Well I don't have a quarter

[candyshopgirl]

So what is this new shit of customers thinking that they don't have to pay all of the total? case in point....


If someone is digging and making an attempt to look for change and then says oh crap I'm a nickle short.I'll usually say oh don't worry about it. But I've had numerous jackasses come up(usually with that smug look we all know and love).And I will ring them up and they will throw a wadded dollar at me and say smugly don't have a quater. Not oh sorry or I don't just a loud don't have a quater. So I guess us peaon cashiers don't deserve a complete sentence. I say well sorry no candybar then. I'm usually pretty good at keeping tabs on SC so I know if the people I say okay to tries it again. But really the hell is it a new trend or what.Don't these idiots know what happens to cashiers with short drawers?

[Imogene]

don't have a quater.

"Who are you? Bart Simpson?"
"Either do I. You have to put something back."

[Gerrinson]

At the old grocery store I used to run a penny pot out of my own pocket (keeping one on the register was forbidden.) I'd also use it at the end of the night to top off my drawer if I was a few cents short.

Well, there were a few regulars who knew I did that and they used to try to get me to put in all their change. Basically, my rule was the same as yours - a nickel or less, sure I'll cover you, otherwise no.

This one idiot woman came in, bought over $22 worth of stuff and then said 'I only have a 20, you'll have to cover the rest..'

My response:

Because, honestly, I thought she was joking. She was not. She demanded a supervisor and tried to file a complaint because our cashiers apparently 'have' to cover the difference if the customer comes up short. Supervisor was and made the woman leave.

[Bramblerose]

I want the drugs that woman is on.

[earl colby pottinger]

Wow, good for policy

At the old grocery store I used to run a penny pot out of my own pocket (keeping one on the register was forbidden.)

See, company policy really helped here. No penny pot means the company does not imply that it covers even small differences.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I have never worked for a company that had an "official" policy of covering small differences. In most cases it has to be either approved by managment or there was an unofficial "policy" of doing it on 10 cents or less.

[LingualMonkey]

She demanded a supervisor and tried to file a complaint because our cashiers apparently 'have' to cover the difference if the customer comes up short. Supervisor was and made the woman leave.

Can you imagine the chaos if this were the rule? I'd go shopping without my wallet every time!

[Dreamstalker]

The game store has a "karma bucket" where customers can dump unwanted loose change. At the end of the month (or whenever there's a large enough amount) it gets donated to charity. Besides the jackasses who thought this meant "$store pays for parking meters!" I would get people who thought "oh, I see there's a ton of change in there, I can be a buck or two short".

Owner would tell me to placate them; if I took money from the jar to make up for the shortage I got sniped at, if the drawer was short because I couldn't make it up from the jar I really got yelled at (and almost accused of theft once).

Honest shortages of a dime or so I would happily make up for from the karma jar and I would also make change from it for a meter if you were nice.

[malmalthekiller]

This one idiot woman came in, bought over $22 worth of stuff and then said 'I only have a 20, you'll have to cover the rest..'

Um....'scuse me? I'll have to what?

The nerve of some people.

[I_Hate_SCs]

And I will ring them up and they will throw a wadded dollar at me and say smugly don't have a quater.

If I was working:

SC: Don't have a quarter.
Me: (voids transaction, puts SC's items in the reshop bin) Next in line, please!

[Anakah]

Okay in my drawer I am accountable for every single dime, nickle, and penny. I can't just say oh, here's a coin because then I will go out short and be SOL. I had one guy who asked me for a dime. I was like Um, no sir, I will not go out short so you can round up to a dollar!!! (Keep in mind, I am a casino cage cashier). I don't think any place should do that. You FAIL if you don't have enough change.

[thehippie777]

(to "cover my quarter/dollar customer"): So how about you get shorted your hourly wage on your paycheck?

Then they will be sad at that idea...to which I might just reply, "That's just like this till getting shorted..."

[Stryker One]

Buying groceries with cash? How quaint. Have these people never heard of a debit/credit card?

[MannersMakethMan]

"Well I don't have a quarter"
"Well then you don't have your shopping. NEXT."

[VenomX]

Buying groceries with cash? How quaint. Have these people never heard of a debit/credit card?

Thats whats wrong with people now-a-days, and why the economy is in the tubes.
My boss will only take cards for gas at the pumps. Anythign else is CASH only. This is why we are way cheaper than every other store and shop in town. We don't have to raise prices to cover the debt/credit card charge when a card is used.