McDonald's by my home, a case study in our poor education system...

[ThaBigP]

This was one of the most surreal moments I've had in quite a while...

Went to McD's for some lunch. Rolled up and ordered a meal that rung up to about $6.40-ish. Gave the cashier at the window a $20. I was promptly given $3.60-ish cents in change. After dropping the coin in my coin holder I noticed all I was given in bills were three ones. I handed the three ones back, and told the guy I'd given him a $20....dead silence....and a confused look. The cashier started pawing through the bills in the register...then turned to the manager next to him to ask what to do. They decided to count the drawer down to confirm I wasn't trying to rip them off. After about 5 minutes of waiting, the manager came back out with the food, the receipt, and two fives. He gave me the food and then told me they'd counted the drawer and that it was only over by $10. The precise amount I'd been shorted, I reminded him. He then asked if I'd given the cashier the three ones back (he was standing by the chashier at the time and actually saw me do that). I told him I'd given the three ones back. He then restated that the drawer was only over by $10, then handed me one of the fives he had in his hand to make me whole again. This guy, the manager, was just as confused by the huge scale of the numbers racing around this conversation as the cashier was. When I told him the other $5 was owed to me as well, he simply stared at it, and muttered AGAIN "but...the drawer was only over by $10". "That's my $10 you were over" I said once more. He then reluctantly handed over the other five as if he just knew I was ripping him off, but not before saying "but...this all still leaves you $3 short". I agreed...and asked if the cashier had counted the $3 I returned with the drawer cash or if he'd just set it aside to focus on what was in the drawer and in question. I think his head was about to pop at this point, and so was mine. I told him $3 wasn't worth the trouble of teaching him remedial mathematics...they could keep it.

Seriously.....a store full of employees and they can't figure THIS out?

[CowboyMcCoy]

This was one of the most surreal moments I've had in quite a while...

Went to McD's for some lunch. Rolled up and ordered a meal that rung up to about $6.40-ish. Gave the cashier at the window a $20. I was promptly given $3.60-ish cents in change. After dropping the coin in my coin holder I noticed all I was given in bills were three ones. I handed the three ones back, and told the guy I'd given him a $20....dead silence....and a confused look. The cashier started pawing through the bills in the register...then turned to the manager next to him to ask what to do. They decided to count the drawer down to confirm I wasn't trying to rip them off. After about 5 minutes of waiting, the manager came back out with the food, the receipt, and two fives. He gave me the food and then told me they'd counted the drawer and that it was only over by $10. The precise amount I'd been shorted, I reminded him. He then asked if I'd given the cashier the three ones back (he was standing by the chashier at the time and actually saw me do that). I told him I'd given the three ones back. He then restated that the drawer was only over by $10, then handed me one of the fives he had in his hand to make me whole again. This guy, the manager, was just as confused by the huge scale of the numbers racing around this conversation as the cashier was. When I told him the other $5 was owed to me as well, he simply stared at it, and muttered AGAIN "but...the drawer was only over by $10". "That's my $10 you were over" I said once more. He then reluctantly handed over the other five as if he just knew I was ripping him off, but not before saying "but...this all still leaves you $3 short". I agreed...and asked if the cashier had counted the $3 I returned with the drawer cash or if he'd just set it aside to focus on what was in the drawer and in question. I think his head was about to pop at this point, and so was mine. I told him $3 wasn't worth the trouble of teaching him remedial mathematics...they could keep it.

Seriously.....a store full of employees and they can't figure THIS out?

That's what you get for making poor dietary decisions. I guess it is true, you are what you eat.

[BrAinPaiNt]

That's what you get for making poor dietary decisions. I guess it is true, you are what you eat.

You start slamming the big macs and we are going to rumble. :p:

[arglebargle]

You start slamming the big macs and we are going to rumble. :p:


That would be your stomach, right?

[Jarv]

That's what you get for making poor dietary decisions. I guess it is true, you are what you eat.

It proves minimum wage is to high, those guys shouldn't be making over $2/hour.

[ShiningStar]

It might be that they are not properly trained nor want to make mistakes. When you keep doing things over and over and over, they just forgot to do the simple things or remind themselves.

