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From: Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Making change
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 13:09:55 -0400
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On 5/10/2025 12:47 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On 2025-05-10, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> On 2025-05-10 12:19 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> On 5/10/2025 12:23 AM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 10 May 2025 2:23:06 +0000, Ed P wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Making change is a lost art in retail.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was in the checkout line of a store today and a woman bought a few
>>>>> things that totaled $5.34.  She handed him a $10 bill.  The problem is,
>>>>> he hit receiving exact change in error and did not know how to give her
>>>>> change.  Had to call over a supervisor to do this complex monetary
>>>>> transaction.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I find it hard to comprehend that somebody, anybody,
>>>> doesn't teach people how to count change back when
>>>> not given the correct change or their cash register
>>>> is down.  It only takes once or twice practicing
>>>> to learn how to count the change back.
>>>
>>> Teach people a useful skill like counting back change?  Naw, that's too
>>> old fashioned.  There's probably a phone app for that, though. ;)
>>
>> What do we do when people become so accustomed to using an app that
>> everyone loses the ability to do things? There won't be anyone who knows
>> how to do the things they mare writing the app for.
> 
> AI can write those apps.
> 
Everyone will become obsolete.  Just like the old 'Twilight Zone' episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3quruHpcuo

Jill