Random Confessions

[smilingcat]

I should scroll down more often. This thread just cheered me up. I thought I was just getting grumpier with each passing year.

Things that makes me cringe and makes me grumpy are check out clerks who can't make a simple change "Oh I'm sorry but I already rang it up and it says the change is..." this is when the teller says its $4.25 and I hand her a $5 bill. She says the register is out of quarters so I search in my purse and find a quarter and I hand her a quarter. She had a really confused look on her face. So I patiently try to go through a simple math. "okay so the bill was $4.25 and I handed you a $5 bill then a 25 cents. So the total I gave you is $5.25. What is the difference? ..." She still didn't get it.

Other things I really get frustrated is grammar. Granted, when speaking we all break rules but something should not be, things like "Me and John...." ARRRGH! Is this the epitome of young person today? Prime example or symptom of the ME GENERATION? I'm not William Safire or George Will but can we at least have the basic down?

How can one graduate from high school without knowing basic addition and subtraction?

[emily_in_nc]

Could not agree more on both counts, Smilingcat!