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[SIW2]

If you find yourself in a repetitive environment - often very tiring due to noise, poor lighting. - you might be surprised. After a few hours of that, you can't recall what the customer just said 10 seconds ago.

I don't think it is as bad as a cursory glance might imply.

What you might sometimes come across is a refusal to understand, due to prejudice.

 

[Layback Bear]

Continuing on along the lines of post #579 by whs.
Micky D has pictures on their registers of fries, Big Macs ect.
They need those little squares on their register because the people in the job force can't handle a normal register. They can't even count your change back to you. They just hand you a wad of money back.
Many years ago I bought a saw from Sears and wanted to pay cash. They had to call a supervisor in order to ring up cash and give change. The first cashier was in his thirties.
Yes moron fits well. If you can't walk and chew gum at the same time without a supervisor you are a moron.
They should carry sings. I'm a Moron
That would at least give people around them warning. I'm not highly educated by I can handle ticking on a Start Orb.

 

[whs]

Yeah, it's funny you mention Sears. I once bought an item for around $49 from Sears. I wanted to pay with a $50 bill. There also they had to call a manager. I guess they never saw a 50 Dollar bill before.

 

[Layback Bear]

You gave them a trick math problem $50.00 - $49.00 = ???

 

[Indianatone]

Don't you remember when GW Bush was re elected someone paid for stuff in Service Stations, Supermarkets etc with $200 George Bush on the note.
President Bush's picture adorns fake $200 bill - Sep. 2, 2004

I also would not be surprised if it is not company policy when someone pays for something with a large note the cashier needs authorisation from a supervisor to complete the transaction. Not everyone running a cashiers desk is a moron, some are putting themselves through college and need a job to pay for it as they go.
That is my $200 note

 

[whs]

Not everyone running a cashiers desk is a moron

Of course not. But some are really not up to snuff. And that does not only apply to cashiers. I did not really want to pick on them. But the example came to mind.

 

[Indianatone]

Not everyone running a cashiers desk is a moron

Of course not. But some are really not up to snuff. And that does not only apply to cashiers. I did not really want to pick on them. But the example came to mind.

Question for you Wolfgang, if you don't mind. The area of Germany where you live is also one of the nicest tourist areas of the world. How does the Black Forest area in Summer compare with Florida in the Winter (i know they don't have much of one)? Do you get homesick for the other one and wish you were over here / there? I miss England and hope to go back for a holiday once I get better.

 

[sygnus21]

PS: maybe the word 'moron' is not the right desecriptor for that kind. But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind. Do you know a better word to decribe those folks.

Though I get your point, moron is an extremely negative word. I would use non-sophisticated, or simply uneducated.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

PS: maybe the word 'moron' is not the right desecriptor for that kind. But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind. Do you know a better word to decribe those folks.

Though I get your point, moron is an extremely negative word. I would use non-sophisticated, or simply uneducated.

Actually, I would say moron would fit quite well for at least half of the cashiers I deal with.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind...

Limited knowledge of the English language my Aunt Fanny. Your English, accent and all, is better than many, if not most, native English (and whatever the heck we speak in the U.S.) speakers.

 

[sygnus21]

The market place, the market place, the market place. We all say it over and over and yet I don't think Microsoft is hearing.
Microsoft is big and rich but they are not bigger or richer than the market place.
Like any company they get their sales and moneys form the market place.
The market place rules by the moneys that is spent on something and how many times it's done or not done.
Microsoft seem to think that to move strongly into the market place of Toymobiles they have to give up on the PC market place.

To put it simple. You can sell apple pie or ice cream. NO NO Microsoft.

You sell apple pie with the option of putting ice cream on it. That's the YES YES way to handle the market place.
The highly educated people (not me) call this a WIN, WIN.

The problem is we're looking at it from our (advanced user) perspective. However, we are in the minority of these things. Microsoft on the other hand is looking at it from the majority perspective, and they for the most part may not be as sophisticated at the advanced users.

If you think about it, a lot of tech is "dumbed" down? Why, because if it's too complicated, people won't buy or use it.

Something else to think about, we all have our strengths and weaknesses, this is why I don't like to use the word "moron". As I said before, if that was the case, we could all be called morons.

My 2 cents.

 

[whs]

Not everyone running a cashiers desk is a moron

Of course not. But some are really not up to snuff. And that does not only apply to cashiers. I did not really want to pick on them. But the example came to mind.

Question for you Wolfgang, if you don't mind. The area of Germany where you live is also one of the nicest tourist areas of the world. How does the Black Forest area in Summer compare with Florida in the Winter (i know they don't have much of one)? Do you get homesick for the other one and wish you were over here / there? I miss England and hope to go back for a holiday once I get better.

The winter weather in Florida is very much like the summer weather in the Black Forest. So I live permanently in summer. That's what I like.

Winters in the Black Forest are challenging. Not only does it get cold and you get snow which I don't like, but even when it is not cold, the weather is usually not nice. Very often you have this fine drizzle - it does not really rain but it is always wet. And then you don't see the sun for weeks - especially in the valleys where I live.

I never got homesick. I lived in foreign countries for over 25 years (off and on) and I loved it. Besides learning several languages fluently, I liked to explore those countries. I probably know e.g. the US and France better than most of the natives.

 

[whs]

...But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind...

Limited knowledge of the English language my Aunt Fanny. Your English, accent and all, is better than many, if not most, native English (and whatever the heck we speak in the U.S.) speakers.

Thanks LF, that is nice of you to say. But English is only my third language. I wish I could get rid of the slight accent that I still have.

 

[gregrocker]

I don't notice the accent at all, Wolfgang.

 

[Indianatone]

...But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind...

Limited knowledge of the English language my Aunt Fanny. Your English, accent and all, is better than many, if not most, native English (and whatever the heck we speak in the U.S.) speakers.

It depends on where you are in the UK, some have really hard to understand accents, Glaswegian, Yorkshire, Somerset, Welsh, Cockney, Geordie to name a few. The best know accent is the BBC Home Counties English (London and surrounding counties). I talk like that. People over here love it. If I was not happily married I think I might have got into trouble when I was out and about mending stuff.

 

[mjf]

I learned Latin at school but never got to use it.
What's the topic of the thread again?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

...But with my limited knowledge of the English language, that's the word that came to mind...

Limited knowledge of the English language my Aunt Fanny. Your English, accent and all, is better than many, if not most, native English (and whatever the heck we speak in the U.S.) speakers.

Thanks LF, that is nice of you to say. But English is only my third language. I wish I could get rid of the slight accent that I still have.

What's nice got to do with it? Facts are facts.

What accent you have is not enough to worry about.

 

[whs]

You guys are too nice. But Michael is right - what was the topic again, LOL

 

[whs]

Here is a challenge - try to understand this.

 

[Indianatone]

Here is a challenge - try to understand this.

Windows 8 users.