SC's ! Now in Stupid Flavor

[mymaskofsanity]

The "S" in this SC stands for stupid.

More specifically, a Stupid Question.


Me - Everyones favorite Grinch behind the beer counter.
SC - Stupid old fart

Me - " Hi, how are you today?"
SC - "I'm doing well thanks, how are you?"
Me - "Good, your total is 7.35$"
SC - " Do you mind quarters?"
Me - *F**k* I hate all this damn change ! ( saying in my head since last 2 people paid in change only ) ( at least this guy gave me option, even if it was a fleeting hope)
" I'd prefer not quarters."
SC - " Oh, well thats all I have. "
Me - " Then why did you ask?"
SC - " I don't know "



FARKING SHORTBUS OL FARTS I CAN"T STAND 'EM !

[Marxfan]

I don't like it when people pay with nothing but change. I once had someone pay for a $5 purchase in fucking nickels! Haven't they learned of those change machines in grocery stores that convert them to cash? No, of course they haven't, silly me.

[rerant]

I would be embarassed to pay with change at a bar.
I live in Canada so we have the $1 and $2 coins and I even hate paying with those, since imo they're tip money, not paying-for-shit money.

[Calud]

I do that a lot. I've got like 5€ in change. I pay for my baguette with all change, if I don't have any money left... but I tend to mix in a 20cent piece and some 10s and 5s.

[gunsage]

Often I pay to ship things at the post office in change, but only when I really really have to. We have a tin where we keep all of our change and it accumulates pretty quickly, actually. If I don't end up using it at the post office, typically I buy little stuff here and there at vending machines. Yeah, paying completely in coins is sucky.

[Saydrah]

I actually sometimes pay in change when I'm shopping somewhere I know the cashier- just to be the antithesis to those Visa tap and go ads that demonize cash as a means of payment.

[MoonChild2007]

SC - " Oh, well thats all I have. "
Me - " Then why did you ask?"
SC - " I don't know "

Sometimes customers want to ask first before giving you the money. Its better than the person not asking but just shoving the change in your face. That's what i do. If i have a $100 bill, i would ask the cashier if they could break a bill.

[Ttam]

Haven't they learned of those change machines in grocery stores that convert them to cash? No, of course they haven't, silly me.

Yeah, but those things charge a percentage. :\

[theredbaron47]

I actually sometimes pay in change when I'm shopping somewhere I know the cashier- just to be the antithesis to those Visa tap and go ads that demonize cash as a means of payment.

Those commercials are the stupidest and most annoying things ever.

What the hell is wrong with paying cash?

The only time it's a problem is when some circus monkey just has to hold up the line and pay a $15 bill in dimes and nickels.

[Crazyredhead]

Hey, money is money, where I come from. If I do have to use change to pay for something, I try to have it counted out first. I have used all quarters to pay for something. but they were rolled up first. I try not to be a nuisance as much as possible.

[karma_gypsy]

We used to just eat the fee and use one of those change machines in the grocery store. Although we would have a ton of change and wouldn't want to force the cashier to deal with it. I suppose, however, paying in change when you're using one of those self-serve checkout things wouldn't be so bad, you're the one who would have to deal with feeding it all into the coin collector. . . .


Now my local bank has a change machine and it's free for members!! My husband and I have used it a couple times now and after accidentally breaking it once (it wasn't really our fault!!), it works wonderfully now!!

[BookstoreEscapee]

I like Commerce Bank's "Penny Arcade" (there's a character named Penny on the screen who walks you through the process). And it lets you guess how much you have and if you are within a certain amount you win a prize (I don't know what the prize is cuz I was wrong). It prints out a slip and you can then cash it or deposit it into your account. I imagine they may charge a fee for non-customers, though.

There was a story on here a while back, in Sightings, by I don't remember who, about how the poster would go to the self-checkout at a slow time and pay with her change, as a way to get rid of it all. In the story an SC came up behind her, despite the fact that there were other empty self-check lanes, and huffed and puffed and got all pissed because she was taking so long. So she went slower .

[Shengirl]

I don't take large amounts of change; that's what we have a Coinstar machine for. And one time, when the machine was broken, I walk out of the office to see someone at the CS desk, pulling change out of a plastic bag.

Me: Hi, can I help you?
Him: Your Coinstar's broken, so I'm counting out my change here.
Me: We won't give you paper cash for all of that.
Him: Why not? It's money.
Me: I'm actually off the clock; Nate there can help you if he wants. But honestly? We just... don't have to.

And then I walked off. If he'd come up and asked nicely, I might've changed a bit of it for him. But he assumed, and we know what happens when we assume, yes?

[TruthHurts]

When I did cashier work I never minded change, however I can see how it can get annoying especially multiple times in a row. I only pay in change if I know the store clerk very well if not I pay with my debit card.

[myswtghst]

I can see asking, but I don't see the point if it isn't going to change the outcome. I.E. if change is one of several options of payment, then ask, and if the casheir hates change, pay with debit. If it's the only option, perhaps mention to the casheir that you're sorry, but you'll have to pay all in change. Don't ask pointless questions.

Also, I think that change is an appropriate form of payment, but not when paying for something over $5 with nothing but pennies, or the like. Then it verges into obnoxious and punishing territory. I've paid for a few dollars worth of stuff (like my 2 dollar menu items at McD's) with quarters and dimes before, but I would never do so if I didn't have the change organized and counted before hand, or during a busy time of day.