Apparantly there was a bombscare at our bank over in town, which led to bizarre situations. First of all a police officer led people in one by one, meaning that (for a Friday) there was a long line-up in front of the bank. Additionally, some bank employees were obviously upset about the whole scare. In my case too many questions were asked and the teller who helped me slammed me for confusing her that my written one looked like a seven. I cautiously explained her that normally everybody in Europe strikes a dash through their sevens to make it stand out from the number one.
Well. At least I do, because our math teacher told us to do so. Of course, I hope they catch the guy that was behind this bomb scare and that they slam their sevens in his ones.
I don’t think that we crossed zeroes in our math classes. It’s probably computer related.
But I can’t see how one would mistake a zero for a seven. Really beats me. :-)
If I recall correctly, I think you dash your sevens too, just like your zets (letter z, or zee in American), right?