See, even in Canada, not only are our bills different colours, so are the coins - there is no way the $1 and $2 coins could be confused with anything else, they are both very different from the other coins and from each other.
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Discussion at the bank...
by sammielee24 32 Replies latest social current
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Jim_TX
"I thought perhaps, that the fact that most of the people doing their own banking don't read or write well enough to do it on their own, might tweak a few souls."
Well... illiteracy spills over into all aspects of our modern living...
Example 1 - Advertising:
I cannot say how many times that I've read a billboard - with mis-spelled words (I'm probably botching a few in this post, too). Or - on television - when they place typed words on the screen - with a sprinkling of mis-spelled words in there. Not good.
Yes, there are supposed to be spell-checkers - but they do not use these all of the time, or they do not catch improper grammer.
Example 2 - Your local burger-joint:
I read a while back (years now...) how the people who make the cash registers and order entry machines at fast-food places were having to make them look more like game machines - so that the kids that they hire could work with them.
Example 3 - Making change:
I may be dating myself here, but I grew up in an era where one didn't have a computer or cash register figure out the change for me. I learned to count (sort-uv - *grin*)
These days, if your bill is something like $4.13, and you give them a $5.00 and .13 cents - hoping for a dollar in change - you may get a blank look... if they are not able to type this into their cash register. People can't 'make change' these days.
There are many other examples I could give... I just am not able to think of them at the moment.
Regards,
Jim TX
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Soledad
This is absolutely true. I worked at a bank for years and I can't even begin to tell you.......
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sammielee24
The news again today stated that in Washington alone, the functionally illiterate are about 38%. Much of the problem is being attributed to the high number of immigrants who do not speak English and/or do not learn English. This has caused havoc in the court system as well. No matter how you cut it - it does not bode well for a country that wishes to appear competitive in a global market. And yes - in Canada the loonie and toonie cannot be mixed up - different colours and shapes. When I'm back there I revel in those little things...<grin> sammieswife.
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sir82
I cannot say how many times that I've read a billboard - with mis-spelled words
Or message boards...
they do not catch improper grammer.
These days, if your bill is something like $4.13, and you give them a $5.00 and .13 cents - hoping for a dollar in change - you may get a blank look
Most of the time they can figure this out...what I like is if your bill is say $4.77, so you give them $5.02, so you just get a quarter back, one coin instead of 5 coins for 23 cents...that look of utter incomprehension is priceless, like you just asked them a question in Romanian...you can almost hear the gears grinding in their brain, like someone trying to shift a '73 Pinto with a balky clutch...
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greendawn
In England we have had pound coins for a very long time now since 1983 (the pound notes were withdrawn in 1984) and since 1997 there is also a two pound coin in circulation. They are not particularly heavy at 10 and 12 grams respectively.
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5go
You think someone owes you a living. Go to hell.
Funny I work for a living yet someone like you tell me to get a better job well tell me wear to go get it. I currently am working the to restaurants in my town do to a shortage of people with a good driving history and now get paid way over the going rate for my job which is minimum wage. I also earned employee of the year at my former job which I quit to find better work conditions. (the place literaly sent me to the mad house) I have several letters of referal from past bosses of my work in other fields some in the high tech fields. ( by the way left me with a sour taste of corporations seeing how they just let go people then hire them back to under pay them ) One thing I have learned in my work history ( and life ) is that people that say what I have quoted you saying tend to be the ones that think they are owed something they aren't. Cheap stuff !
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Snoozy
Well when I worked in the bank..it was filling out the checks or w/d..deposit slip for elderly people usually. Then we insisted they sign it.It is not legal unless they sign it themselves!
Some had physical problems where they could barely write their signature..but they had to scibble it anyway.and we always knew it was them and we would initial the document. or asked for I.D. if we weren't sure who they were.
I am sure it is different now. That was at least 15 years ago.
I did grow to hate the Susan B Anthoney coin dollar though..it was mistaken for a quarter many times.
And that was a funny point about the braille on ATM's..they are usually drive-ups and I did notice the ones here have it also..but how do they know what command the machine is requesting and how did they "Drive-up to the machine?
They would still have to be with someone that could read.. I though maybe it was for their password..but the other person could just as well see what they were entering by peeking..so no protection for the blind there..As far as coin goes..I always save my coin in a big coffee can and use it for Christmas presents at the end of the year.I got over $100. last year and I didn't start until August.
I started early this year so I should make out pretty good by Christmas..
And I always use paper money to pay instead of coin..that way I have more coin to save...
Next year I am going to include my money I save with coupons also..Snoozy...
Edited to add..regarding the fast food restaurants order machines...I have seen many that have a picture of the hanmburger..fries..catsup..or whatever you order on the machine and they just look at the picture on the button and press it to order.. how funny is that.
They can barely speak english half the time so I think we should be able to see the screen to make sure they get it right..(Which 80 percent of the time they don't).My first job was at a hamburger place..White Castle..we had to memorize our 12's time table.(they were 12 cents then).because we always had to add it up in our mind or on paper..then we had to look at a tax table and add it on. I bet this world would suddenly stop if everyone had to do it that way today.Yep!
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Mile 0
The average joe up here who carries cash will typically have an assortment of 5, 10, and 20 dollar bills in the wallet and after a day of being out and about paying cash will end up with upwards of 10 or 15 dollars worth of 1 and 2 dollar coins in the pocket which get spent on small item purchases or saved for christmas etc. I don't miss the 1 or 2 dollar bills we once had. Vending machines, juke boxes, video lottery terminals, pool tables etc. all require coinage, some of them at least 1 dollar so it 1 and 2 dollar coins are most useful. Paper dollars would actually be a pain in the butt in today's marketplace, as are pennies, nickels and dimes. The government could dispence with the small coinage IMHO.
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XJW4EVR
I was reading on this forum a conversation between one of the posters, and someone from a fast food joint that did not recognize the two-dollar bill. Can you imagine the consternation on the faces of these same employees when they are confronted with a dollar coin?
sarcasm/ Personally, I thought the Sacajawea dollar would make an impact. It is about the size of a quarter but with a gold finish. Unlike the Susan B. Anthony, which is silver and the same size (roughly) as a quarter. I just thought of this, however, could American resistance to the dollar coins be because so many American males are chauvanistic misoginists? After all they have rejected to "women" coins. /sarcasm