OK...I just sat here for a good 30 seconds trying to figure that one out. I *did* get it, but it was hard! haha.
Seriously...I stink at math. Like...I just can't do it. At all. I work VERY hard in math class...and I get Cs. So. yeaahh. So I am *very* sympathetic towards people who have problems making change. Cause I can't do it either, and it's nice when people are sympathetic to me. =P
Vicky, I'm sorry I'm hijacking your thread ('specially cause you've already heard this story), but this happened to me a couple weeks ago at work:
I was at work. I work the back window at the drive through - I collect the money and give out change. Well, my register was broken, so I was left with a tiny calculator and my amazing (
) math skills to make correct change.
This poor guy. His order cost $4.56, he gave me $5.06. I plugged it into the calculator: 0.5. SO I gave him a nickle. He was like "This isn't correct change." and I was like "The calculator says 5 cents!" we went back and forth for like 3 minutes, when I finally held the calculator up so he could see it and typed it in and I was (not very patiently) going "5.06 minus 4.56 equals..0.5. See?" and the guy goes "...that means .50 cents."
I seriously wanted to die. Oh my gosh I was so embarrassed. I just wanted to crawl under the table and never come out.
and now, I'm looking back at it, and I'm like, well DUH of course it's 50 cents you idiot!! But I just can't function when I'm put on the spot like that...my brain shuts down! haha. and I'm not a stupid person!