She stood at the end of the table next to the couple who had finished their meal. Laying the bill where the man could see it she started to count. Sixteen ten, and five, ten, seventy-five, one, and two, make twenty. The man nodded. Smiling, he handed her the money.
“Someone taught you well.”
She beamed.
“The cash register at my family’s feed store isn’t ready to be replaced. Whoever works there has to learn to make change and count it back, too.”
“Do you still work there?”
“Yes sir, when I go home for the university’s breaks.”
“Someone taught you well.”
She beamed.
“The cash register at my family’s feed store isn’t ready to be replaced. Whoever works there has to learn to make change and count it back, too.”
“Do you still work there?”
“Yes sir, when I go home for the university’s breaks.”
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