I can't give you change if we don't have any!

[KellyHabersham]

What gets me is when people show up first thing in the morning and buy something for maybe $5 or $10 and hand you a hundred dollar bill. Wipes me out first thing and Ihave to ask for change right away.

This......and when they return something where the refund amount takes up most of what you have in the register. Which meant you had to call for a manager to bring a "refill" from what they called the "Cash Bank", and you never knew how long that would take.

[manybellsdown]

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...lmart-20120104

I saw this today and immediately thought of this thread, because my first reaction was "did he really think the cashier had $999,500 in change?"

[Ironclad Alibi]

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...lmart-20120104

I saw this today and immediately thought of this thread, because my first reaction was "did he really think the cashier had $999,500 in change?"

No, he didn't. According to other news stories, he was willing to wait while the cashier ordered an armored truck with his change.

[simplyanother]

The only time I like 100 dollar bills are when...someone else has already paid me with a 50, and I can give that to the 100 dollar person.

It's a very small thing, but it makes me happy... "HA! NO 20's for YOU!".

Usually, if it's early in the day, and I know my drawer will not have the money to cover it (and it usually won't), I'll call for change for a hundred. And...sometimes, this takes awhile, depending on the FES or manager. And...apparently, this causes people to get impatient, and ooh look! Suddenly, they have smaller bills.

Doesn't always work, but works often enough.

I fucking hate the ones who think they can dictate what their change back will be, or those who think that I can just ...give them change for a 20. No, you get what I have available. You cannot have 20 in ones, 40 in fives, or whatever. You just can't. Unless that's literally all I have in my drawer, and I need you to get the hell away from me before I stab you a glitter covered floral pick. And nope, can't give you change for a 20. Nope, you can't wait til my next transaction with cash. Nope nope nope. Also? Nope.

I don't go playing around in the drawer. And I'm rarely over and I'm rarely short. so, you can bite me. Hypothetical customer I'm ranting at...that is... heh

[Becks]

I hate Fridays at work...especially in the morning.

Why?

Everyone and their freaking father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate comes in with $50s (if we're lucky) and $100 bills. Very few of their orders come to more than $5-10 dollars.

The cashiers at the gas station really dislike us on Fridays.

[downforit2008]

At least when I ask for change, I'm always polite about it and in complete understanding in the couple of times that the cashier doesn't have it. I smile and say, "That's cool. I can go somewhere else and get it." I don't throw a little hissy bitch-fit like this woman did.

Hope she had a Merry Christmas without her $10 bills that she needed so badly!

[Moosenogger]

It's SCs like this that make me glad I work in a store that is owned by a certain rodent and therefore makes boatloads of cash per day. Just about the only time we'd have an issue making change would be at 7 am when we open, since we tend to only have ones, fives, and a couple tens.

[Ironclad Alibi]

The only time I like 100 dollar bills are when...someone else has already paid me with a 50, and I can give that to the 100 dollar person.

That happened to me once. A friend paid me a $100 bill for a job I did for him. I then went to McFeedbag for lunch, and asked if he could take a $100 bill. He said he could and gave me a $50 bill with my change. Fine with me. It's easier to break a $50 bill than a $100 bill.

I have another friend that is always paying me with $50 and $100 bills. I find it annoying, but I always ask if the clerk can change the bill before offering it. And I always try to ask in stores that I figure have large amounts of cash in the till.

[Phantasmagoria]

Ooooohhh this just reminded me of one of my pet hates when I worked on a till.

Customers who try to peer over the counter into my drawer to see if I have the change they want!

When I said we don't accept £50 notes, it's because WE DON'T ACCEPT £50 NOTES! That you saw I have some tens in my till is irrelevant.
When I said I'm not allowed to give change without a purchase, the fact that you stood on tiptoes and saw I have lots of £1 coins when I was serving the last customer doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. I will not change your £20 into coins for you if you aren't buying anything. I will get into trouble.
And when I said I'm sorry I can't change your £60 in £20 notes into fives (even though you are trying to use all it to pay for a pack of chewing gum for less than a pound) because I need the change, it's because there is a queue stretching to the back of the shop and I know the cash machine outside is only dispensing £20s. I will need my £5s for people who need change from their purchases.

Just because you can see it doesn't mean you can have it!

[CalyCoRose]

I'm guessing handing her the first twenty back in place of the second would be 'bad'?

You wouldn't believe the incredulous looks I get when I'll ask the cashier if they have the change to cover me getting cash back...About half the time, they can't even understand what I'm asking, until I mention I've run a register, and then it clicks a customer is trying to be *nice*, and I get the info I'm looking for...

I was at a Dollar Store last month and asked that same question. It was about 10:30 in the morning, the store opens at 9 AM and I wasn't sure how much $$$ the young woman had in her drawer. She was so touched by the fact that I asked first before punching in $10 change back, she told me that if I asked for $10 or $20 an that was the last amount in her drawer, she'd have given it to me. Simply because I asked. I was very touched. Then I proceeded to tell her about this website, and we parted on friendly terms.

But yes, it has always irked me that customers consider any place of business to be a bank. Instead of going to an actual bank.

[notlovinit]

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...lmart-20120104

I wonder what president he decided to put on this million dollar bill.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I wonder what president he decided to put on this million dollar bill.

Probably this guy, President of Ocean Marketting [sic] PR firm.



...oh, wait, you mean President of the US?

Yeah, no clue.

[manybellsdown]

No, he didn't. According to other news stories, he was willing to wait while the cashier ordered an armored truck with his change.

Oh very nice. I didn't see those articles - in fact I didn't even link to the one I'd meant to.