From The Daily Iberian:
Gordon Tan’s parents never asked their son, age 2 1/2, to climb up on a chair and start checking customers out at the cash register.
He did it on his own.
His mother, Tiffany Lei, said when they were busy in January at their restaurant, Formosa Gardens on Lewis Street, little Gordon Tan began taking tickets from customers, punching in the totals and ringing them up. He even knew how much change to give them.
“He can do the credit card machine too,” Lei said.
Gordon Tan’s father, Jason Tan, said his son knows the difference between credit and debit cards and can swipe them and enter the four-digit code to complete the sale.
“His mother taught him once, and he figured it out himself,” Jason Tan said.
Gee, NewMexiKen’s grandkids, sweet as they may be, are just a bunch of unemployed slackers.
When Eli was only 4 we used to sell the Sunday paper on the main corner in Arivaca to make ends meet. The local store didn’t carry them and a person had to drive 25 miles to Amado to get one, so we could sell quite a few, maybe 50 on a good day. They usually sold for $1.50 but we tacked on a quarter for going to get them, plus we got the usual portion of the sale that any paper seller gets.
Anyway, 4 year-old Eli often conducted the transactions. Whatever cash they gave him, he’d subtract $1.75 and give them the right change. And because it was all so cute, he’d be more inclined to get tips, too.