The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VII.. Stop In!!!

[ezdays]

Good morning all. I have to wonder about what the heck it is that we're sending our youth to school to learn. Is the new math so difficult to learn, or is it the technology of today that makes our youth dependent on machines to do their math? Yesterday we stopped by a local Burger King, our tab came to $7.41. I handed the young gal a $20 bill, and she handed me back..... $7.41 as change. When I called her on it, she went completely blank. The cash register display did not tell her how much change I was due, and she couldn't figure it out. She had to call the manager, she said that the machine didn't tell her how much change was due. I told her to just give me back $12.59 and I'll be happy. She did, without hesitation. This is the same place that a few weeks ago, I got an extra $5.00 back in change, and the clerk wasn't at all fazed when I gave it back to her. I just wonder, don't they teach basic arithmetic any more, or is the present generation so dependent on their machines to do that kind of work that they too someday may not get the correct change and not know it?