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[BirkiLady]

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@mom2four0418 wrote:

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Inexcusable? What exactly did she do wrong? She came up with the correct amount.  I can't imagine any employer taking a complaint like this seriously.

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@mom2four0418 

She only arrived at the correct amount when the OP provided her with the amount of 10%. She didn't have a clue how or why the OP arrived at that amount. Probably still doesn't. Any employer would find that odd. Training would be necessary for customer relations. 

[January121]

There are a lot of very, very STUPID people out there!!! 😢😭🤪

[Scooby Doo]

Some of the replies here really tick me off.  Are you aware that there is actually a condition named Dyscalculia?  It's a lifelong condition that prevents people from understanding math.

It's a math dyslexia, rather than reading dyslexia.  And it's more common than you may think.  I have a 23 yr old GD with this condition and it's been very difficult for her to get through school.  She's very intelligent in other aspects and wants to be a journalist.  But she can't do math.  She can't count out change.  But she sure has tried.

A little understanding could go a long way.

[Helen852]

@Scooby Doo   Thank you for posting this information.  I'm 66 y/o and to this day find math difficult. When I was in 7th grade they switched to what at that time they called 'new math'.  Totally confused me, sort of what common core is doing to children now (IMO).  Anyways, I can't add in my head, have to do it on paper, I always carry the numbers over, borrow, etc. And don't give me zero's on the top # for subtraction, can't do it. Percentages, forget it!  Thank goodness for calculators.  

When my children were in school I couldn't help them at all with math. Their dad, my DH, was the go to math guru.  I only  had to take 1 year of math in high school and barely got by that.  

But on the positive, I could diagram a sentence like nobody!!!  

[AuntMame]

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@CLHS68 wrote:

When I got my first job in those days called 5 & 10 cent stores we had to pass a math test. We sold candy & nuts by the pound and some people would buy 1/4 or 1/3 of a pound & we had to know how to figure it out. We also sold fabric by the yard & needed to calculate that. Back then it was manual registers & did not tell us how much change to give back.

In later years I worked in a bank & if the electric went out only two of us were able to work with out the computer telling us the amounts. We did the transactions & entered them when the power came back on.

I am glad I have those math skills.

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When I applied for my first jobs--working in a city park, working at a dept. store--I had to take a math test. Are those still around? And one had to know how to make change to get a job in a store or bank. 

Several times I've been at a store customer service desk where the employee didn't know how to do basic math, adding and subtracting. One time it was at a grocery store. I had been overcharged for several items on my receipt. The manager actually didn't know how to do the math to figure out how much to refund me. He was struggling with a pencil and paper and just couldn't figure it out. I said very nicely here let me show you how to do the math. He grew annoyed, grabbed a handful of change and bills from the cash register, shoved it at me and said "Here take it!" I protested "But you're giving me at least $7 too much!" "JUST TAKE IT LADY!"  

Similar thing happened to me at a store when I returned a sweater. The CS lady handed me a handful of random bills and change when she couldn't figure out the amount to refund me with the sales tax. When I protested that she was giving me much too much she sent me on my way.  

[Brisky]

Wait a minute, my son is in his second year of college.
He loves math! He Tudors others in math since 4th grade. Duke university was working with my child and several other gifted children over the internet in his forth grade. He was classified as a gifted child. When they told my husband and I this,We were so shocked.
True story.They try to gather these children together, like think tanks. Ask the teachers on this forum.

[Brisky]

We attended classes to understand our children. They are extremely driven,articulate and have so many of the same traits.Unbelievable but true. Check it out.

[Brisky]

There is hope as long as we have good teachers.

[sissel]

I am laughing I understand my DD communication major with a minor we go shopping 50% off she gets it but if a sale with 15% or 20% off Mom how much is it. LOL maybe cuz I did work at a bank I get it and not easy for them. Grew up with math in my head, that is how we were taught. I caught a few times counting on her fingers. Her vocabulary skills are way beyond me.Guess that's how it goes.

[ID2]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

That's as sad as someone asking what time it was, telling them it was quarter past two and them saying they had no idea what that meant.

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I have NEVER worded it that way. I just say its two fifteen.