making change

joey48442 wrote: Wait- you people still use cash? Huh.

It's great stuff ! It can't be hacked.

DeadSkunk wrote:

joey48442 wrote: Wait- you people still use cash? Huh.

It's great stuff ! It can't be hacked.

Tell that to forgers.

DeadSkunk wrote:

joey48442 wrote: Wait- you people still use cash? Huh.

It's great stuff ! It can't be hacked.

Quiet you with your loonies and twonies!

Joey

alfadriver wrote: I see it when they are ahead of me. I have a $20, and they type that in, as I say- I may have some change, digging through my pocket. Once I hand it to them, they get all flustered. I think it's fun.

I've learned to always hand them the change first. Otherwise once they key into the computer... total chaos.

I'm an engineering student so I like to think I am not horrible at math. I also work part time in a position that requires a lot of cash sales. I do so many a day that I really don't even notice what the bill is so I just punch in what they give me and count out what the computer says to give them. Now yes I can make adjustments if they hand me more coins after but I can definitely see a teenager that probably pays even less attention having trouble....but having to pull out a calculator for 75 cents is pretty dumb.

wbjones wrote: only some of them do … at my Credit Union … no charge

At my CU you can do $125/day if you deposit it into your account before they charge you.

I had a 5 gallon water jug full of mixed change (I dump my pockets every day when I get home) and it took a while. I learned that 24 oz pickle jars would typically hold $105-$125 worth of change. Wound up with something like $2400 out of the jug. Now I just put it directly into the pickle jars and empty them when the first one fills up.

I don't bother giving them change. It goes in my pocket until I'm home, then it gets tossed into a tin until it's full and I go turn it into actual money.

But that's easier than trying to deal with people in general.

I bought a burrito at Chiplote about a year or so ago and handed the cashier a twenty to pay for my $8 lunch. She accidentally punched the "$10" button on the register instead of the "$20" button. When the drawer kicked open her face exploded in to a look of horror and she reached for the calculator so she could figure out how much change I was due.

iadr wrote: Ha. *Especially* if the customer is over 60-65, I count their change back to them. I had one old lady, super sprightly, exclaim "no one has done that for me in 15 years!" Made me day, and apparently hers, too.

You, sir, have made my day!

secretariata wrote:

wbjones wrote: only some of them do … at my Credit Union … no charge

At my CU you can do $125/day if you deposit it into your account before they charge you. I had a 5 gallon water jug full of mixed change (I dump my pockets every day when I get home) and it took a while. I learned that 24 oz pickle jars would typically hold $105-$125 worth of change. Wound up with something like $2400 out of the jug. Now I just put it directly into the pickle jars and empty them when the first one fills up.

when our coin counter finishes, a receipt is printed … I take it to the teller, and either deposit it or get cash … no limits

I was entertained to learn Quik Trip registers do not count change for the workers, they are taught to do it themselves.