"You're going to hate me."

[Trixie]

Now I've had someone pay me with $8 in nickels and one guy pay with $1 in pennies but tonight tops them all.

Lady comes up to my counter and I see she has three sandwich bags full of change. And she makes the title remark to me. Yes, I already do. She asked for three packs of cigarettes and had me double check to make sure they were the right ones. I know more about cigarettes than a non-smoker should. I gave you the right ones. Then she begins to count our her change. Twelve dollars of pennies ($2.50), nickels (another $2.50) and the rest in dimes and quarters. I shove all the change in my drawer and try to get rid of it as much as I can.

An hour or so later a lady comes it and says "I hope you don't mind some change!" all fucking cheery and bubbly. I asked her how much because my drawer was already full. This bitch has SIXTEEN DOLLARS but it was mostly quarters (not really). I moved over to another register the one drawer just couldn't hold any more. She had a bag that was just all mixed together and kept telling me how she counted it before she came in and it was SIXTEEN FUCKING DOLLARS. She wasn't even going to count it out. I guess the look on my face said it all and she counted it. Even the two dollars in pennies.

The whole time she kept going on about how she was just saving it and had to cash it in. Like five fucking times she said it. I noticed coin wrappers in her purse. She could've rolled some of the change. Or we sell a whole pack of them for $1.59.

And the topper was a 12 year old kid came in and wanted to know if he could get $11 for $11 in quarters. I told him NO! No, I'm not able to do that. That felt good to do.

Besides that though the night wasn't that bad. The back to school rush has slowed down since all the freaking schools are all back in session. Most of the ones around here are on a year round schedule.

[Insomnia]

Oh Gawd! I feel for you!

At least the coins weren't sticky with some unknown substance on them.

[Food Lady]

That should be illegal. I hate cash.

[Pixilated]

I suppose it's a stupid question to ask why they couldn't have rolled the change and taken it to the bank to exchange it ...

[XCashier]

I suppose it's a stupid question to ask why they couldn't have rolled the change and taken it to the bank to exchange it ...

SCs don't seem to ever consider banks, whether they're getting rid of a truckload of change or trying to break a $100 bill first thing in the morning. I have no idea why this is; at first I thought they were allergic to banks, but banks get SCs too (just ask Ghel). But every time someone asks me to break a $100, and I can't but I suggest the bank located right across the parking lot, they always give me CBF, like it's the most horrible suggestion ever.

[Aethian]

That should be illegal. I hate cash.

Not illegal but it can be refused at the store level.

[dalesys]

I suppose it's a stupid question to ask why they couldn't have rolled the change and taken it to the bank to exchange it ...

Cuz da bank tells da gubmint ya gots lots of monies an da gubmint wants ta know why ya didn jus gib it all ta dem...

[Dreamstalker]

I got a woman who clearly didn't speak much/any English who paid with $12 in quarters. Which wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't already opened a roll (at least it was easy to count, but I did have to explain to MOD why my drawer had so many quarters in it).

Offhand, I later asked ASM if there was any amount of unrolled change we were allowed to refuse. He said no

[bhskittykatt]

We've had people sneak in pennies into rolls of dimes and such, so even if they rolled it, at the motel we were required to unroll it and count it anyway.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

We've had people sneak in pennies into rolls of dimes and such, so even if they rolled it, at the motel we were required to unroll it and count it anyway.

Beat me to it. There's almost no way visually to distinguish between a full roll of quarters and one that is short 0.50. The only way to verify beyond all doubt is to open the roll and count it.

I don't like paying in change either. I SELDOM use many pennies because I know that annoys cashiers. Nickels, dimes and quarters I will use but NEVER that many and I always count mine in dollars as I am putting it on the counter.

[BowserKoopa1]

At the risk of sounding rude, I am going to be blunt.... These people are morons, plain and simple. Either they don't know that they can take it to certain banks to have them dump it into a coin counting machine (Yes I am aware not all banks have them), or they do know and simple don't give a fuck. They just love to piss people off, as the OP said when the lady came in with a smug attitude, almost like she was saying, "I'm going to give you all this change, and you hafta take it. And if you give me a look, I'll get you into trouble."
But I get revenge on these people.... I take my time and count it out. A long time in the drive-thru at the big golden arches, a customer handed me a bag full of change and started to drive off. I told him no, I am going to count this out first buddy. Yeah, he gave me the look. I don't give a fuck, learn to pay like a normal person. I got tons of change at home, but I always convert them to bills before using it (actually I deposit the whole thing since I use cards 99.9% of the time )

[Trixie]

Right after the second lady left, had one of my regulars who works in a bank come through my line. And she said how people come into her bank with bags of change and they won't accept it. Which is why my next job will not involve money except for my paycheck or dealing with The Public.

I can certainly sympathize with having to dig into the saved change to buy stuff and the most I've done at work was a couple of bucks to buy lunch. But when I needed to really cash in money I took it to the Coinstar and it was worth the charge so I didn't have to count the money because it's kinda hard to get rid of rolls of money. Gosh, what is wrong with me?? Right, I don't want to be an asshole.

[Cecily]

I use these or close enough replacements : http://www.napcoinsorter.com/ I buy them pre-formed at the dollar store in packs of 10. I get two packs for $1. They come in all values : 0.01(now extinct), 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 1.00, 2.00 (Canadian, eh?) I don't even have to count the change, if one coin is missing, there is a gap that shows, if one too many coin, the sleeve just doesn't close properly. I don't understand why rolling change would be so difficult. Then again, I try to keep my inner SC tendencies to myself and not inflict them on others. And I go to the bank to get them changed to paper money.

[AccountingDrone]

We separate out the quarters and toss everything else into a huge water jug. Over the course of a year or so Rob ends up with 300 or 400 once we haul it down to the credit union and run it through the coinstar. We use it for either Christmas presents or some form of vacation spending money depending on our needs of the time. I do remember a few years where scrounging change meant eating for another day back when I was single and working bottom feeder jobs trying to make ends meet.

[Captain Trips]

Actually, you can legally refuse that form of payment, or any form for that matter. (Why do you think some businesses get away with "No $100's"?) Although all coins are legal tender, and may legally be OFFERED as payment, they do not have to be ACCEPTED as payment.

Here's the skinny: http://www.snopes.com/business/money/pennies.asp (They use a good example of a merchant only taking jelly beans as payment - his legal right.)

Of course, this is only in the U.S. If in another country, ymmv.