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[–] Euphorazine 59 points 3 months ago (2 children)

From my time on Reddit years ago this question came up.

Some cashier's said they reciprocate the exchange back to the customer. If the customer puts cash on the counter for them to pick up, they'll put the change on the counter in return.

There also was probably some new training from covid where you didn't want to touch people directly, so those training materials probably still exist

[–] PlasticExistence 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I remember that explanation too. Additionally, in some cultures putting money directly into the hand of another person is frowned upon for various reasons.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In my grandfather’s culture, frowning upon things is frowned upon

[–] superduperpirate 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are two things in this world I can’t stand: people who are intolerant of other people’s cultures, and the Dutch.

  • Nigel Powers
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yup it's like the other person was begging for money.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

This is the right answer. Source: worked as a cashier.

  • You are surprised you have to pay for stuff and need minutes to find your money? I’m surprised too that I have to hand you back some change and need just as much time.
  • You have been an asshole in general? Just let me grab a fresh roll of small coins, open it an take coin after coin and put everything on the counter.
  • My all time favorite: A guy came and was ready to pay the correct sum (it was like three coins). He immediately left after putting everything on the counter. I wondered why he was in such a hurry. Then I saw that he paid with a foreign coin that looked like a 2€ coin but was actually worth around 50 Cents back then. I don’t know why but I am really good in recognizing faces. So I used my superpower for my petty revenge: I waited around 3-6 months until this guy came again. He paid with a bill. When giving him his change, I grabbed that coin as the last one placed it on the counter and gave it back.

Cashiers are human beings. They are intellectually as able as everybody else. And they know all tricks from customers. So please, have some respect for people doing their jobs.

[–] Thcdenton 42 points 3 months ago

Im not touching your fuckin hand you booger eating ass scratching finger bangin dick beaters

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 34 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I simply matched customer energy. If you were nice and polite I'm nice and polite. If you threw your money at me I'm hucking it across the store and you can eat shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Is it considered impolite to place it on the counter? I mean I get it if they had their hand out, but if they're just looking at me or busy with their hands fair fame.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint, if the customer places the money on the counter for payment, how is there any issue if the cashier returns change by placing it on the counter?

What is considered polite may differ by region and culture. (I'm not claiming you specifically would be upset at this, it's just relevant to the meme.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah I got no problem with them putting it on the counter but I'm also bad at socializing lol.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 3 points 3 months ago

If they're not looking I just wait until they are.

As for impolite it's more an inconvenience. Especially if it's not stacked and just kinda thrown down.

[–] chowdertailz 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't want to touch your hands. Especially if you were being a bit of an ass. Simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's possible to drop change into someone's hands without physically touching them though. I don't like physical contact either, and on the rare times I pay with cash, I hand it to the cashier without making physical contact.

I remember there was one store I went to that the cashier literally put the change on the counter right beside my outstretched hand and open palm, every time. And it was annoying to pick up change from a stainless steel counter. I know I was being petty, but when I noticed the pattern, I started putting change on the counter (if I paid with coins) when paying so she could experience having to pick up coins one by one from a stainless steel surface.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It may be possible but that doesn't mean people respect that. Some people go out of their way to touch you when receiving change back by moving their hand up and closing close to yours before youre done letting go of the change. I remember this shit when I was a cashier. Hated it.

The simpler answer is not to even allow it or get close at all.

I love those auto dispensers for change.

Or cards. Use cards.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah I've had a couple of customers outright wrap their hand around mine as I handed them their change. It's creepy and invasive. If it happened enough times, I'd just start putting everyone's change on the counter.

[–] lunar17 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One of the things I thought was neat when I visited Japan was that some places would give you change back in a dedicated little tray with rubber "fingers" that made the coins easier to pick up, so you didn't struggle to pick them off a flat counter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Common enough in eastern Europe too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That shit gonna get stolen in america

[–] chemical_cutthroat 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Whats worse is when they put it on top of the bills and hand it all back to you at once, like some kind of fucked up magic trick. The shit that I just bought is in my other hand, how in the fuck am I supposed to get this change into my pocket?

[–] Plopp 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Pour the change into your mouth, put the bills neatly in your wallet, then put the coins in the wallet whenever they've lost their flavor.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

so I was not supposed to swallow the coins??

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Only if your body is low on Nickel or Pennium

[–] Plopp 4 points 3 months ago

You can do that if they were in need of a polish. It's just a bit difficult to aim directly into the wallet when they're done.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

FYI, the coin smell isn't actually the metal, but it's an oil layer made when metals are touched by us

This is the chemical responsible for it

And you can even synthethize it and make pure coin smell

[–] slaacaa 1 points 3 months ago

Iron supplement manufacturers hate this one trick…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Either put both the coins and bills in your pocket together and sort it out later, or don't pick your items up off the counter until you sort out your change.

Because even if they gave your paper bills back separate from the coins, if your other hand is so occupied with the items you purchased, how were you going to get the bills in your wallet anyway?

[–] BabyVi 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nine times out of ten the customer is busy wrangling their items or dealing with their kid. Instead of awkwardly waiting, hand outstretched, I put the change on the counter. I then start prepping for the next customer as we're timed on the whole process.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Because cashiers don’t want to fucking touch the 1000 creepos they are forced to talk to every damn shift

[–] saltesc 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cash has been so uncommon in my country for a very long time. It's like an insult to give a friend cash, like, "Here. This is your problem now."

I think I used to just hold my open wallet in one hand and accept the cash in the other, slide the coins off, slot the notes in, and grab my stuff. I don't remember it being annoying. Though our notes were polymer so coins slid easy.

[–] asbestos 1 points 3 months ago

Excellent, gotta keep the traceability up so the banks can change their TOS to sell your spending habit data

[–] samus12345 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't matter to me whether they put it in my hand or on the counter. Whatever works for them.

[–] Entropywins 1 points 3 months ago

Me stares at you: I said my cash is in my car...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Same reason why you put it on the counter handing it to me

[–] johannesvanderwhales 8 points 3 months ago

Don't go to Japan if this bugs you.

[–] CptEnder 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I always get the bills dropped lightly in my palm with coins dropped in the bills like a little money burrito. Guess I'm a nice person lol. All I know is I feel the weight of the universe on my back whenever I go up to the cashier and wanna do it as fast as possible so I don't plop the money on the counter because it wastes time, just hand it over and if there's coins I hold em up to drop an inch in their hands.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"They told me to stop touching the customers. Have a nice day."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Literally everyone that is somehow bothered by this probably deserves it. It's so trivial and mundane. Now if the change was handed back wet...

[–] yamanii 4 points 3 months ago

How would they know if you didn't scratch your anus before?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They don't want to touch you, or to depend on your qualifications in order to fulfill the task

Putting the change on the counter leaves 0 chance that you'll fuck up the process for them, in any way

[–] pyre 2 points 3 months ago

"why don't strangers touch me more?"

no thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Checking if you chew your nails

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you can’t be bothered to speed up the transaction by using a credit or debit card, don’t be surprised when the cashier can’t be bothered to put the change in your hand.

Handling cash is a nuisance, and slows down the line.

Edit: I know not everyone has a card. I’m talking about people who reach past a dozen of them and pay with cash anyway.

[–] SlopppyEngineer 3 points 3 months ago

Some shops are installing cash machines. If you don't want to deal with one machine for your card, deal with the other machine for cash.