Children Not Taught Simple Math
 

I was standing in line at Dollar General, buying some milk and cookies. There was a cute little girl who could not have been more than 7 years old in front of me. She seemed so sad. She got to the counter and had a pair of slippers, way too big for her. She placed them on the counter, and when the cashier rang her up, she was 50 cents short. She looked back at me with big blue eyes, tearing up. She said she was getting the slippers for her mother, who was in the hospital and may not make it. It would be an early Christmas present. I looked to the cashier who was also beginning to tear up. I asked if she could hurry up and cancel the sale, I was really in a hurry to go eat my milk and cookies.
I can only hope that if the mother wasn't in the hospital, she would have spanked her for holding up the line.

It is unbelievable that kids can't count these days.
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You are kidding.....right?

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!! !!

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I tell ya what. I have thought similar things about adults who "hold up the line" with an ad match and coupon for every single thing they have.

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Adults who are holding up the line purchasing lottery tickets. Now that is annoying.

"How much did you spend to win that $7?"

"$10" :gaga

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And don't get me started on those who still use checks to pay for everything.

First the cashier rings up everything.

Person finally starts LOOKING for their checkbook.

"Do you have a pen?"

"Who do I make it out to?"

Can I make it for $50 over?"

"How much is it again?"

Person then writes it in their little ledger book.

Person steals cashiers pen.

Now a very irritated ME gets up and whips out his CC.

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:jolly :santathumb

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:thwak

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I have the perfect solution for you. Buy online. :)

Re: Children Not Taught Simple Math
 

Other than certain perishables, I already do the majority online. :)

(And I've even bought some food items, even though they are buckets of dehydrated stuff with a 20-2 year shelf life....)

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Did ya have to pay a lot for that stuff?

And where did ya get it from?

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Wow, and to think somebody could have written a touching
Christmas song about that situation had they learned that
you would have actually helped the little child. :christmasfire

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A couple of buckets (I have more than a "couple") are from Wise Food Storage. You can get them from their own web site, or even slightly cheaper from Amazon. The cost will be anywhere between 90 and 130 bucks, but the total calorie and serving count various wildly. They make an excellent supplement to additional food storage either stored or grown in the garden. I am also stocking up on literally gallons of honey and lbs of salt. Note: Be careful when buying honey in the grocery store as more and more of it has additives which greatly reduce its shelf life -which in its natural state, is thousands of years!

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Ignorant kid!

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All some people are doing is looking for a free handout!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4IKg2iFvYU

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That's not a bad price for the buckets.

I buy all my honey local. It is unfiltered, unpasteurized and like you said, will last thousands of years.