I fully believe our education system sucks, put from reading it, i can also see the manager is trying to not make a mistake and get blamed for it. He might be nervous and not thinking properly.

When you are being ripped off a bunch of times after a while you assume everyone is ripping you off.

[Kangaroo]

I got one for you my brother lawn's is an cop they got a call one night that someone was trying to pay with fake money. They show up and the guy was paying with $2 bills and the person at the cash register thought they where fake because there was no such thing as a $2 bill.

:lmao2:

What makes it funnier we have a scrap metal dealer that advertise on the radios, tv's and billboards in the area that they pay in $2 bills

[ShiningStar]

I got one for you my brother lawn's is an cop they got a call one night that someone was trying to pay with fake money. They show up and the guy was paying with $2 bills and the person at the cash register thought they where fake because there was no such thing as a $2 bill.

:lmao2:

What makes it funnier we have a scrap metal dealer that advertise on the radios, tv's and billboards in the area that they pay in $2 bills


Oh come on, how many kids have seen a 2 dollar bill, plus all the times they are indoctrined that people are going to rip them off and how many kids listen to the scrap yards advertisment?

[JBond]

That's what you get for making poor dietary decisions. I guess it is true, you are what you eat.


What in the heck are you talking about? Never mind. I get it. You were the manager.

[Yeagermeister]

How hard is it for these brain dead morons to enter the amount they were given so the register will tell them how much to give back? Registers had that ability back in the mid 80's when I worked at a fast food place.

[Signals]

Whats even sadder is when a quick change artist comes along and tries to scam you out of cash.

Several years ago I worked at Franklin Covey retail and this quick change artist came in and tried to bilk me out of some cash. After about 30 seconds of his bull crap I just looked at him with a smirky grimace, took his merchandise placed it on the counter behind me, game him his original denomination back and told him in no uncertain terms to get the frack out of my store. He promptly left.

[peplaw06]

How hard is it for these brain dead morons to enter the amount they were given so the register will tell them how much to give back? Registers had that ability back in the mid 80's when I worked at a fast food place.
That doesn't help if they don't look at the amount of the bill you give them. This guy probably assumed you gave him just as large of a bill as was needed to pay for the order. If your order was $6.00 and you gave him a bill, he didn't think and assumed that you gave him the next highest bill to cover the payment.

Doesn't excuse what he did, but it wouldn't be corrected by him putting the wrong amount in the register.

[bbgun]

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"It was my understanding that there would be no math."

[Danny White]

You shoulda called the cops on that McDonalds!

0feH-2SwZaI

[ninja]

Pay with a debit card. Takes the guess work out of the equation.

Then again, my checkbook never jibes with the balance the bank says I have. Doesn't bother me but my wife is one of those that balances her checkbook every month. She will chase pennies for hours just to get it straight.

[Bob Sacamano]

You shoulda called the cops on that McDonalds!

0feH-2SwZaI

"she say she are the manager"

proper English *****!

pOHlice

mACdonalds

[Yeagermeister]

Pay with a debit card. Takes the guess work out of the equation.

Then again, my checkbook never jibes with the balance the bank says I have. Doesn't bother me but my wife is one of those that balances her checkbook every month. She will chase pennies for hours just to get it straight.

So they can steal your card info? :eek:

[Bob Sacamano]

So they can steal your card info? :eek:

:confused: explain yourself

[vta]

This was one of the most surreal moments I've had in quite a while...

