One fine morning, with len and louan, we went for breakfast in a kopitiam located in Subang.
After stuffing ourselves with roti bakar and milo panas, kopi peng, etc... time to pay the bill...
I go, happily, to pay at the counter. At first the woman gave me the bill : 10.55 rm, i gave her 11 rm waiting for my change.
She seemed to be in panic, took a calculator and tried to figure out how much should be my change ( apparently the computer was having some kind of breakdown)
So while watching the girl trying to operate the calculator, i was going like that in my head :
""1 ringgit minus 55 cents = 45 cents "" it took me a split sec to figure it out, and sincerely i am no math genius, i failed all my math tests since first grade.
""45 cents""
""45 cents""
""45 CENTS !!!!!""
i was hoping she might pick up my thoughts and finally give me my change... i was ready to give up on it anyway, it was just 45 cents.
What happened? are computers making us stupid and dependent to this extend?
scary....
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i wonder what somebody else would have said to the girl... i didn't dare to say that was 45 cents, i didn't want her to feel stupid, but an other day it will be somebody else...
Thats actually not the first time i encounter this kind of situation, but it is too many now...
December 8, 2008 at 5:08 PM
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December 16, 2008 at 11:49 AM
***sorry for deleted the earlier comment coz thats a typo***
so, did she return the 45 cent to you??
anyway, i think math is important in our life, but i also failed...ehehhehe
December 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM
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