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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | aus.tv, aus.computers, aus.politics |
| Subject | Re: our brilliant education system |
| Date | 2016-01-01 21:33 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <den2vqFrr52U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <demlgnFom8nU2@mid.individual.net> <demntuFp4ilU1@mid.individual.net> <n659rc$f1p$1@speranza.aioe.org> <56863d7a$0$35499$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> <demunjFqnbsU2@mid.individual.net> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
"felix" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message news:demunjFqnbsU2@mid.individual.net... > On 1/01/2016 7:48 PM, F Murtz wrote: >> Max wrote: >>> >>> "felix" <me@nothere.biz> wrote in message >>> news:demntuFp4ilU1@mid.individual.net... >>>> On 1/01/2016 5:43 PM, Rod Speed wrote: >>>>> felix <me@nothere.biz> wrote >>>>>> Trevor wrote >>>>>>> felix wrote >>>>> >>>>>>>> gave a sales clerk $20 and 55 cents for an item costing $8.55. he >>>>>>>> could not work out that he had to give me back $12. >>>>> >>>>>>> Welcome to the 20th century! It was happening LONG before the 21st. >>>>>>> I really love the new terminals though that mean a LOT more sales >>>>>>> droids can now enter the amount you give them and let the machine >>>>>>> tell them how much change to give. I have a lot less hassle now. >>>>> >>>>>> strangely Aldi registers don't tell them how much change to give. my >>>>>> theory is that it's to help keep them mentally alert. >>>>> >>>>> Its actually part of Aldi's emphasis on getting you thru the checkout >>>>> as quickly as possible, you don’t have to wait for the stupid apes to >>>>> enter the amount you pay them, they don’t use monkeys too stupid >>>>> to work out the change quickly. >>>>> >>>>>>> And of course far less likely to use cash anyway, so that reduces >>>>>>> the amount of wrong change (either deliberate or accidental) a lot >>>>>>> as well. >>>>> >>>>>> I only use cash for small purchases >>>>> >>>>> I only use cash when there is no alternative like >>>> >>>> so you would use a CC to pay for something costing (say) $1.50? how >>>> stupid is that! >>>> >>> >>> Why is that stupid? I do it all the time. There is no surcharge. With >>> PayPass it is easier than getting the coins out of your wallet. >> >> Try that in Aldi, there is a surcharge with paypass in Aldi >> >> >> > > and some places wont accept CC payment for amounts less than (usually) $10 Fuck all now.
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