northdude wrote:The problem is in school these days you are taught what to think and dont question it. In my day you were taught how to think and question things
northdude wrote:The problem is in school these days you are taught what to think and dont question it. In my day you were taught how to think and question things
Blr243 wrote:Accidentally double post
Lazarus wrote:Oh, they move among us alright.
The "phone zombie" has become so prevalent, and their being skittled at pedestrian crossings so frequent that some councils are installing flashing lights in the footpath to warn them of an approaching crossing.
Take all the warning labels off everthing, let nature take its course, I say.
But on the subject of warning labels, I bet some have some interesting back stories.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/vict ... v73bd.html
Lazarus wrote:Sorry to be the Karen in the room OB, but a dozen isn't metric or Imperial, it's simply a number.
It is surprising though, what younger people don't even know.
Oldbloke wrote:To be fair, these days not much is sold by the dozen. Since the introduction of decimal and metric system, dozen, gallon, yards, pound, are all fading as us old buggers die off. Eggs would be about it. A 16 yr old would be clueless.
northdude wrote:Try going to do grocery shopping and when they tell you the total tell them you will split it and pay half each. Youll be lucky to find someone that can divide a simple number by 2....
Lazarus wrote:northdude wrote:Try going to do grocery shopping and when they tell you the total tell them you will split it and pay half each. Youll be lucky to find someone that can divide a simple number by 2....
I don't know if it's the advent of calculators or poor teaching or just dumbarses outbreeding us, but this is true.
Younger people seem bereft of basic arithmetic.
I was in Aldi a few weeks ago, my purchase came to $31.90.
I gave the young girl at the checkout a $50 note and $1.90 in change, she was buggered.
I jokingly said "you owe me $30 change", to which she replied, "Yeah, I thought so"
I know I'm a softon but I fessed up and corrected her, but wow......
animalpest wrote:Lazarus wrote:northdude wrote:Try going to do grocery shopping and when they tell you the total tell them you will split it and pay half each. Youll be lucky to find someone that can divide a simple number by 2....
I don't know if it's the advent of calculators or poor teaching or just dumbarses outbreeding us, but this is true.
Younger people seem bereft of basic arithmetic.
I was in Aldi a few weeks ago, my purchase came to $31.90.
I gave the young girl at the checkout a $50 note and $1.90 in change, she was buggered.
I jokingly said "you owe me $30 change", to which she replied, "Yeah, I thought so"
I know I'm a softon but I fessed up and corrected her, but wow......
Yeah people today are buggered without a calculator or the till telling them how much change to give.
My wifes family had a deli for 50 years and used the same cash register all that time. Punch in the $ and turn the handle. She learnt to add up all the items people bought by writing all them on a piece of paper and adding them up. Boy was she quick.
One of my brothers looked at how much fuel I had put in my 4wd and asked how many km I had driven. Before I could even open the calculator on my phone he told me how many km per litre, how many litres per 100 km AND converted it to miles per gallon, all in his head. Sheesh
Die Judicii wrote:I went for a rather longish drive yesterday to pick up some parts that I bought. Which ended up being the entire day
before I got back home.
But well worth it.
On the last leg of the drive I was feeling pretty hungry and decided I'd get a large coffee and something to eat.
So,,, the dreaded golden arches was the easiest port of call.
I ended up being served by one of the employees who asked what I wanted.
So I said,, "A large cappachino please,,,,, and half a dozen Hash Browns."
She stood there blank faced and repeated "A large cappachino and,,,,, How many Hash Browns did you want" ?
I repeated,,,,,,,, Half a dozen please.
She replied,,,,,,,,,,, "But,,,, how many " ?
At that stage I thought that maybe I could sometime in the future confuse her by saying seven.
But thought better of it,,,,,,,,, so I replied ,,,,, Six Hash Browns please.
Her face lit up like a neon sign and she smiled at me and said there would be a two minute wait for the Hash Browns.
Fair dinkum,,,,,,, I do believe we are breeding and schooling highly intelligent dumb Rse's
womble wrote:A hash brown is a potato cake or scallop in some states.
If you buy half a dozen you should receive seven.
If not that’s un Australian and McDonalds should be taken to task for it.
You need to go back and have a word with the manager
Oldbloke wrote:
Yep my local always puts in 1 extra
What's the history behind that?
animalpest wrote:Just got home after taking my son to hospital. A car took off straight through a red light when the turn right sign light turned green. Got to the next light which was green and it turned right on a red arrow. Yep
animalpest wrote:Thanks OB, he will although may not be working other than paperwork and organising jobs for a couple of months.
There are crazy people out there