Dish out your worse Washington or Lincoln?

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When you make payments at the cash register, do you just pull out your dollar bills or do you try to figure the worse bills to unload?

For example, let's say my bill is $2.72. I have 7 $1 bills. I may look at my $1s and figure which 3 are in the worst shape and get them off my hand. I hate ones that are wrinkled or wet. Unload those in terrible shape and not have to worry about them any more.

Same with $5 bills and $10 bills....
 
Actually I do. And I have a collection of old coins because I separate those out.
 
Have dealt with next to no cash for a long time now......
 
mon-ey? ...I'm married, so I've no idea what that is.


*sobs uncontrollably to self*
 
I also try to get rid of pennies. It was interesting shopping in Vancouver and the store rounded.
 
I try to keep enough cash in my wallet to pay for small purchases. I don't organize them by "best or worse." I keep them face up, smoothed out, in denomination order, smallest to largest. I got into that habit when I worked as cashier at the movie theater snack counter. :giggle:

Another habit I developed from that job was to keep a mental running total (including taxes) of my purchases so I would have close to the exact amount of money ready when I checked out.
 
markengland29 said:
How else do we pay our bills? Nothing is free these days.
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Credit cards .


I try to get rid of my 'ones' first if I have a lot . If I get bills that new I will winkle them up so they'll stick together. I was checking out once and the cashier was giving me money back and she almost gave me two bills that where stuck together. I would had given back the money .
 
markengland29 said:
Money, of course.
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markengland29 said:
How else do we pay our bills? Nothing is free these days.
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*face palm* I mean honestly

I don't care, money is money, I'm not going to frame it. The only thing you need bills in great condition for is vending machines and such, which I rarely use. I'm more concerned about getting rid of small bills and not getting small bills back. It drives me crazy dealing with dumb cashiers than cannot grasp this concept. Lets say I make a purchase that's 15.79. I have 20's and 1's, I'll hand the cashier a twenty and a one so I'll get back a 5 dollar bill and 21 cents instead of giving them a 20 and getting back 4 one dollar bills and 21 cents. I cannot tell you how many times I've been in a situation like that and the cashier tried to give me my one(s) back because I gave them "too much". Just enter the money I gave you into the register and you'll see what I'm doing you moron. You're cashiers, you deal with money all day, how can they not get it??
 
ambrosia said:
*face palm* I mean honestly

I don't care, money is money, I'm not going to frame it. The only thing you need bills in great condition for is vending machines and such, which I rarely use. I'm more concerned about getting rid of small bills and not getting small bills back. It drives me crazy dealing with dumb cashiers than cannot grasp this concept. Lets say I make a purchase that's 15.79. I have 20's and 1's, I'll hand the cashier a twenty and a one so I'll get back a 5 dollar bill and 21 cents instead of giving them a 20 and getting back 4 one dollar bills and 21 cents. I cannot tell you how many times I've been in a situation like that and the cashier tried to give me my one(s) back because I gave them "too much". Just enter the money I gave you into the register and you'll see what I'm doing you moron. You're cashiers, you deal with money all day, how can they not get it??
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Exactly!! I have had ran into this problem quite few times as a buyer. Most of them are pretty smart, though. I'm sure that cashier who understands have done this as a buyer themselves. I hope they have had people doing the same thing before you so that it is not a novel to them.
 
ambrosia said:
*face palm* I mean honestly

I don't care, money is money, I'm not going to frame it. The only thing you need bills in great condition for is vending machines and such, which I rarely use. I'm more concerned about getting rid of small bills and not getting small bills back. It drives me crazy dealing with dumb cashiers than cannot grasp this concept. Lets say I make a purchase that's 15.79. I have 20's and 1's, I'll hand the cashier a twenty and a one so I'll get back a 5 dollar bill and 21 cents instead of giving them a 20 and getting back 4 one dollar bills and 21 cents. I cannot tell you how many times I've been in a situation like that and the cashier tried to give me my one(s) back because I gave them "too much". Just enter the money I gave you into the register and you'll see what I'm doing you moron. You're cashiers, you deal with money all day, how can they not get it??
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The cashiers do not have to think like that the cash register does that math for them. My dad would have the exact the amount of money in his hand at a grocery store before the casher was done totaling it up. I was impress with that as a kid .
 
soulchill said:
I also try to get rid of pennies. It was interesting shopping in Vancouver and the store rounded.
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In Canada, I had too many pennies that I put them in paper tubes so that I can take them to the bank. I get the dollars and coins back from the Teller. I felt much better to get rid of pennies.

So now pennies are no longer use anymore. Bye, bye, pennies. Good riddence. :wave: :D
 
whatdidyousay! said:
The cashiers do not have to think like that the cash register does that math for them. My dad would have the exact the amount of money in his hand at a grocery store before the casher was done totaling it up. I was impress with that as a kid .
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Just because they don't have to, and the register can do it for them doesn't mean they can't and should have no sense of math themselves.

I seriously I have a very low tolerance for stupidity.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
The cashiers do not have to think like that the cash register does that math for them. My dad would have the exact the amount of money in his hand at a grocery store before the casher was done totaling it up. I was impress with that as a kid .
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I used to do the same thing. :giggle:

When I was a cashier at the theater, all I had was a plastic money tray with divided sections. Nothing automated or digital. No calculator. I had a pad of paper and pencil for really large orders. I had to total the items in my head, determine which items were taxable, and then add the tax for the taxable items. Then, make the change. At the end of each shift, the assistant manager made the count, and it was accurate. I was also responsible for the daily inventory, which was also counted by hand. I was 18-19 years old then.
 
Reba said:
I used to do the same thing. :giggle:

When I was a cashier at the theater, all I had was a plastic money tray with divided sections. Nothing automated or digital. No calculator. I had a pad of paper and pencil for really large orders. I had to total the items in my head, determine which items were taxable, and then add the tax for the taxable items. Then, make the change. At the end of each shift, the assistant manager made the count, and it was accurate. I was also responsible for the daily inventory, which was also counted by hand. I was 18-19 years old then.
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My dad did it all in his head not bad for a guy that never finish school , his dad took out of school to help support the family . My dad was very upset about that.
I once brought a muffin that cost 75 cent and I gave the woman $1.00 and she gave me back 75 cents . I was like HUH. That much be a new math or something.
 
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