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I prefer one $5 over four $1 and I hate change
Sep 26, 2019 6:05 AM
crazy3
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I prefer one $5 over four $1 and I hate change
SugarSmack
They pause b/c 's unexpected to get change but not exact change. The register calculates change due. You're not a genius, they're not stupid
iBoulderDash
If you hate change, why exchange your single quarter for more change? Unless you plan to donate the 23 cents to St. Jude's Children Hospital
oprahslovechild
I had a customer last night try to pay for two Lone Stars (Texas beer) in Nickels and Pennies. I just refused the sale.
IHateApostrophes
I don't remember the last time I used cash or made a withdrawal from a bank. Even the corner falafal guy has a card swipe on his iphone.
pandastrafe
I would've given you 5 ones.
Sean6919
If you hate change shouldn't you just use a card for everything?
PaintYourWagon
Seems that boomers take pride in their 'change math' abilities though and relish the feeling of paying two cents more to get a quarter back.
Xerxes4242
I mean if you change the amount after they open the register you should tip them for being a jerk. Especially if it's busy.
matejvondracek
I think, it would be better to use 1 and 3 instead of 1,2 and 5 in currency
Taizan
So you get $5.23 back? Why not give $21.02 if you just wanted a 5 Dollar bill? This is confusing.
Skevoid
Because sometimes you have a quarter but you don't have 2 pennies.
here4mischief
I forgot about quarters. That makes more sense
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
Yeah I wouldn't know what to do either without plugging it into the till. God help me if it was after I pressed the button
Xerxes4242
It's way past time to do away with pennies. They are useless. Inflation has rendered them completely obsolete.
bradlGameGod
Do you guys not have like a till to put the number in and then it tells you the change to give.
LurkerOfDarkness
I think the problem here is the people that suddenly have change after the cash amount was entered, and they can't do the maths.
bradlGameGod
Just say no.
WizardHarryDresden
Don't get it
Mavgurian
He pays with bigger bill to get bigger change - instead of 1$ bills/coins
IHaveTwoCuteDoggies
He'll get back 5.23 so a solid $5 instead of $3.98 if he just gave them a $20 bill
cjandstuff
It's not that kids are dumber, we've stopped teaching them basic math. The machine even dishes out change so they don't have to count it.
DerpMeister
This would have been incredibly less annyoing if he had 2 cents instead of 25.
LookAtYourRadarSnake
Yeah, who wants 23 cents back? This is an instance where I say "damn, wish I had 2 pennies. Oh well. Now i have change for next time."
ispentwaytoolongthinkingaboutthis
$5.23 change.
MCraigWeaver
Nobody really knows how to make change any more. You start counting up from 16.02 as you give them the change... No math, just count
CorrectMostOfTheTime
Hate change but get 23 cents in change back with this. Give him a nickel at least
peteysodes
This is ofc after I would have rang it up they “remembered” they wanted a 5 back and exactly how short change artists screw you.
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So you traded your quarter for 2 dimes and 3 pennies? How is that getting rid of change?
Skevoid
You're down by 3 notes and 4 coins this way. Math!
textilelover
They prevented getting .98c change and only got .23c change.
giantkel
Just give the $1.25 back and break the $20. Pretty simple.. and who tips a cashier?
iOnlylmgurWheniPoop
In NZ, we used to have 5 cent coins and Aussie had 5c coins too. Literally no one cared about the difference and stores still took it
Naturalphilosopher
In Aus, we still get them & 10c & 20c. ... I worked where a new young teenage employee accepted an NZ $100 note! (She got a written warning,
Naturalphilosopher
... Exchange rate & all) just had no clue.
Nalianna
i move NZ 20's to their own section, and give them as change to NZ people. :D
FritzLoneaux
You give them back 5.23, because nobody wants singles.
storebrandproductmascot
I want singles to use for coffee shop tips and vending machines.
Ketheres
Sorry for being unwanted
Suikodenstar
But there’s a bunch of singles in my area waiting to meet me!
giantkel
Ah, well, I’m in Canada so that didn’t even cross my mind lol. We also don’t use pennies so we’d round down.
