Oh so you want to play it that way, do you?

[customersruinmylife]

I served a random old man a beer. His total was around about £2. He paid with a ten pound note, but I had no fives in my till, so had no choice but to give him his change in pound coins.

Me: OK, so that's eight pounds change sir. I'm sorry it's all coins, I have no five pound notes.
SC: Whhhaaaaaaattt??
Me: ....
SC: No five pound notessssss???
Me: I'm afraid not. I'm sorry sir.
SC: FOR FUCKS SAKE!!

He walked off, muttering "fucking bastard" under his breath. I was shocked, and informed a co-worker what he had said.

CW: Oh, so he doesn't like change then does he?

About twenty minutes later, the SC returned to the bar. CW severed him, and he went to pay with another ten pound note! I don't know why he didn't use all the change he objected to.

CW: And that's eight pound change sir. I'm sorry, I have nothing else in my register.

She gave him eight pound change in SILVER. Mostly 20p and 10p coins.

SC: Whaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt?!?!?!
CW: I'm sorry, but we really don't have much change on the premisis today. Perhaps if you had paid in something smaller you wouldn't have ended up with so much change.

Her register was FULL of change...and five pound notes.

He didn't say anything else. I think he got the point.

[MsFabulous]

*Applauds coworker*
This = win.

[TonyDonuts]

Ahh, the Big Shot.

Only wants to pay with larger bills, because he (and it's usually a he) wants to look and feel important by rubbing some peasant's nose in the fact that HE carries big bills around.

Guy comes into the store. It's 6 in the AM, Monday morning. Right after shift change. Guy has a pack of gum. Fifty-three cents with tax.

He whips out a hundred dollar bill. My assistant manager tells him he's only got 75 bucks in his till, and asks him if he has anything smaller.

Guy didn't like that. My first warning (I was standing about ten feet away when this started) was hearing Guy say, very loudly and sarcastically, "Well, then you'll just have to go get it from the safe, then. You can do that, can't you?"


I step over, "Well, certainly, sir I can do that for you."

"Finally," Guy says, like somebody who's been struggling for hours and hours to get something simple, "Somebody smart," he turns back to my assistant manager, "Watch how smart people take care of the customer." He hands me the bill with a smug, satisfied smile. The jaws of the trap have been set.

"Would you prefer singles, or quarters, sir." SNAP!

"WHAT!"

"This is a small convenience store, it's six o'clock on a Monday morning, we won't have anything better for a hour or two, at least. Do you still want the gum?"

"Do you mean to tell me that there is no way for you to accommodate me? Is that what you're actually telling me?" Baffled now.

"Well sir, I tried and tried, but I still haven't found a way to make cash appear from thin air."

"I just can't believe that you won't find some way to accommodate a customer. I just can't believe it."

"Again, sir, I apologize for my inability to make twenty-dollar bills appear from thin air. I'm just as disappointed as you are, sir."

Guy then pulled out his wallet, got a ONE DOLLAR BILL out, paid for his gum and left.

The customer behind him, who had watched the whole thing, turned to me as the guy walked out, turned back to me, and asked, "How many assholes like that are loose out there, anyway?"

My assistant manager answered, "More than you would think."

[RayvenQ]

Should have given him the change in proper, copper Shrapnel

[customersruinmylife]

Should have given him the change in proper, copper Shrapnel

The register only had a couple of pounds worth of copper. Not enough to cover his change

A different co-worker said he was going to do the same if he came back, but he didn't. Kind of glad. I think blood would have been spilled.

[StanFlouride]

the SC returned to the bar. CW severed him,

LOL
I know you meant 'served' but I much prefer the mental picture that your typo created for me.

[customersruinmylife]

LOL
I know you meant 'served' but I much prefer the mental picture that your typo created for me.

Oops! I won't bother correcting it, I like it that way as well!!

I've noticed a few of my posts have quite a few errors on them, but that's because I type at ridiculous speeds.

[dalesys]

I've noticed a few of my posts have quite a few errors on them, but that's because I type at ri-skidulous speeds.

Corrected

[Wembley]

She gave him eight pound change in SILVER. Mostly 20p and 10p coins.

SC: Whaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt?!?!?!

My brother just came back from a trip to England - he loved it, and showed me some of the British money he had - its so much "cooler" than American money. Having 1 and 2 pound coins is good, but, sadly doesnt seem to be popular here...

-Wembley

[BookstoreEscapee]

My brother just came back from a trip to England - he loved it, and showed me some of the British money he had - its so much "cooler" than American money. Having 1 and 2 pound coins is good, but, sadly doesnt seem to be popular here...

-Wembley

Heh, last week my boss asked me if I had any stamps. I gave him one, and he went in his drawer where he had some change. He pulls out nine $1 coins, and asks if I have a $5 bill. I had a five in my pocket, and he gave me all nine coins. With stamps at 42 cents, I made $3.58 on the transaction. I just put them in my change jar; when it's full I go to the bank and dump it all into the coin counting machine, and the cash will go in my New Computer fund.