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Do you try to give precise cash in supermarkets?
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Today in asda a woman had a fair sized bill and went through the routine of getting seperate notes then ransacked her purse for the exact amount. She was 6p short, checked the purse again and then presented a fiver!
I cant remember the last time i paid the precise amount for a grocery bill with the debit card being used most of the time but i wonder of many DS members still try and tender the exact amount in cash.
I cant remember the last time i paid the precise amount for a grocery bill with the debit card being used most of the time but i wonder of many DS members still try and tender the exact amount in cash.
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Although unlike the typically dense cow above, I've already mentally totalled my shopping and have determined whether or not I have the correct amount of cash to tender.
For instance, if the bill is £15.40, I'll usually give the cashier £20.50.
If it's £6.03, I'd give £11.05.
I don't do it to be awkward, but you'd think that's what I was doing the way some of them look at me perplexed.
:rolleyes:
Hehe, I took all my shrapnel into tescos today so I could get rid of it at the self-service till
The Morrisons self service tills are more fun when taking in your all shrapnel (sorry I mean coins). They have a roller belt / mini conveyor belt system on which you place your coins..... and its quicker than inserting one coin at a time.
MilnrowLad
This. It's so convenient!
£5 - for any amount
£2 - for any amount
£1 - for any amount
50p - for any amount not exceeding £10
20p - for any amount not exceeding £10
10p - for any amount not exceeding £5
5p - for any amount not exceeding £5
2p - for any amount not exceeding 20p
1p - for any amount not exceeding 20p
So that means you can use 20p worth of 1ps in your change?
I do exactly the same thing. Both of your examples make perfect sense to me and seem entirely rational, and yet you can practically see the younger cashiers' brains exploding.
And you're quite right; I hadn't previously realised but it does seem to be the younger staff who have this problem. I'm going to assume that it's a lack of experience rather than an inability to count.
Supposedly - the shops can legally refuse any amount of any change, these are just the maximum 'legal' amounts.
I know its annoying having to take change, but wouldnt the shops rather the money than not at all!!
I always pay by card but if they dont take card, and I know I have change, I do try to pay with the right money!
|They can refuse to accept any denominations of cash they like.
I'll only use my debit card on rare occasions like paying bills as if i used it willy nilly like some i'd forget how much i'd spent as it doesn't always show up on my account as being spent until a few days later.
Much easier dealing in cash for me anyway.
LOL. You didn't work for Asda by any chance did you? I find it's the young staff there who generally cannot fathom out how to take a £5 note from the till.
I would think the company doing them is about to go bust even though we do seem to breed that t word..
Are you one of those annoying people who buy a chocolate bar and a drink with a credit card?
I hate people like that.