High Finance Indeed
Mar. 7th, 2010 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysTime goes by quickly. Already it is Girl Guide Biscuit season again. I find myself falling into a pattern of observing the arithmetic abilities of the sellers of these additively tasty shortbread treats.
A couple of years ago, the girls selling to me were simply not capable of adding up the cost of the packets that they had sold me. No it wasn't because it was a large number either.
Last time, the girl running the transaction was supportively coached through the calculation by her parental minder (could have been her mother - given the way Guide troupe events seem to run it may have not have been).
This morning the girl confidently did the calculation (correctly) but then looked over at parental minder for confirmation. The minder furrowed her brow and muttered something about high finance. It didn't matter, the girl was already giving me my change. I don't know why but I felt encouraged by that.
A couple of years ago, the girls selling to me were simply not capable of adding up the cost of the packets that they had sold me. No it wasn't because it was a large number either.
Last time, the girl running the transaction was supportively coached through the calculation by her parental minder (could have been her mother - given the way Guide troupe events seem to run it may have not have been).
This morning the girl confidently did the calculation (correctly) but then looked over at parental minder for confirmation. The minder furrowed her brow and muttered something about high finance. It didn't matter, the girl was already giving me my change. I don't know why but I felt encouraged by that.