OrbitalSloth
Honestly I can’t remember the last time I paid cash for anything, idk why coins are used at all these days.
giantkel
I work for a big retailer where most of our products are hundreds of $, and so many people pay cash still. I never have cash though
Cyynic
A pocket full of toonies and loonies is worse than a $5 bill. I would hazard this is a bigger deal in Canada. ;-)
wiezzenger
I need those coins for laundry though!
giantkel
This is true. Canadians wear their belts a little tighter just to make up for the weight of all our coins. It’s a lesser known stereotype.
nukethelizards
“Thanks for the homework!” - cashier, probably
SaltyInternetPirate
Homework? You mean tip!
RenaissanceFaireMan
Better 25-2 = 23 than counting out 98 cents.
Mavgurian
Cashier will just enter the amount the customer gave.
LurkerOfDarkness
You haven't had such a job ever, have you?
jazzfactory
That’s why you gotta hand it over all at once though. Don’t give them the 20, then give the 1.25 after they’ve hit the “20” button.
Vectron
Does cash registers in the US not calculate change? I'm confused.
LurkerOfDarkness
Tte vast majority of people using cash will give you enough money first, then after you put that in, they suddenly have change.
ILoveDaftPunk
Then they wanna make a snide comment about 'this is why you work here' when you can't quickly do the math in your head.
LurkerOfDarkness
I'm pretty good at doing it in my head, but for safety reasons I would always do it three times in a row to make sure, using different ways.
olderbrotherofsnagglepuss
If a customer still ratches in their purse/wallet after they give cash I wait a few seconds in case they suddenly find change, I hate maths
LurkerOfDarkness
I hope I never get in a line with you working, no offense, but you're slowing everyone down. I just want to grab my things and leave.
olderbrotherofsnagglepuss
It’s literally 3-4 seconds, use self service if you want to get thru quicker
c00lbeans69
I do the same thing if it looks like they're looking for change for just a few more seconds. It would slow me down more to have to do
drizztx
Many of the cash registers I've seen in the last few years have a VISUAL representation of the change the cashier needs to give you. /1
drizztx
Like, for the above amount, a PICTURE of a $5 bill, two dimes, and 3 pennies. WTF. Are we actually hiring cashiers who can't COUNT? /2
Breezier
I doubt it's that the cashiers can't count, it's maybe more the fact errors will definitely be made if it's constant human calculation.
fredthebadger
No, it's vastly more likely they handed over a $20 then, after the checker put in $20 paid they rummaged up $1.25 and handed it over.
fredthebadger
long after the register decided the payment was complete and the drawer opened.
hereiamihavenoideawhatimdoing
MGQ2718
CrypticalEnvelopement
I get that not everyone can do mental math quickly, but maybe put the damn numbers in the magic number machine that's RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
CrypticalEnvelopement
It knows what I'm trying to do so ask it for help
ILoveDaftPunk
usually customers suddenly have change after you've already entered an amount. You can't go back and re-enter the new amount they're giving
Rogahar
Happens to me all the time. I have math issues to begin with, then they do this and my brain goes "a-durrrrrrrrr"
WorkerLurker
They should wait when I say, “I think I have change”
WorkerLurker
Most just see a $20 and hit the $20 button
RagingAura
^this, the amount of times ive seen cooworkers pause to mental math it becasue someone changed how much they give is stupid.
iUsedToBeFunThenIGotAGoodTherapist
I generally pause because once I've worked the original cashback amount, I magically forget what their total was. Gotta start from the top.
StripTheFleshSaltTheWound
Some of us can't do math in our heads. It sucks. I'm not dumb and I can do basic math but I have to write it down.
willparry79
You just count up from the total to the amount given by the customer. You don't even have to know the amount you're handing to the customer.
StripTheFleshSaltTheWound
Brain no do good number job.
drdavessardogs
That's not a problem with modern cash registers, ya just punch in the $21.25 and it will show the correct change,
IHaveTwoCuteDoggies
I used to think I had this difficulty as well but you just need to have a good reason to apply math quickly. Cashier? Nah. Fabrication yes.