Went to McD's for some lunch. Rolled up and ordered a meal that rung up to about $6.40-ish. Gave the cashier at the window a $20. I was promptly given $3.60-ish cents in change. After dropping the coin in my coin holder I noticed all I was given in bills were three ones. I handed the three ones back, and told the guy I'd given him a $20....dead silence....and a confused look. The cashier started pawing through the bills in the register...then turned to the manager next to him to ask what to do. They decided to count the drawer down to confirm I wasn't trying to rip them off. After about 5 minutes of waiting, the manager came back out with the food, the receipt, and two fives. He gave me the food and then told me they'd counted the drawer and that it was only over by $10. The precise amount I'd been shorted, I reminded him. He then asked if I'd given the cashier the three ones back (he was standing by the chashier at the time and actually saw me do that). I told him I'd given the three ones back. He then restated that the drawer was only over by $10, then handed me one of the fives he had in his hand to make me whole again. This guy, the manager, was just as confused by the huge scale of the numbers racing around this conversation as the cashier was. When I told him the other $5 was owed to me as well, he simply stared at it, and muttered AGAIN "but...the drawer was only over by $10". "That's my $10 you were over" I said once more. He then reluctantly handed over the other five as if he just knew I was ripping him off, but not before saying "but...this all still leaves you $3 short". I agreed...and asked if the cashier had counted the $3 I returned with the drawer cash or if he'd just set it aside to focus on what was in the drawer and in question. I think his head was about to pop at this point, and so was mine. I told him $3 wasn't worth the trouble of teaching him remedial mathematics...they could keep it.

Seriously.....a store full of employees and they can't figure THIS out?

:lmao2:

Hell, if they pull that enough during the course of the day, those 3 dollars will add up... The new age criminal, play dumb until the guy who gets math gets frustrated.

I went to Fridays for lunch, a very rare occasion and aside from not being much of an eater of garbage, this incident reminded me why:

My total came to 11.40.
The girl brings me back 8.00. I say where's the .60¢? She throws up her hands and say's I ain't got sixty cent. Friday's ain't got .60¢? I ask. The whole business of Friday's, with a bar in the corner, ain't got 60.¢? She dumbly shakes her head.

It was laughable and a paltry sum, but considering that this clown would jeopardize her job for not even the cost of a pack of gum these day's was almost too much to pass up.

I didn't make a stink, but the implication wasn't lost on me. Enough people not caring about the paltry sum will add up.

[theogt]

The world is full of near retarded people. Just chock full of them. They're everywhere. No amount of education will change this.

[trickblue]

The main problem these days is that students have to study the important curriculum...

1) Who is screwing them out of money they didn't earn but deserve.
2) The test.
3) Who is screwing them out of better test scores after not studying.

[Yeagermeister]

:confused: explain yourself

I'm always hearing about people scamming credit card numbers at drive thru's.

[theogt]

I'm always hearing about people scamming credit card numbers at drive thru's.It does happen -- a lot. But if you reasonably monitor your account, it shouldn't take more than a phone call to report the fraudulent charges and be done with it.

[Bob Sacamano]

I'm always hearing about people scamming credit card numbers at drive thru's.

hmm, I never heard of that

it's kind of hard to steal people's credit card numbers nowadays, unless you give away the 3 numbers on the back

and most receipts only show the last 4 numbers

[theogt]

hmm, I never heard of that

it's kind of hard to steal people's credit card numbers nowadays, unless you give away the 3 numbers on the back

and most receipts only show the last 4 numbersThey steal the readers. It's very easy. They can even duplicate your card.

[Bob Sacamano]

They steal the readers. It's very easy. They can even duplicate your card.

still the 3 numbers on the back makes it very hard for someone to use your credit card

[theogt]

still the 3 numbers on the back makes it very hard for someone to use your credit cardNot at all. You don't need the 3 numbers for most things.

[Jon88]

"she say she are the manager"

proper English *****!

pOHlice

mACdonalds

You really expected proper English?

[trickblue]

still the 3 numbers on the back makes it very hard for someone to use your credit card

Not really... hit or miss on who asks for those...

[Bob Sacamano]

Not at all. You don't need the 3 numbers for most things.

you need it for porn! but there's a memo that I got about the new angle identity thiefs are using now, which is calling people and pretending to be a credit card company catching a thief stealing your card, and they ask to verify what the 3 numbers on the back are

[Yeagermeister]

still the 3 numbers on the back makes it very hard for someone to use your credit card

You have to give your card to the person at the drive thru window don't you? I have never seen one hand a card reader to you.

[Bob Sacamano]

You have to give your card to the person at the drive thru window don't you? I have never seen one hand a card reader to you.

d'oh! good point

[Bob Sacamano]

You really expected proper English?

guess not