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I play the lotto 5 times a week with a friend. I tried explaining why I
think the situation I'm gonna tell is funny to my wife, but I'm not sure
she understood. Here goes.

So I go in to get $20 worth of lotto tickets. I also have a $2 winner
to be taken care of. I tell the girl I have a winner and would also
like $20 worth of tickets. She goes to the lotto terminal and has the
machine generate the tickets, and also checks the winning ticket and
finds it is a $2 winner. She walks back to the register and sees I have placed a $20 bill on the counter for payment. 9 times out of 10 this
person then asks if I want to put the winnings toward the tickets. I
always say, "What?" and make her repeat it. When she does, I simply say
that what I want is my $20 worth of lotto tickets and for her to give me
$2 change. She looks confused for a minute and eventually does what I
asked her to do. Happens all the time.

Some people might think this is normal, or not understand why I find it
to be a problem if this is the way some people think. I'm not saying
these kind of people are stupid, but they're certainly not the sharpest
knife in the drawer.
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On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:56:32 -0600,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

I play the lotto 5 times a week with a friend. I tried
explaining why I think the situation I'm gonna tell is funny to
my wife, but I'm not sure she understood. Here goes.

So I go in to get $20 worth of lotto tickets. I also have a $2
winner to be taken care of. I tell the girl I have a winner
and would also like $20 worth of tickets. She goes to the
lotto terminal and has the machine generate the tickets, and
also checks the winning ticket and finds it is a $2 winner.
She walks back to the register and sees I have placed a $20
bill on the counter for payment. 9 times out of 10 this person
then asks if I want to put the winnings toward the tickets. I
always say, "What?" and make her repeat it. When she does, I
simply say that what I want is my $20 worth of lotto tickets
and for her to give me $2 change. She looks confused for a
minute and eventually does what I asked her to do. Happens all
the time.

Some people might think this is normal, or not understand why I
find it to be a problem if this is the way some people think.
I'm not saying these kind of people are stupid, but they're
certainly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

I run into that same thing from time to time. It used to bother
me a bit, but I've (mostly) come to accept that some people just
think differently and that's okay.

I most often encounter this difference when giving an extra amount
of cash over the total so I can get back a reduced amount of
change (or fewer $1 bills). For example, if the total due is
$4.77 I may give the clerk $5.02 to get back only a quarter. At
times I have to explain it. On the other hand, I enjoy it when
the clerk stops for a moment, and then I can see the light go off
in their head.
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On 2/27/2026 8:50 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:56:32 -0600,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

I play the lotto 5 times a week with a friend. I tried
explaining why I think the situation I'm gonna tell is funny to
my wife, but I'm not sure she understood. Here goes.

So I go in to get $20 worth of lotto tickets. I also have a $2
winner to be taken care of. I tell the girl I have a winner
and would also like $20 worth of tickets. She goes to the
lotto terminal and has the machine generate the tickets, and
also checks the winning ticket and finds it is a $2 winner.
She walks back to the register and sees I have placed a $20
bill on the counter for payment. 9 times out of 10 this person
then asks if I want to put the winnings toward the tickets. I
always say, "What?" and make her repeat it. When she does, I
simply say that what I want is my $20 worth of lotto tickets
and for her to give me $2 change. She looks confused for a
minute and eventually does what I asked her to do. Happens all
the time.

Some people might think this is normal, or not understand why I
find it to be a problem if this is the way some people think.
I'm not saying these kind of people are stupid, but they're
certainly not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

I run into that same thing from time to time. It used to bother
me a bit, but I've (mostly) come to accept that some people just
think differently and that's okay.

You're a kind person.....I'm working on that

I most often encounter this difference when giving an extra amount
of cash over the total so I can get back a reduced amount of
change (or fewer $1 bills). For example, if the total due is
$4.77 I may give the clerk $5.02 to get back only a quarter. At
times I have to explain it. On the other hand, I enjoy it when
the clerk stops for a moment, and then I can see the light go off
in their head.

Yes, exactly! If you can't do this kind of thing easily, why are you
working at a cash register??
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:38:25 -0600,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

On 2/27/2026 8:50 AM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:56:32 -0600,
sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

Some people might think this is normal, or not understand
why I find it to be a problem if this is the way some
people think. I'm not saying these kind of people are
stupid, but they're certainly not the sharpest knife in the
drawer.

I run into that same thing from time to time. It used to
bother me a bit, but I've (mostly) come to accept that some
people just think differently and that's okay.

You're a kind person.....I'm working on that

Well, sometimes kind. I've been working on it for decades, so
there's been progress. :)

I most often encounter this difference when giving an extra
amount of cash over the total so I can get back a reduced
amount of change (or fewer $1 bills). For example, if the
total due is $4.77 I may give the clerk $5.02 to get back only
a quarter. At times I have to explain it. On the other hand,
I enjoy it when the clerk stops for a moment, and then I can
see the light go off in their head.

Yes, exactly! If you can't do this kind of thing easily, why
are you working at a cash register??

For the record, my natural tendency is to think that folks who
struggle to do such relatively simple math are not the sharpest
knives in the drawere--like you do. On the other hand, when I
think about it some more, I wonder how much of that is due to
limits on native intelligence and how much on upbringing and
education quality. In any case, I'm blessed in this regard.
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Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> Gretna, NE, USA
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