YouAndYourRottenCabbage
that IS basic math. plus, the cashier doesn't need to do it in their head, the cash register can do it
DalekSpook
Where I work the tills don't tell you the change, just the amount needed to pay. Good old Aldi.
Slydevil13
yeah but half the time you already put the transaction in and the customer switches the bills.
LurkerOfDarkness
You haven't worked a register, have you?
happyishturtle
I just did yesterday and the register tells you the change to give to them the only thing you have to figure out is counting
LurkerOfDarkness
You're forgetting that most will give you plenty, then when you've entered that, and then they suddenly have change, a lot can't do the math
YouAndYourRottenCabbage
I worked retail for almost 20 years
sakela
In 2019 all registers do that unless it's from the 90s then idk
LurkerOfDarkness
You missef the point here, probably because you don't work them, but people get out change after the point where it tells the change.
YouAndYourRottenCabbage
I think the point is our education systems have let us down
CustomBuiltFamilyDad
more like 70s
TheShaffinator
Im a little ashamed at how much this made me laugh.
DNIme
Do this at sonic if you want a real good laugh. Even better with just a random amount of change.
CrypticalEnvelopement
I get so annoyed when they hand me the $1.25 back I put it down on the counter then passive-aggressively slide it back with the 4 singles 1/
CrypticalEnvelopement
And ask for a $5 bill after they worked hard to give me exact change.
LarvaLamp
If you do that after the change has been given, you'll look like a scammer.
Ximinipot
That's not even the correct change to give.....
CrypticalEnvelopement
It is if you want a $5 back and not 4 $1's and a quarter is the only coin you have
Ccnati
But you’re gonnna get more coins back
CrypticalEnvelopement
2 dimes and 3 pennies vs 3 quarters, a dime, a nickle, and three pennies
Zeotech84
You'd get less back than if you didn't give the quarter assuming that's the lowest value coin you have at the time...98 cents vs 23 cents
CrypticalEnvelopement
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Last I checked, a quarter was less coins than 2 dimes and 3 pennies.
SomeRandomeChap
I remember when a customer gave me a handful of coins with three different currencies in it.
getmesomepizza1
I had a customer who's total was about $20 and she paid all in 2 dollar bills but they were all folded into teeny triangles.
TheToughestGuyInLetterkenny
When i used to work in retail, if a customer handed me change and I found a currency that wasnt USD, i wouldnt take it. They would get mad
TheToughestGuyInLetterkenny
Meanwhile im thinking “if you give me a fucking handful of change that i have to sort through, im not gonna make your life easy either”
tipsfromatwentysomething
Not gonna lie, when I was in the US I definitely did this to a few poor cashiers
ImgurChocobo
Yeah, just the other day a customer poured a mix of US, Euros, Kroner, and loose staples on the counter.
digitalist1
I bet that fucked the line up. Sincerely cashiers
anotheroundplease
We get Canadian quarters mixed in with US current cut all the time. You are with a lot of company
sakela
And pennies
wiezzenger
Canada no longer uses pennies (we round to the nearest 5 cents). It's probably less from Canadians and more from Americans
wiezzenger
Since any Canadian pennies in the US will keep circulating.
tipsfromatwentysomething
There was a good mix of Aussie and sometimes Singaporean as well haha
k0pkl
We keep finding new Zealand coins in Australia
Bmxtucker
Lol we just use Canadian pennies where I am Someone put them in circulation and the area just uses them I get at least one every transaction
Nightcaste
What bugs me is when a place refuses to accept the same coin they gave me as change the day before.
