Thursday, May 17, 2007

are you smarter than a fifth grader? (or first grader perhaps)

A guy came in today and asked the guy at the counter to help him change a number in his text - the number was ten thousand ninety-nine. There was a point where three guys were at the counter trying to figure out if the number was written out correctly - yes, 10,099 - ten, zero, ninety-nine. I was compelled to just scream it out, but waited to see how long it would take them to figure it out - approximately 10 minutes maybe? wow, is all i can say...