Last Saturday at the farmers market, we had an incredibly busy day. Non-stop customers for the five hour afternoon shift. And when you're the busiest, of course what could be a big glitch for some was just a minor inconvenience for my co-worker and me. One of our iPads that tallies the purchases and processes the credit card transactions lost its connection.
"We're going old school!"
I brought out a pen and paper and tallied the transactions using my good old math brain. The older customers commented, "That's how we did it back in the day," and some of the younger customers watched with fascination. "Wow, you did that really fast." (Smile). The way I learned math vs. how students today learn math is so different. I drilled, drilled, drilled with flash cards and memorization and today's students learn with a step-by-step process. I don't know if one is better than the other but last Saturday my skills served me well.
At the end of the day, my boss and her two little grandsons brought up popsicles to celebrate getting through a busy, crazy, and very fun day. I haven't had a popsicle in ages. These are so much fun to break off a piece and crunch it or make it into a slushy or to let it melt and drink the juice. Made me feel like a kid again.
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Eating popsicles
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Going back in time!
ReplyDeleteYou haven't lost your skills.
And I would bet that you can drive a manual transmission.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a number of very perplexed young people trying to make change without a calculator. Love the popcycle. How refreshing.
ReplyDeleteI remember a frozen chocolate milk kind of thing that the creamery in my home town used to sell. It was on a stick and was called a Cho-Cho. I was addicted to them.
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