to expect someone on the till to be able to do simple sums in head?

[Blondeshavemorefun]

I went to a soft play area this am and we stayed for lunch

all drinks, food, crisps etc are price ranged at 50p or £1.00 or £1.50 or £2.00

simple to work out,you would have thought

he wrote the order down and it looked like this

2 sandwiches @ £2 each = 4.00
tea 1.00
kids drink .50
3 crisps @ .50 each 1.50
2 banana @.50p each 1.00
apple .50

and he took forever to work it out

I looked at it and managed to work out it was £8.50 and I was reading upside down

then said it came to £ 9.00

i said no it was £8.50 and he disagreed

he counted again and said it was £9,00 - i said no it was £8.50 and in the end the manager came out (who was pratically still in nappys ) - who looked at it, and agreed it was £9.00 so also couldnt work it out

and eventually did it on the calculater on my phone

and yes it was £8.50

so

aibu to expect a prob 18/20yr to be able to work out simple sums - esp if they are on the till?

indeed i did ask

and most on here say i wasnt

am i smug that my dc6 can add up simple sums? no - just relieved that she is learning something at school and can do basic sums

It's way behind dyslexia in terms of recognition, but I think it will follow the same path - currently not very well known, there are teachers who scoff at it and insist pupils diagnosed with it are just thick, but in ten years' time I bet it will be on a par with dyslexia.

I heart Gibbon
we think the same on this.