tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301968554738693717.post439280890970763537..comments2012-12-03T07:58:17.885-08:00Comments on Typical Tyner: Sam Tyner, Math Genius. Apparently.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011849078971120112noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301968554738693717.post-57124393775232530012012-12-03T07:57:00.383-08:002012-12-03T07:57:00.383-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021381549446586820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301968554738693717.post-4803890776993595492011-09-15T12:55:14.361-07:002011-09-15T12:55:14.361-07:00OK, Tyner siblings...as someone who is afraid of n...OK, Tyner siblings...as someone who is afraid of numbers AND has worked the register with the magic change-making buttons, I must address this from the cashier's perspective.<br /><br />When I press the "$20" button, I'm thinking about...um...NOT math...so when someone goes, "Oh, wait, I have a different amount of cash for you to make new numbers out of," my brain sort of freezes. Now, if I had been your cashier and you were like, "Look, I have exact change," and my cash drawer was still open, I would have been like, "Cool. Let's trade." But I still would have been slightly annoyed because in my experience, there's usually a line out the door and around the building when this sort of thing happens, and I just want you to suck it up, take your change, and get out of my line.<br /><br />Now...if I had taken your $20, put it in the register, shut the register, and handed you your change only to have you hand me your exact total instead, I would be slightly MORE annoyed because (as Sara said), I can't open the damn drawer without flagging down a shift manager to unlock it, because Starbucks doesn't want me or anyone else stealing cash out of the drawer. Which is super-annoying for BOTH of us, because now we have to wait for the manager.<br /><br />And the WORST is that because the register is a computer, it doesn't let you do things like just add something or take something away once you've entered an order and begun a transaction, because (again) the computer doesn't want you to steal money. Try as I might, I could never get the computer to understand that I've never stolen money in my life; it just made me hit "refund mode" and then "return/exchange" and then "reason for refund" and then "amount" and then "items" and then "why don't you just punch yourself in the face because this customer is late for a meeting and you are putting your college degree to shame." And believe me, nothing is worse than having someone stare at you like you must be the dumbest human being on the planet, when inside you're thinking, "What's happened to me?! I took CALCULUS!!! Why doesn't my brain work anymore?!?!"<br /><br />I will go out on a limb and say that your cashier probably didn't ever take calculus. But even if she had, it wouldn't have helped her. Because those cash registers with the magic buttons have a way of MAKING you stupid.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15036538894647249474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301968554738693717.post-73921572618886227472011-08-28T07:04:34.520-07:002011-08-28T07:04:34.520-07:00This used to happen to me at fast food restaurants...This used to happen to me at fast food restaurants, sort of.<br /><br />You order something, they punch it in and then hit the "subtotal" button. Apparently, when you hit that button, that's the point of no return. If you want to add or take away something after that, you need to get the MANAGER who has a KEY that UNLOCKS THE REGISTER and REVERSES TIME AND SPACE so you can CHANGE YOUR ORDER.<br /><br />Also, I just dropped a class because the first day, the teacher outlined in the syllabus that there would be a class where we would need to bring a calculator.<br /><br />I passed.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258060786685150002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301968554738693717.post-54235054155513050312011-08-05T20:48:36.994-07:002011-08-05T20:48:36.994-07:00I am in awe of your math-some-ness.I am in awe of your math-some-ness.Mel150https://www.blogger.com/profile/16191895621485001490noreply@blogger.com