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Originally Posted by steven522
I took this to mean two things:
First, the clerk does not understand how to make change properly by giving the maximum of largest value coins down to smallest value (three quarters and a nickle, or just four coins instead of all dimes for nine coins).
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More to the point, she can't do the math in her head and understand that three quarters and three nickles would
be the 90 cents change.
90 cents is nine dimes or ninety pennies...
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I wonder if she will eventually use the extra change through the rest of her shift or if, at the end of each work day, she turns in several rolls of coins during her count-down.
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Retail establishments I've seen use a system where the clerk, on changing shifts, turns in the entire cash
drawer, and the new clerk coming on inserts one specific to them. It provides greater accountability in the event there is a shortage or overage.
But meanwhile, I've been grateful many times that current cash registers calculate change so check-out clerks don't have to, because most
can't.
(I'm also grateful that increasingly, credit or debit cards are used for payment, and the clerk doesn't
have to make change.)
One retailer in my area is going a step farther, with self-serve checkout stations, where you can scan the barcodes on your goods, get a total, and use a debit or credit card to make payment, with no need to interact with a clerk. (There's an employee standing by if assistance is needed, but one can cover multiple self-serve stations.)
I'm happy to use them for faster checkout. The employer is happy to pay less people to man the registers, which is the point of the exercise.
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Dennis