Hundreds out the wazoo

[Monterey Jack]

I swear to God, within a period of ten minutes at work today, my cashier dealt with FOUR customers all trying to pay for their groceries with a hundred-dollar bill. We had to direct two of them to the bank to break them down because the cashier's drawer was totally wiped of twenties and tens. Must have been payday for everyone...

[Dreamstalker]

I noticed the same at my store. Is it me, or have more and more people been paying with c-notes for everything? Mostly first thing in the morning

[earl colby pottinger]

You mean like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oftjwYmlfoA

[MadMike]

If I have a huge bill like that, I always ask before I try to use it. Unless there's going to be little change, like when I used one to make an $85 - $90 purchase at Best Buy.

[Dreamstalker]

Some newer self-checkout kiosks can take hundreds as well...unfortunately there's no way to know until you try to pay with it.

[smileyeagle1021]

Just as an aside, if you ever find yourself needing to break a large bill and there aren't any banks at hand or open, find a truck stop. They can probably break it for you.

If you are in a place where gambling is legal, every casino will be able to break a $100 as well.

I swear to God, within a period of ten minutes at work today, my cashier dealt with FOUR customers all trying to pay for their groceries with a hundred-dollar bill. We had to direct two of them to the bank to break them down because the cashier's drawer was totally wiped of twenties and tens. Must have been payday for everyone...

I'm just here trying to figure out where you are at that groceries are so cheap that paying with a $100 bill is going to get a large amount of change (unless you are paying with multiple hundreds and the lot of change is on the last one).

[RealUnimportant]

You don't have to fill the cart every time, you know... And many people do not.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I'm just here trying to figure out where you are at that groceries are so cheap that paying with a $100 bill is going to get a large amount of change (unless you are paying with multiple hundreds and the lot of change is on the last one).

Most likely those people are buying a candy bar in order to get change for their $100 bill.

[depechemodefan]

I remember one day at the book store, right when we opened at 9am, two people who came together went to the register and each had something worth less then maybe $10, each with $100 bill. Our registers only have like $75 at opening. I'm glad that didn't happen often.

[mjr]

Side thought: What, exactly, is a "wazoo"? Does anyone know?

[dalesys]

Side thought: What, exactly, is a "wazoo"? Does anyone know?

Bowlderization of "Pulling it out of your a**."

[RealUnimportant]

Nothing to do with Bowdler, it's just an odd euphemism that caught on. Wazoo can refer to the whole butt or just the bit you'd specifically be pulling things out of.