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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Not to nit-pick, but three quarters and three nickles would have made 90¢.  |
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
[ Well, err, technically she owed you three quarters and three nickels, if she didn't have dimes. ] But still, I get your point.....
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Thank you! I kept reading that to see what I had missed!
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
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...
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
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There is no way in HELL I would take over someone else's cash drawer in any circumstance!
We have the self serve registers here and I love them! I'd nothing else it keeps them from putting plastic bags in my personal shopping bag