I would be embarrassed if my 9yo son couldn't do that in his head, let alone an adult who deals in hundreds of such transactions every day.
I was in the Post Office earlier today to send off an item. The official behind the desk advised that the cost of postage was 82 cent so I handed her a €5 note in payment.
She pulled out a calculator to figure out how much the change should be.
I would be embarrassed if my 9yo son couldn't do that in his head, let alone an adult who deals in hundreds of such transactions every day.
I was in the Post Office earlier today to send off an item. The official behind the desk advised that the cost of postage was 82 cent so I handed her a €5 note in payment.
She pulled out a calculator to figure out how much the change should be.
I would be embarrassed if my 9yo son couldn't do that in his head, let alone an adult who deals in hundreds of such transactions every day.
I was in the Post Office earlier today to send off an item. The official behind the desk advised that the cost of postage was 82 cent so I handed her a €5 note in payment.
She pulled out a calculator to figure out how much the change should be.
I would be embarrassed if my 9yo son couldn't do that in his head, let alone an adult who deals in hundreds of such transactions every day.
Have you considered that she might be embarrassed herself?
People with numeracy and literacy difficulties find it hard enough to overcome their situation without being subject to condescension from other parties. Difficulty with numbers might also be a symptom of dyslexia.
A bit of tolerance and the benefit of the doubt might be in order. It's not as though you actually GOT the wrong change.
What utter nonsense. Where is the evidence that the clerk concerned had numeracy / literacy problems? If she had numeracy problems, the initial sum €5.00 - €0.82 = €4.18, where she apparently used the calculator, is actually the easiest part of the number problem facing her. The next part, making up the change, for example, 2 X €2 coins, 1 each of the €0.10, €0.05, €0.02, €0.01 coins is potentially the toughest problem to solve. In any case, using a calculator requires numeracy skills to get it to do the calculation in the first place.... Numeracy problems are VERY common. ...
A bit of tolerance wouldn't go astray. Numeracy difficulties don't mean someone is stupid or badly educated. I hope your son never has any form of learning difficulty or if he does, that he gets support rather than ridicule.
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If the woman had numeracy problems, why was she in a job that has a high requirement for number skills? It's akin to asking someone with vertigo to work as a steeplejack or someone with a severe pollen allergy to work as a gardener. It makes no sense.
It's reaching a stage now where any innocent comment or expression of surprise or disappointment is challenged as being disrespectful or by an accusation of intolerance of some disability, real or imagined.
What utter nonsense. Where is the evidence that the clerk concerned had numeracy / literacy problems?.
It's reaching a stage now where any innocent comment or expression of surprise or disappointment is challenged as being disrespectful or by an accusation of intolerance of some disability, real or imagined.
Women are rubbish at mathsShe pulled out a calculator to figure out how much the change should be.
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