Putting 3000 yen worth of change into the 711 self-checkout for a 100 yen item while pretending I don’t understand the cashier saying “its enough” in english and japanese because gives me back useful notes.
It’s often because they have a limited number of ones.
They didn’t haves 5s, and didn’t want to hand you a wad of ones.
Because sometimes people get mad about that shit.
"DO I LOOK LIKE A STRIPPER TO YOU, SIR!?
…because thank you I needed that confidence boost today."
… because taking my clothes off is free, it’s the getting me to put them back on that will cost you
When I was a cashier they recommended we not do this kind of thing, because there are some fast-talk scams people will do to get more money. Like they’ll give you more money, say something confusing, take the money back, and then you give them the extra change, except more sophisticated than that.
They were called “quick-” or”short-change artists”. They still exist, just not as common because people carry far less cash than they used to.
One of them almost got me back in the day as a cashier. It was one of my first days. After the transaction I felt something was off so I told my supervisor. The supervisor had gotten scammed by the same guy when he was new. Apparently this guy sought out the new cashiers. My supervisor actually went and got the guy before he left and actually said “excuse me sir, I believe the cashier gave you too much change.” The guy didn’t even dispute it and gave exactly the amount he shorted me. ($50) He absolutely knew what he was doing, and almost got away with it.
I understand what you’re saying and it’s good policy. Many cashiers get confused by those things. I cashiered for many years at a place where if my drawer was perfect to the penny I got a free meal for my break. I got a free meal every single fucking day. Those scams just don’t work on some of us.
I know someone who did the scam by accident. Mentioned the number 50 talking to his friend while he was handing the cashier a 20. Got change for 50 euros instead of 20, noticed it later lol
At least someone gets it
Have we just given up on putting the currency symbol in the correct place?
(I know some currencies have the symbol after it, but I’m not aware of any dollar currencies that work that way)
No, the US doesn’t have sole authority to dictate what the correct place is to the entire world.
This is not a US thing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar#Economies_that_use_a_"dollar"
I wasn’t asking on behalf of the US specifically. Pounds also work like that.
The British hold even less sway over me
Sure, but the point still stands that the placement of the symbol isn’t one nation standing alone - it’s one of two options and the world is split. Some currencies work one way, some the other.
I don’t like France but I still respect it’s preferred placement of its currency symbols, both present and historic. Seems rather arrogant otherwise.
Yes? Is it going to confuse anyone?
Correct is whatever next generation of society adapts. It’s 10 dollars not dollars 10. I personally don’t care, I just don’t see the problem
Just pay with card plsthx
I fail at basic math so I hate giving change lol. Just cant grasp stuff like 54-47, I end up having to count it out. I can do multiplication fine but never learned the tables, whatever those are. Cant do division…always wished I was good at math but it doesn’t make sense to me. Oddly everything im into like electronics and music and computers are all math heavy ha
music
math heavy
Dang it, there goes my plan of fleeing computers to escape math
Well in reality everything in the universe is math, so there’s no escape ha
Well, so long as it doesn’t involve me solving the integral of ([the limit of {the square root} or {the arctan} of x] over [some other shit on the bottom of a fraction]), I’m good yeah I’m feeling alright
I worked as a cashier. I’m not here to do math that’s why I’m using the register no you can’t give me another dollar to get an even $10 back. NEXT. Also as a customer no I do t have another $1 so you can give me an even $10 back
Edit: the machine does the calculation once I type in the amount you hand me. If I type in the amount and press enter and the drawer opens and you want to give me more money (not always an extra $1 or $0.01) I can’t input another number, the transaction is done. I’m not doing more math to keep my drawer even. Take your change and leave.
Yall sound like customers who’ve never had to be a cashier before.
Huh? The point in giving an even 10 back to the customer is that it keeps more change in your float. It’s for the cashiers benefit not the customers.
Just go to the safe and get more cash? It’s not that hard
I worked as a cashier. I’m not here to do math that’s why I’m using the register
You are literally here to do math and the register is just keeping track of it and helping you out to make sure the math you are doing checks out.
I didn’t ask for more to make the change even either as a cashier, but I did understand when they gave extra to get even change because doing math was my job.
You seriously couldn’t be bothered to add 1 in your head? Honestly, that is terrifying. It also makes it so you have less work overall. Handing a $10 is much easier than handing a $5 and 4 $1s.
Absolutely, yes! This is something he has to do all day, and gets fired if he does mental math wrong. An easy thing 1000 times is hard.
The register machine literally let’s you input the amount of cash given by the customer and it tells you how much to give back as change. You are just refusing to do your job at this point for no reason when the machine is already doing the math for you.
I worked a register, and just made change out of the drawer like I was taught–start at the pennies and work your way up. The register had the option of entering the tended amount, but I never used it. It’s not hard to do at all, I’m terrible at math, but I can handle adding and subtracting below 10.
This was 35 years ago, though. Public school has been shit since Bush.
I get you, but cashiers are trained to be impatient and never wait for me to pull my change purse out to round it up, even if I tell them there’s more coming.
This is how it typically goes:
Cashier: Your total is $10.50. Me, handing them $20: Here, hang on to this, I’ve got some change. Cashier snatches the money, enters $20.00 in the machine and stuffs it in the drawer as I fish out the appropriate change. Me, as they are in the midst of gathering a large amount of change from the drawer: Here you go. Cashier, interrupted during their change counting, furrows their brows at me as if I just tried to pull a fast one on them.
It can’t be a quick change scheme if you haven’t given me my change yet. Just don’t be in such a rush.
Telling me you have more coming and magicking more money out of thin air are 2 different circumstances so I get where you’re coming from.
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