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There's a Cumberland farms gas station down the street from me that has quickly become one of my favorite stops for gas: consistently cheap, and I like to stop inside the store for one of those Chill Zone slushes (you really can't beat paying $.79 for a large slush) each Friday as a treat.
On this occasion I had stopped to try the new cola flavored one (this + coco rum is amazing!) and had nothing but nickels and dimes in my pocket (somewhat relevant later). After getting my slush I headed up to the counter to pay, and got to witness this.
ASM: Awesome ASM I'm on good terms with, also the luckiest scratcher picker since I win at least something if she picks my cards
SC: We all know who this is
Me:
I missed the beginning of the conversation, but what I could gather from where I came in is SC wanted to pay for something with a $100 bill. ASM is trying to tell him she can't take anything larger than a $20.
SC continues to argue with her, dropping lines like "Sure you can", "There's gotta be some way to break it" "I know you have the money in there" and "You've got money in the back, don't you?"
ASM manages to keep her cool the entire time, shaking her head and telling SC that she really does not have the money to break the $100 for him.
SC then points to a sign hanging in the window. "You see that sign? It says 'convenience store'. You're not being very convenient."
"I am also not a bank, sir. 'Bank' is not on that sign. There's a SmallLocalBank in the strip mall where you can get that bill broken. But it's now 6pm, so they are closed. You'll have to find another way to pay."
"I don't WANT to pay a different way," says SC.
"I guess I can't help you then. Bye."
SC shakes his head and walks out, still muttering about "inconvenient" ASM. He doesn't come back in. ASM waves me over to the counter and says "The dust settled, come on up."
We joke a bit about SC, and she tells me this was the fourth time today someone tried to pay with something larger than a $20. "Drives me nuts", she said. "They'll come in with $50 and $100, and get all huffy when I can't take them. Then there's the kids who come up with a bunch of pocket change to buy candy and end up falling short."
"Uh...don't kill me, but..." I say, and then count out $.85 exactly in the nickels and dimes I had scraped together (since tax is 6.25% now) to pay for my slush.
"Oh, now, see, THIS is perfect," she says. "Usually people pay with a buck when they get these things, and what do I hand back? 15 cents. A nickel and dime. You've refilled my stock so I don't have to try and make change from my till during a rush. Nobody ever does that."
So I get a slush, witness some SC action I haven't seen in while, go home and add a shot and a half of coco rum to the slush and all was well.
The worst thing about that SC wasn't so much his attitude (but let's face it, that was pretty bad), but the way he spoke to ASM. You could see he was getting angry, but when he spoke he did it so quietly, it was like watching those Lifetime movies with the killer on the phone, and how they talk so smooth and whatnot. It made him seem way more dangerous than the "RAGGLEBLRARGLE" SCs we're used to.
On this occasion I had stopped to try the new cola flavored one (this + coco rum is amazing!) and had nothing but nickels and dimes in my pocket (somewhat relevant later). After getting my slush I headed up to the counter to pay, and got to witness this.
ASM: Awesome ASM I'm on good terms with, also the luckiest scratcher picker since I win at least something if she picks my cards
SC: We all know who this is
Me:
I missed the beginning of the conversation, but what I could gather from where I came in is SC wanted to pay for something with a $100 bill. ASM is trying to tell him she can't take anything larger than a $20.
SC continues to argue with her, dropping lines like "Sure you can", "There's gotta be some way to break it" "I know you have the money in there" and "You've got money in the back, don't you?"
ASM manages to keep her cool the entire time, shaking her head and telling SC that she really does not have the money to break the $100 for him.
SC then points to a sign hanging in the window. "You see that sign? It says 'convenience store'. You're not being very convenient."
"I am also not a bank, sir. 'Bank' is not on that sign. There's a SmallLocalBank in the strip mall where you can get that bill broken. But it's now 6pm, so they are closed. You'll have to find another way to pay."
"I don't WANT to pay a different way," says SC.
"I guess I can't help you then. Bye."
SC shakes his head and walks out, still muttering about "inconvenient" ASM. He doesn't come back in. ASM waves me over to the counter and says "The dust settled, come on up."
We joke a bit about SC, and she tells me this was the fourth time today someone tried to pay with something larger than a $20. "Drives me nuts", she said. "They'll come in with $50 and $100, and get all huffy when I can't take them. Then there's the kids who come up with a bunch of pocket change to buy candy and end up falling short."
"Uh...don't kill me, but..." I say, and then count out $.85 exactly in the nickels and dimes I had scraped together (since tax is 6.25% now) to pay for my slush.
"Oh, now, see, THIS is perfect," she says. "Usually people pay with a buck when they get these things, and what do I hand back? 15 cents. A nickel and dime. You've refilled my stock so I don't have to try and make change from my till during a rush. Nobody ever does that."
So I get a slush, witness some SC action I haven't seen in while, go home and add a shot and a half of coco rum to the slush and all was well.
The worst thing about that SC wasn't so much his attitude (but let's face it, that was pretty bad), but the way he spoke to ASM. You could see he was getting angry, but when he spoke he did it so quietly, it was like watching those Lifetime movies with the killer on the phone, and how they talk so smooth and whatnot. It made him seem way more dangerous than the "RAGGLEBLRARGLE" SCs we're used to.
you were polite and gave exact change... and you made it easier for her later too. 
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