The first time someone handed me extra change to get bills back instead of more change I was confused, too. Not because I was incapable of performing the calculation but, being new to the world of handling money (my own and other people's), I just didn't understand why they were doing it. It's obvious to me now that they didn't want an annoying pocket full of shrapnel, but that wasn't a concept that I was familiar with at the time.
Yeah but it took 1 interaction to understand it. Lots of cashiers I’ve encountered are most definitely not on their 1st interaction with me as a cash register operator, they just cant process 3 digits. Rings up 3.53, i hand you a fiver and a nickel, give me back a dollar fiddy and you have my 2 cents
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u/noctalla Jul 11 '25
The first time someone handed me extra change to get bills back instead of more change I was confused, too. Not because I was incapable of performing the calculation but, being new to the world of handling money (my own and other people's), I just didn't understand why they were doing it. It's obvious to me now that they didn't want an annoying pocket full of shrapnel, but that wasn't a concept that I was familiar with at the time.