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Is it rude or ignorance for a cashier to not count back change to a customer?

Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:11 pm
Posted by EYE_on_LSU
San Marcos, TX
Member since Jul 2018
302 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:11 pm
Consider your age and life experience before you bring your hate.

Before the time when every student brought a calculator to class to do simple math, cashiers / vendors in general when presented with more cash than goods cost, would count back the change given to a customer. This was not expected from the cashier, it was the norm. I understand many people can’t do the math but the tigerdroppings readers generally can.

Should we expect more from vendors or just do the math ourselves?

Snarky comments welcome

Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
10444 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:12 pm to
I don’t blame them. Most of them can’t count anyway and I have to check regardless.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97639 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:12 pm to
Rude to pay with cash, get out the way grandpa
Posted by UltimaParadox
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
40857 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:12 pm to
Who the hell is paying with cash?
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27067 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:13 pm to
OP shits on people for not doing simple math, then complains that a minimum wage employee isn't verbally announcing their simple math calculation because OP doesn't want to do said simple math calculation on their own.

Checks out.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
41570 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:14 pm to
Depends on the store’s policy

Which the customer won’t know
This post was edited on 1/3/23 at 7:14 pm
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
150736 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:14 pm to
I don’t understand. Are you saying they just guess and give you change? That they don’t give change at all because they don’t want to count it? That they make you calculate the change? What?
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
14793 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:15 pm to
I dunno. I was at the car detail earlier, asked the cashier if she could break a hundred, she said yes. It went downhill from there, quickly. Once I had her on edge from not returning my proper change. I asked her to break a 20, with (4) fives. I ended up with (1) ten and (12) singles.
Posted by TigerOnTheMountain
Higher Elevation
Member since Oct 2014
41773 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

Consider your age and life experience before you bring your hate.


I will not. Leave the high school girl in the checkout line alone, boomer.
Posted by tigerfan182
Franklin, Tn
Member since Sep 2009
2779 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:17 pm to
Why no both. They go together
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83462 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:20 pm to
Do the math yourself you lazy shite
Posted by Ric Flair
Charlotte
Member since Oct 2005
13657 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:24 pm to
Pat a $9.25 tab with a ten dollar bill, don’t expect them to count out the 3 quarters, pay $19.25 with a hundred dollar bill, and I appreciate them counting out four twenties. I’ve found that southeast Asian owned gas station are better at change/math than your local circle K franchise with the quality of workers that affords
Posted by gmac8604
Green Bay, WI
Member since Jun 2012
1095 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:25 pm to
It might make our immigration numbers better if we substitute the historical questions with arithmetic questions.
This post was edited on 1/3/23 at 7:26 pm
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40519 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:38 pm to
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a customer pull the “you gave me the wrong change” stunt when my BS detector goes off. I mean as another customer, I never worked as a cashier.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10877 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:40 pm to
quote:

Asian owned gas station are better at change/math


Wonder why
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
17707 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:41 pm to
They can’t
Posted by Cymry Teigr
Member since Sep 2012
2103 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:46 pm to
The best is still the blank stare you get if you add coins or other small denomination bills to make the change easier for them with needing fewer notes.
Posted by CootDisCootDat
St. Charles, The Community
Member since May 2014
1643 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:50 pm to
Probably ignorance.

Stopped the other morning to get a coffee at a gas station with an old school quarter-only car wash. Decided to spray truck, bike, and trailer off after a deer hunt so I went back in with a 10 and a 1 dollar bill. Told her give me back 8 quarters. She gave me 8 quarters, a 5, and two 1 dollar bills. She was dumbfounded when I told her she needed to give me two more dollars.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
99038 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:53 pm to
You should probably be glad they gave you correct change.

In all seriousness, I don’t care if they count it back to me. But I’m going to count it before I walk away to make sure it’s correct if they don’t.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
79679 posts
Posted on 1/3/23 at 7:59 pm to
quote:

The best is still the blank stare you get if you add coins or other small denomination bills to make the change easier for them with needing fewer notes.


Absolutely.

God forbid you mess up what they’ve already keyed into the register.
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