LookingLikeASnack
I've had banks accuse me of depositing counterfeit bills, when I got that exact bill in a withdrawal from the same bank the day before
Josiahkf
"Sorry of man the day after canada stopped using pennies, colourised. -circa 2004"
boob00kittyfuck
I got a folded up dollar once that still had the man's cocaine in it. We were both surprised when I unfolded it to put it in the drawer lol
AmArschdieRaeuber
You still put it in the drawer? What happened to the cocain?
boob00kittyfuck
Lol yes i still took the dollar. The coke fell on the counter when I unfolded the bill. Wasn't a whole lot, just brushed it off the counter.
xMalkav
That's drug abuse where I come from.
boob00kittyfuck
Touche. I didn't have a choice cause I was at work but I suppose he could have done what fell out but I guess he was trying to save face idk
Combatman23
It's 2019, I don't use cash unless I'm buying drugs.
BananaLover93
you can use your CC in pharmacies. smh
inkpad
You, get an upvote for this comment
TheMightyDungle
I occasionally pay cash but almost every time I'm at the register the cashier sets up to pay by card before even asking
VAPOR85
Considering a certain drug has been legalised in the act I won’t have to use real money for it soon enough
Whydidithavetobebees
Lol I use Venmo for that too
SaltyInternetPirate
"Ooh, look at me! I'm so rich, I never have to even think of cash money!"
captaingrump
Ehn. There's a few markets near me where I prefer cash. And bars, sometimes.
ItsLike3AM
You use paysafe cards?
PanicAtTheCostco
You’re an adult you should carry cash on you because it’s responsible to have a little just in case... this anti cash thing is weird
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
What this guy said.
beerbatteredkush
Your guy dosnt take venmo?
PaintYourWagon
Maybe Im just being paranoid but is it safe to give my drug dealer my venmo handle when Im buying a ton of smack?
beerbatteredkush
There is no evidence what you gave them the money for. Granted it's obvious but not direct
bawtzki
Fucking this. My forehead vein always pops out when I see people in front of me at the market buying while carts of groceries with cash
boob00kittyfuck
But you can use cashapp for drugs too now lol
Nalianna
no papertrails.
tornadosandwich
Just don't write "for drugs" in the memo area and you should be good
Elonmusketeer
Eh as long as you're the end user the FBI really isn't going to go through your banking history
Fluxmae
Or hookers
12yearsinazkaban
I'm waiting the day Germany gives up on cash.
Thisisnotreallymyname
It annoys me when I travel there. It's another EUR country, and yet I'm having to bring cash like it's some kind of foreign currency..
12yearsinazkaban
It took me a while to learn how to carry 60€ in my wallet. My bank back at home would charge me extra, if I do more than 4 withdrawals/month
CelestialBloodshed
Yeah :( My wallet is always full with 1 and 2 cent coins.
FvckPoliticalPosts
I always put them in a bottle.
Respectablecrazy
Yeah I hate carrying it too except a euro for a grocery cart. I Just throw the munzen in an old Illy coffee can.
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
You buy half a bread. Your total becomes 1,56 and a bit of dust from your wallet.
D1G1T0L
Half a bread? What's that in bananas?
sakela
Half a washing machine
D1G1T0L
Ah, 1/8 of a sinkhole.
myhappyanonplace
Cash is king tho
IMayNotReplyToYou
Yeah, I like paying with cash as I'm actually handing over money, rather than flicking a card
lavendergirl
Cash was king, now it's disease invested paper with a possibility of being fake tinder.
myhappyanonplace
None of these points u make are news lol cash is king it’s accepted everywhere. Still go to plenty of places where it’s cash only
SickSickIndividual
Tender*
Jimthebutler
Maybe they are burning it
lavendergirl
Thank you.
SickSickIndividual
Although fake tinder does sound terrifying
pakz
All my financial transactions becoming completely transparent and access of my money being dependent on systems I dont control? No, thanks.
SecretlyThreeDucksInAManSuit
You don't control it anyway. The value of the paper in your wallet is no more stable than that of the credit in your bank.
DoctorCoktopus
Natural resources have traditionally done okay throughout human history. But when I pay in pirate gold I get weird looks...
