Pet peeve when recieving change - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

jayswin · 09-23-2007, 01:39 AM

Maybe this doesn't deserve it's own thread, but this is something that has always been a pet peeve of mine. It never really bothered me before because it didn't happen that often, but lately it seems that everywhere I go cashiers have taken to this really annoying way of giving change back.

Say you get $8.78 back in change, instead of handing you the loose change and then the bills (or vice versa), they place all the loose change on the biil(s) and then awkwardly struggle to pass you the whole shabang, which has on too many occasions resulted in change being dropped on the counter/floor.

I just wonder what makes people think this is an effective way of handing back change?

Does this happen too/perplex anyone else?

BlackArcher101 · 09-23-2007, 01:40 AM

I too hate this. Especially at a drive-thru window. 70% of the time, some of the change will be dropped. Change first, then bills please.

fokakya · 09-23-2007, 05:33 AM

Since my days in fast food I figured out that if I handed the change over first and then allowed the customer's hand to close over the bills, everything stayed in the hand and nothing was dropped.
I was never "trained" to do this, to me it was just common sense.
Why current customer service employees don't figure this out is beyond me. There is such a lack of work ethic now that even things that should be common sense are beyond the level of effort employees are willing to put forth.

urban1 · 09-23-2007, 08:03 AM

Use debit or credit.

Id guess retailers do it so that you get all your change at once in a readily visible manner. ie. its harder for scamming customers to claim they didnt get the correct change especially with loonies and toonies making up a big portion of the change youll get back from a $10 or $20.

ken0042 · 09-23-2007, 09:11 AM

My pet peave with getting change; when you are getting 30¢ in change back and they hand you 3 dimes. It bugs me because dimes and nickles are pretty much as useless as a penny; but a quarter still has a bit of value.

The other one is cashiers who cannot do simple math. Like the order comes to $8.81, and I give them $10.06 and they go to hand you the nickle back. Just punch the dang thing into the til and let it tell you how bad you suck at math. Most recent example of this; I was buying 50/50 tickets at the Flames game. I bought 2 for $4, and handed her a $10 bill. She said she didn't have any loonies, and I could see she had toonies in her hand. So I gave her a loonie; and she couldn't figure out how much change to give; and refused to believe me when I told her 11 minus 4 is 7.

GreenLantern · 09-23-2007, 09:25 AM

My pet peeve is when people cough in their hands, or just on their hands, then hand me my change. Thanks for the germs, keep the 32 cents.

4X4 · 09-23-2007, 09:35 AM

How about when you put out your hand for the change and the cashier just slaps it down on the counter.

tussery · 09-23-2007, 09:46 AM

Maybe you should try the change cup if this bugs you.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...89729196056950

gottabekd · 09-23-2007, 09:48 AM

As far as cashiers sucking at math...

I've worked as a cashier a bit. I'm not stellar at arithmetic, but probably better than most. But when I am a worker drone, scanning items, swiping cards, fake smiling, been working for 4 hours without a break...then someone interrupts the change giving process, my brain freezes up. I don't want to make a mistake, and it takes an extra long time for my brain to switch out of automated mode, back into "I know how to do math" mode.

McG · 09-23-2007, 11:07 AM

i know this is old school...

but what happened to counting the change back instead of some kind of money drop?

i had come to accept change and then the money...but now? it is a strange occurrence when i actually use cash. plastic baby!

bigtmac19 · 09-23-2007, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by McG

i know this is old school...

but what happened to counting the change back instead of some kind of money drop?

i had come to accept change and then the money...but now? it is a strange occurrence when i actually use cash. plastic baby!

Ha Ha, I'm dating myself too, but when I was a cashier (back in high school), we had to count the change back into the person's hand. Small family owned drug store, so that is probably the difference. Back then cash registers did not tell you the change, you had to count it out of the drawer. It drives me crazy too, when you give them the extra to round it up and they get all confused.

tanguay'sstillgood · 09-23-2007, 12:13 PM

What bugs me a bit is when people ask you if you want your change back or not. I mean, generally, if I'm owed $1.01 (or something like that) I don't really want the penny. But, every time the person says "do you want the penny back?", I make sure to take the darn thing. It's my change...just give it to me and I'll throw the penny into the United Way thing. Or, if I don't want it, I'll tell you to keep it.
Please, just assume I want all the money you owe me unless I tell you otherwise.

ken0042 · 09-23-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood

It's my change...just give it to me and I'll throw the penny into the United Way thing. Or, if I don't want it, I'll tell you to keep it.

Well, a couple of things. A person comes off as cheap when they tell somebody to "keep the penny." I've also seen people get bent out of shape when they get shorted on their change; so the cashier needs to ask.

But really all they are doing is working a virtual "take a penny- leave a penny" jar when they do that, IMHO.

Dion · 09-23-2007, 01:51 PM

I'm finding a trend where if i'm being charged say a $5.01 for a product they usually say give me 5 and forget about the penny.

Other times the bill will come to come to say $3.56. Instead of giving me 44 cents in change they up it to 45 cents to avoid the hassle of giving me the customer 4 pennies as a part of my change.

The Yen Man · 09-23-2007, 01:58 PM

Well, as a reverse, my pet peeve when I was a cashier is people placing all their cash on the counter rather than handing it to me. It's like they're afraid they'd contract something from me if they hand it over or something. Anytime that happens, I slap the change on the counter for them to pick up themselves too.

Rathji · 09-23-2007, 03:05 PM

This drives me crazy as well. I dont need a mash of bills and change especially if the ###### is trying to shove my drink into my hand at the same time from the drivethru window

Clarkey · 09-23-2007, 03:09 PM

Who gives a shart?

J pold · 09-23-2007, 03:11 PM

Not getting the right amount in return I suppose

rockstar · 09-23-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

I too hate this. Especially at a drive-thru window. 70% of the time, some of the change will be dropped. Change first, then bills please.

I like how you threw a made-up statistic in there; nice work.

For the most part, I'm with Clarkey on this one. I mean, would you rather not get your change back at all?

Dion · 09-23-2007, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by rockstar

For the most part, I'm with Clarkey on this one. I mean, would you rather not get your change back at all?

Give me my friggin change seperately instead of all at once, there by avoiding the girl/guy going; "Oops! Sorry about that! while you have to exit your vehicle to pick up the change that has fallen to the ground.