Old fucks decided I suck at math because I'm young.
Yes, I suck at math but it has nothing to do with my age.
So these people were standing in the queue when they became talking about technology and young people. It was innocent at first "back in the day we used to do this manually" etc. But then escalated to a roast which felt like it was targeted towards ME.
"Nowadays all the cashier has to do is to push the products", "They can't even count in their minds", "the register is doing everything for them", "they don't teach them the multiplication table at school anymore" (what?)
Maybe I was being unreasonable but I got angry. I always get called stupid simply because I'm slow, careful and ask too much questions, like "is this a native species?" About a snail I found on a fruit. I know it sounds stupid because it's completely unrelated to our job but I wouldn't like to kill an innocent animal or destroy the ecosystem in our area.
I'm also really insecure about it. Technically I know I'm not the dumbest person on earth but I'll probably never get a degree and it's killing me. Not only do I have ADHD which makes studying incredibly hard even with meds, the one thing I'm interested in studying is so overrepresented in the work field I'll end up being unemployed regardless.
Back to the topic. One of these guys asked me how much the beer costs after the discount so to make things faster I used a calculator.. which turned out to be broken.
I had to try every combination a few times because this glitchy thing couldn't comprehend what I was typing in it on the first try. At one point one of these assholes said "if you want to get the answer you need to learn how to use it first".
Aventually they noticed the manager who was working nearby and called her over so she could do the math for me.. 814
Instead she checked the beer out in the next transaction so we could get a clear view of what the register did.
Thankfully she explained that the interface isn't too readable. The design is bad. The beer had two different discounts shown in two different places. Also the price tag was also wrong hence why I couldn't figure out the right answer. The tag claimed the beer would cost 2.70 after the discount when in reality it was 2.50.. which is the conclusion I came to while using the calculator. I CAN USE THIS GODDAMN THING WHAT DO YOU THINK WE USED IN SCHOOL?? HOPES AND PRAYERS??
I hate knowing these random people I'll never meet again walked out of the store thinking I'm an absolute dumbass.
Though I like how by insulting young people they also insulted themselves. Don't you know who's responsible for educating the youth??? YOU. If your grandkids can't comprehend basic mathematics you failed as a parent, grandparent and voter. The minister of education who's so preoccupied with feeding kids propaganda and masturbating to the image of JP2 he ignores anything that's actually important got elected by the party YOU voted for. 468