I was at Target the other day, shopping for a few groceries, when I ran across a "sale" they had in the condiments aisle.
Two for nine dollars! That's a pretty good deal on mayonnaise, I thought.
Until I saw that the regular price was only $4.29!
I had to shake my head.
In today's age of technology and computers that can solve math problems in the blink of an eye, how could something so blatantly wrong get posted?
I wondered how many people got suckered into buying it, thinking they were getting a good deal.
Because they didn't do the math.
I'm grateful that when I was young, I learned how to do math in my head.
To quickly add, subtract and calculate percentages.
I used to love making change when I worked at the Dairy Queen or in the concession stands at my kids' sporting events.
Maybe I'm weird that way. But I'll take it over having to always pull out a calculator.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for all of the amazing things computers can do for us.
And I use a calculator sometimes when the math gets complicated.
But if we get too dependent on them, what happens when they aren't readily available?
What happens when we stop challenging our brains to think?
This applies also to the figurative math we have to do in life.
You know, when things don't add up.
There's no computer or calculator that can replace our gut instinct. Or the deductive reasoning a human brain is capable of performing.
Sometimes we just have to do the math.
Calculate the risks and the return.
Read the signs. And if it doesn't feel right, trust our gut.
I've found that method to be accurate 99% of the time.
The other 1% of the time?
That's when we have to make sure we're paying attention to the price tags!
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