and there's less coffee in the can than there used to be

[pauraque_bk]

Complaint: People who give excessive amounts of coins to cashiers when making a purchase, while there are other people waiting.

When this starts, it makes sense. If you're buying something that costs $4.01, it makes sense to give me $5.01 so you get a dollar instead of 99 cents back. This *reduces* the amount of time the transaction takes.

But you know, the more change you are trying to give me, and the longer you take to find it in your purse the size of Texas... It reaches a tipping point where the transaction is now taking longer than it would if you just gave me a twenty. And there are people behind you -- remember them?

Please stop taking five minutes to find eighty-seven freaking cents! While you're at it you could also stop acting like you're doing me a favor, and stop smugly bragging about how great it is to "get rid of" all your change. Maybe in your life this is some kind of major accomplishment, but neither I nor the people behind you are impressed.

If you hate change in your purse that much, give it to the homeless guy sitting outside the store, it's win-win that way!

Comments

[pauraque]

I don't really care if people do it when no one is there, but with a line behind them it's annoying! I work at a small but very busy store, there's only one register and there's normally a line.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

When there's people waiting for prescriptions, I always get "elderly person who needs to tell you about their bowel movements in great detail."