In Wuhan, Hubei Province, a small incident at a noodle restaurant caused an uproar online. It's not just about stealing, it's about arithmetic. Let's savor the economics of this bowl of noodles and the arithmetic logic of the boss.
Let's talk about this employee first, this "hard-working" employee actually made the boss lose more than 20,000 yuan in turnover in 8 months. It has to be said that this kind of behavior is really shameful and betrays the trust of the boss. But that's not the point, it's the arithmetic logic of the boss when describing the loss.
The boss's algorithm is like this: "For example, if a guest eats a bowl of noodles for 5 yuan and pays 50 yuan, the employee puts 50 yuan in his pocket, and then finds 45 yuan from the cash box to give to the guest, which is equivalent to losing 95 yuan and a bowl of noodles!" This algorithm simply refreshed my understanding of arithmetic.
Let's do the math. First of all, the bowl of noodles cost 5 yuan, which is a direct loss for the boss. Then, the employee stole 50 yuan from the customer, which was supposed to go into the boss's pocket. In addition, the employee took out 45 yuan from the cash box to give change to the customer, which was also the boss's money. But the 45 yuan does not constitute an additional loss, because this part of the money was originally in the cash box. Therefore, the actual loss of the boss is 5 yuan plus 50 yuan of face cost, for a total of 55 yuan.
The boss's algorithm is as if someone stole your phone, and you have to compensate the thief who stole the phone for a new phone. According to this logic, aren't we losing money every day?
If this matter is put in a primary school math class, it is estimated that the teacher will be so angry that he will drop his glasses. The boss's algorithm not only made the math teacher cry and faint in the toilet, but even I, a layman, was confused when I saw it. We can understand that the boss is upset by the loss, but this arithmetic problem is really a big problem.
At the end of the day, it's not just a matter of arithmetic, it's a question of understanding economic transactions. When faced with theft and change, we should be more aware of what our actual losses are. The boss's arithmetic "mistake" did not know how much "extra income" it brought to the unscrupulous employee.
The takeaway from this incident is that math is really important, especially when it comes to running a business. The boss's arithmetic mistake not only made him a laughing stock on the Internet, but also taught us a profound lesson - in life, no matter what situation we encounter, we need to maintain clear and accurate mathematical logic. Otherwise, we may be like this noodle shop owner, bewildered by our own arithmetic logic. #Article Launch Challenge#