"The one is for the change..."

[Mnemjian]

WG: Weird Girl
Me:

WG: [buys a book for $8.00]
Me: That's $8.70 with tax, please.
WG: [hands me a $20 and a $1]
Me: ...Oh, sorry, well the one won't help, you see it's $8.70.
WG: Yeah.
Me: Well the one won't make a difference, I'm just going to give you the one back.
WG: No, the one is for the change.
Me: ........ *brain explody* ...Okay, if you like. [gives WG $12.30 in change, including the one dollar bill she had just handed me.]
WG: Thank you.

...What just happened???

[dalesys]

...
WG: No, the one is for the change.

Planning ahead for menopause.

[DemoDiva]

I do weird things with money sometimes. I've been in Australia for 2 years, and I still suck at paying quickly. 1 dollar coins? 2 dollar coins? No quarters, but lots of 20 cent pieces?

Uh...here.

Cashier bemusedly examines the handful of coins I have thrust upon her, and proceeds to hand me back most of it.

Er.

[Jack]

You know how some people will have some total like 15.04 and they give you 20.04 so you don't have to screw around with the change? I think it's that, horribly misunderstood.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Planning ahead for menopause.

Nope, she's experiencing brain-o-pause.

[malmalthekiller]

I've had people do that to me a lot, where I end up just handing them back the extra dollar or so they gave me. I generally don't make a comment about it, because it's a little awkward.

[jjc927]

I get this sometimes too. Or they'll give some odd change amount (usually after I already processed the amount given) and then I usually end up giving it back to them and apologizing because there's a line and I don't want to waste everyone's time doing the math. I also once had someone who gave me a dollar or something over a $10 so they could get a $5 back, but I didn't have any fives in my drawer so I gave it back to him saying I would just be giving it back anyway because I don't have any 5s. He gets mad, slams the belt, and says you're not understanding what I want.

[Sparky]

Sounds like she was hoping for a $12 bill.

[Magpie]

She just wanted a toonie back.




Yes, I know, the OP is in the States. I can't say for sure that I wouldn't do something stupid like that if I was in the States, because I have a really hard time dealing with American notes (coins I'm used to - we get the all the time here ), but I'd deserve getting posted here for a brain burp if I did. Just mocking that much more.