SecretlyThreeDucksInAManSuit
Gems are where it's at my dude(ette). Get you some precious gemstones no bigger than grains of rice. Portable, valuable, reliable.
pakz
I am not talking about stability but accessibility. Ask Iranians or Russians how fond they are of electronic cash. And we are not even 1/2
pakz
Scratching the surface of what a sh*thole fiat money is 2/2
ProxyPlayerHD
what kind of caveman drug dealer do you have that doesn't accept Creddit/Debit cards?
RuthlessRuben
All in the past, but: A paranoid one with a front business.
OrangeJesus
Can’t tell if this is sarcastic or not....but ones that don’t want to keep a digital transaction list of their sales probably
SmokyDoggg
Maybe people owe me money. You can't prove anything.
jkeegan62
Yea but all those scales with white residue on them might give them an idea as to why your owed money
SmokyDoggg
Maybe I like to weigh my sugar to make sure I get just the right amount in my coffee. Maybe I like powdered sugar.
nutRtookmyusername
WTF do you still have 1 & 2 cent coins? It gets rounded down here. But I definately wouldve given 21.02 if i had it.
Jonsse
And considering the dollar has 20-30% unaccounted inflation, it's even more idiotic to still use 1 and 2 cent coins.
nipplefart
We only round up for monetary transactions in the U.S. Side matter to the cent conundrum, but businesses won't miss out on profit.
xj4low
Yep, a penny costs several cents to make and process produces toxic chemicals. Government.
RyanRichter
Toxic chemicals?
xj4low
Each penny is about 97% zinc and 3% copper and refining both metals can release sulfur dioxide (SO2), lead and zinc.
skooterLaughin
As an Aussie, can confirm.
jscuster
When US eliminated the half-cent coin in the 1860s it had more purchasing power than today’s dime. Shouldn’t be any coin smaller than 25c.
storebrandproductmascot
Just one cent coins. We briefly had a 2 cent coin in the 1800s, but it was never popular.
lauraInternetJunkie
I wish it would too in Europe. Now everyone I know just has this big bowl full of 1 to 5 cents...
Khatvogel
In the Netherlands we do
TheSwedishCryptid
Go to a bank and trade them in?
Scrotality
It does in Finland. When we switched to Euro, we never started ciculating 1 and 2 cent coins.
limonchiki
I brought a HUGE bowl of cents to the bank once. Over 500 1 cent pieces alone! It was so heavy.
kabu4ce1
In Finland it gets rounded to nearest 5
LurkerOfDarkness
In Denmark we have nothing below 50 øre (about 7 cents), it just gets rounded if you're using cash, not that many do anyways.
easypsilon
I'm probably a german cliche bc I would get so mad if they'd round it up or down. I'll pay the exact amount of what I'm supposed to pay!
Jimthebutler
Saaame
Sissypool
.1, .5, .10, .25, .50, and $1 coins
ToriJoanne
The last two not being particularly common.
Sissypool
Depends on where you live then. Obviously compared to the .25 and smaller they're uncommon but, in rural areas you see them a lot.
ToriJoanne
We don't use them in central New York at all
Sissypool
Central Oregon they're everywhere
foodandbooty
The same reason taxes are calculated when you pay not just in the products price. Because this is America where we hate everyone
Kulgrim
That is not why taxes are calculated last, it is because taxes can vary not just state to state but county to county.....
foodandbooty
Not in my state, still doesn’t stop pricing products to have sales tax included in the listed price
LurkerOfDarkness
And city to city, but that in no way prevents stores from displaying the actual price on the shelf, not since computers began being used.
swatz
some places they can vary person to person also. Some states give qualifying persons (sales) tax exempt cards. say qualifying disabled vet
Fuckusernames98
What prevents it is the first store to do so would look like they have higher prices than everyone else, people would be dumb and not buy it
LurkerOfDarkness
So, the argument is that americans are dumber than people elsewhere, that's saddening.
legofham
But... why?
TheCrankyCow
because sales tax can be a local&state tax, difference states different rates
comacomacomacomachameleon
Each has their own government who can impose taxes. So you can pay federal, state, city, and county taxes.
legofham
That seems like a fuckton of bureaucracy in trying to work out what anything costs