Tonight when I was shopping in the supermarket, I wanted to use up the remaining balance on an electronic gift card and pay the rest of the bill in cash. The cashier asked me what the remaining balance was on the card, and I said I wasn't sure, but it was about $8. She asked if I had the receipt from last time (which would have the exact balance printed on it). I said, "No, do I need it?" in a slightly sucky tone.
The cashier said it was all right, she would look the balance up, which she did, it was $7.20, transaction went through fine etc. I made sure that I thanked her extra nicely, but realized I had still been a bit sucky.
Of course I had no problem with the cashier - it's more that I think the supermarket should be able to work its systems so that cashiers don't need to save the transaction, look up gift card balances and then bring the transaction back up to do something like this - surely there is a computer system that allows split cash/voucher transactions to be calculated automatically?
The cashier said it was all right, she would look the balance up, which she did, it was $7.20, transaction went through fine etc. I made sure that I thanked her extra nicely, but realized I had still been a bit sucky.
Of course I had no problem with the cashier - it's more that I think the supermarket should be able to work its systems so that cashiers don't need to save the transaction, look up gift card balances and then bring the transaction back up to do something like this - surely there is a computer system that allows split cash/voucher transactions to be calculated automatically?
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