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[–] cm0002 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

because it’s so exceedingly rare for someone to intentionally overpay to control excess change.

It's getting rare to pay with cash at all

I worked fast food many moons ago and even then it was like 80% card transactions

[–] lunarul 2 points 2 months ago

Adding extra for round change was not only common, but cashiers would ask for it. But that was 20 years ago, when I still used cash. The only cash I ever see now is the one I keep around to put under my kids' pillows for their teeth.