IdleRich
IdleRich
There's a trendy new cakeshop (don't ask) that has just opened at the top of the road from me, I went in a minute ago to get a coffee (which was very good - fair enough) and found the two girls behind the counter engaged in a deep disagreement relating to a customer order. The disagreement was over how many eights there are in forty-two - when I entered one was saying "are you sure it's not seven?". Ultimately they had to ask me to do it for them. I can understand not being good at mental arithmetic (I wouldn't claim to be good myself) but to absolutely lack the ability to work something like that out seems to me to be bordering on a disability - I mean, you could never check your change in a shop or work out how many of something you could buy or plan your spending in even the simplest detail. Then I went home and told the story to my flatmate's girlfriend - turns out she couldn't work it out either - she actually said "it is seven isn't it?". Is this normal?