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MRW I am a cashier and someone comes to pay after clearing their ashtray of change
Jul 18, 2015 2:40 AM
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slowpost
I only start apologizing when I run out of quarters and bust out the dimes.
GlodgeDurm
Thor to Natalie, "don't you put that eather on my pretty baby!"
BroadMetal
Sadly, if they're doing that, they've no other money. I know it's god awful as all hell and nightmare fuel to be forced to count all that as
BroadMetal
someone at the register, but please remember that if someone's doing that, 9/10 they likely have no other funds.
CoachSmoker
I have had to do this to many times, I always count it in the car and clean off any nastyness before handing it off
BroadMetal
I always feel real shamefaced about it, and before I go into the store, I do my best to sorta separate the coins into manageable chunks but
BroadMetal
These days, it's not so much a worry, but I do wind up with asspiles of change, so when I pay cash, I always try to have 2 bucks in change
BroadMetal
always wait(ed) until no customers were botherin' the cashier, so that the fewest number of people would have to suffer the holdup of coin
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countin' and crap.
BroadMetal
not the coin tube thingies, since the cashier needs to see if the coins are all real. 24hr grocery stores are god sends in those cases and I
BroadMetal
and then pay the rest in bigger cash denominations
CoachSmoker
I do it the same way, I hate making people wait.. I never use my pennies like that always take those to the bank and get larger coins
BroadMetal
change machines? God, they take anywhere from 10-30% off of whatever coins you dump into it.
BroadMetal
Usually if I'm down to payin' with pennies...the bank account's overdrawn and the bank tellers won't make those pennies into bills. And the
CoachSmoker
They are such ripoffs
ntblt
I work at a liquor store, which makes it even more saddening.
BroadMetal
When you're in a bad situation, sometimes a drink is all that can help you forget for a bit.
BroadMetal
When I was dirt ass poor, I'd pay for my smokes with change - but rent, food, bills always came first, even if I had to pay change for those
BroadMetal
And the smokes did help in that they stimulated the pleasure parts in my grey matter and soothed me even if temporarily it was still better
BroadMetal
than nothing, and because of that, were counted as secondary necessity - food and roof took primacy, but anything to help me get through