tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post6096098316498810780..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Picking Up PrintsNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-19126099979575643992014-10-17T18:34:39.089+01:002014-10-17T18:34:39.089+01:00Lord yes, that sounds familiar Peter. They even do...Lord yes, that sounds familiar Peter. They even do it in pubs - you order a drink and instead of fixing you that drink they hammer away at the computerised till for ages, take your money, and only then set about getting that drink. And heaven help you if you ask for something unfashionable like port or sherry or pastis, or even vermouth these days...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-30466515306446699162014-10-17T17:26:37.563+01:002014-10-17T17:26:37.563+01:00She might have been numerically challenged, but I ...She might have been numerically challenged, but I think there was more than that. She was of a generation for whom reality is a computer, whether she understands it or not, All else is either error or a "There Be Dragons" unknown. Do you honestly believe your "explaining the situation" helped her?<br /><br />The penny dropped for me a few years ago when I had the following exchange in a popular franchise sandwich shop. Imagine cranky old middle-aged me and a clueless young thing trying to deal with a cash/computer that looked like it could launch the space shuttle:<br /><br />Me: "I'd like a plain chicken salad sandwich on white, to go, please.<br /><br />She: "C-h-i-c-k-e-n s-a-l-a-d (press). Would you like that on white or brown?<br /><br />Me (bemused): "White, plain, to go.".<br /><br />She: "W-h-i-t-e (press). Plain or toasted? "<br /><br />Me (glowering)": "Plain, to go."<br /><br />She: "P-l-a-i-n. (press). For here or to go?"<br /><br />Me: "TO GO !" (Son leaves in humilation to complain to his mother about what a jerk his father is).<br /><br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836910211382887430noreply@blogger.com