Back in the day when I got my first job, it was at Clydes. For those of you that are not aware, Clydes was our hometown grocery store - which, I might add, was fully stocked, clean, had appropriately priced merchandise and they not only bagged your groceries for you, they took them out and loaded them in the car for you. They even had a van that would deliver groceries to anyone that had a call-in order or was shut-in and couldnt get out such as the elderly, handicapped, etc. I was 16 years old, in high school and to get hired for the job, you not only had an interview, to be a cashier, you had to take a test which had a couple of parts. First, you had a cash register drawer in front of you with money in it and the test administrator would give you order total scenarios and you had to make change...for example, she would say o.k., the order comes to $10.56 and here is a $20.00, what is my change? I would have to count out the change of $9.44 back to her. In addition, there was a timed test of these questions: Apples are 3 for .99 how much is one?...that sort of thing. Needless to say, I was hired for the job and worked for Clydes for about a year and a half until moving on to my next adolescent adventure. What Im getting at is this: I went through the drive thru today for lunch and a young gentleman waited on me at the first window where you pay. My order total was $6.01. I handed him $11.01 (a $10, a $1 & a penny) so that I would get back a $5 bill as change. He looked at me very puzzled and said, Uh, it was $6.01. I said, Yeah, I know, I wanted back a $5 bill as change, please. He said, That doesnt make sense. (Ok, at this point, I dont know if he is saying I dont make sense wanting a five back as change or if this whole dollar and cents thing doesnt make sense to him.) He then starts frantically pushing buttons on the register and it was as if a switch was flipped in his brain, his whole face lit up with excitement. Awww, I get it now.....sorry. I smiled and drove forward laughing so hard I almost rear-ended the dude in front of me. REALLY? I then had my own revelation...now I know why they just lock the doors when the electric is off.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:59:16 +0000
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