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Counting back Change: Is it a lost art?
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:48 pm
I worked in the service industry in college and was taught how to properly count back change to customers. I rarely find anyone who can do it properly anymore.
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Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:50 pm to Flamefighter
Doesn't counting back change just involve being able to add/subtract numbers less than 100?
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:50 pm to Flamefighter
I worked in the service industry for about 7 years from hs through college. I was never once told to count back change to customers at any job.
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:50 pm to Flamefighter
Yeah, but it was bullshite back then anyway.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:52 pm to Flamefighter
I have to remember to bring exact change when I get fast food. Little Caesers has stiffed me on a few cents several times. Sometimes I get extra back just because they ran out of pennies so I guess it works out.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:52 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
It's lazy. No matter what bill you give them 5,10,20,50,100. Count it back so it equals the bill they have.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:54 pm to Displaced
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I worked in the service industry for about 7 years
What branch did you serve in?
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:54 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
I worked at Subway in HS and the mgr made me do it that way. 93-94
Posted on 11/1/16 at 5:55 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
At a checkout. My tab was $8.17. Gave the girl $10.25. She rung it in as $8.17. She couldn't figure out in her head how much change to give me back. 
Dam young people.
Dam young people.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:10 pm to Flamefighter
I had a kid at McDonald's ask, "How'd you do that?" when I gave him an odd amount of money to get the change I wanted back. Usually they'll tell me I gave them too much money.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:48 pm to Flamefighter
I'm old enough to have learned it too but these days it just isn't a useful skill since everyone just relies on the register. And honestly that's the more accurate way to do it.
The only real benefit I get from it now is that in the rare event that I'm paying cash to start with I can quickly figure out how much to pay extra in order to get quarters/nickles/dimes back instead of a bunch of pennies.
The only real benefit I get from it now is that in the rare event that I'm paying cash to start with I can quickly figure out how much to pay extra in order to get quarters/nickles/dimes back instead of a bunch of pennies.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 6:49 pm to tigertyler
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Doesn't counting back change just involve being able to add/subtract numbers less than 100?
It's easier than that. You don't even have to calculate how much they are owed.
If the charge is $6.20 and they hand you a $20, you start by fishing out coins and counting "up" form $6.20.
Grab a nickel to get to $6.25, then three quarters to get to $7. Then pull three $1s to get to $10, then a $10 to get to $10.
Count the change back by handing them the coins and saying seven, followed by the bills: eight, nine, ten, and ten is $20.
It will be perfect every time, and you don't have to have a clue how much you actually handed them.
Bonus tip: Leave their bill out on the counter or register until done. This prevents the, "Wait, I gave you a hundred" bullshite. Nope, here is your $20 right here.
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