to give me. I said you owe me $4, and she said, "thank you for your help, enjoy the game." I know she was at least 16,,but dang it. I can only hope she becomes a car salesperson and I stumble on her again her first day. I see this all the time. I use similar situations every chance I get, for my entertainment and to edgamacate our kids. When the kids were in grade school and experiencing "common core" math. I was astounded to say the least. I did not waste my time fighting the school system. My wife and I insisted that at home they would learn math the "old fashioned" way. So, when these math situations arise when we are out. I almost always wait for the person to ring up sale and take my cash. Then I will throw in additional cash or change depending on the situation. As stated they lock up because there is no machine telling them the answer. It is a sad commentary on our education system . Why they felt a need to fix something that was not broken is beyond me. |
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