The one thing I hate about being a cashier on the drives is how many people don't have dollar bills but enough change for me to take a swim in. I had one person give me $5 in change, and of course it was off. Or there was my coworker who had $20 in change. The record is $30 total in change I've heard.
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Well, I had someone "try" to give me almost $20 in loose, unrolled, mixed change on a Friday night with a line a mile long. It was for beer, cigs, and junk. I DID NOT take it. I gave the guy wrappers and had him roll it. What gets my goat is when someone tries to use change when they have bills in their hand. Major suckage. They'll use the bills after I call them on it, then go get tons of junk just to use the change. And they just have to spend every.last.dime.of. it. I have rolled $65 before, with only $20 of it quarters. It's almost always on Thursday. They rarely buy food, just beer and cigs. Gets really bad at the end of the month. I hate working then.USN Retired
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I ran into the change payers at Chili's a lot. I think the most I received there was $20 in quarters with an additional 7 something in loose change. The quarters were rolled, but of course, learning from my grandparents who ran a little grocery store in a bad neighborhood - you have to cut those roles open in view of the customer in case they are stuffed with filler items like buttons or foil or something else to make them look full!"I'm still walking, so I'm sure that I can dance!" from Saint of Circumstance - Grateful Dead
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I had a little girl pay for a huge bag of pick n mix which was nearly £5, in 1p's and 2p's from her piggy bank
I sat for ages and counted it all and she didn't have enough either..fortunately a lady in the queue behind her lent her a bit more money.
No way would I have done that if it wasn't a little kid though, adults should know much better.
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I once had somone come in to the store where I used to work and buy $60 worth of groceries. They handed me 3 ziplock bags full of assorted change and tell me they don't know how to count. I had to count the change, it was unclear if they were just lazy or really couldn't count because they seemed a bit off in a backwoods kind of way.
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I had a guy pay me with a mason jar full of pennies and nickels once, back in my 7-11 graveyard shift days. He came in around 2 a.m. and made me very nervous--I really thought once I started counting out the coins he would try to rob me, but he just took his purchase and left. I think the amount was around $5 or so.
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My biggest was a $25 order paid entirely in pennies. Fortunately, it was at the self-checkout. Unfortunately, the self-checkout hardware can only take one coin every two seconds or so, and it rejects out anything taken in the interim.
That guy was there for over 45 minutes. And when the time came to close the self-checkouts and empty the money, it was sure a trip carrying all that to bookkeeping.Desk-On: Apply directly to the forehead.
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I don't recall ever having more than a few dollars in change. I think if it were more than that I'd suspend their order and send them off to the Coinstar. They don't want to lose the 9.5% counting fee? Too damn bad. Go to a bank, not a grocery store."Who loves not women, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long" ~Martin Luther
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dimbulbs, indeed...
I think the largest amount I got in change was $6.50 for a 24-pack of pop. Thankfully it was late, so no lines. He just had it in a plastic bag, and was like: "I think it's enough" I'd refuse anything over $5 in (coin) change if it was busy.
of course, the bank located in the store has a change sorter, and spits out a receipt to take to the teller. Mind you, some nitwits take it to us cashiers, thinking we'd use it as some form of payment. [doing best Napoleon Dynamite impression] "Idiot!" I'd have to state that they take it to the bank tellers, not us...this happened a couple times.
one time, on my last job (which sometimes made me feel like I stepped backwards in time, but whatever)...a young boy wanted paper currency in exchange for $20 that was ALL IN PENNIES! "Sorry, we don't do that." "But they did last time?" "Well, try the bank next door...bye."
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