"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 11/30/2018 at 19:08 • Filed to: None

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When I pay cash for something, and the cashier gives me my change by putting the bills in my hand first, then sets the coins on top.

The only correct way to do this is to give the coins first so I can close my hand on them, then give my the bills.

But the again, who uses cash any more?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:13

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what... noo... you give the bills first then weigh them down with the coins so the mugger behind you can see exactly how much you’d be worth mugging for

Urambo Tauro > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:18

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I don’t know if this is an intentional technique, but I imagine it makes sense to use coins to help hold the bills down just in case some random gust of wind (like from an opening door, or too quick of a hand motion) comes along.

Berang > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:19

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I thought putting the coins on top was so you could funnel the coins into your coin purse easier. But who has a coin purse?

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:20

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One of mine is:

“ Sorry we don’t accept credit”

Maxima Speed > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:21

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Im sorry but you’re wrong. Coins go on top so you can slide them off the top into your right hand you then deposit them into a change pocket or your right front pocket with the keys.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:26

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But then again, who uses cash anymore?

How do you buy drugs?

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:30

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Or, what about handing you your food at a drive through before you’ve had a chance to put away your change?

I get that they want to keep things moving, but it would seem the bigger impediments to that are  having 2,000 items on the menu and customers that like to place orders for entire football teams without parking and walking inside.

Urambo Tauro > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/30/2018 at 19:30

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Well I dunno about you but I always pay in nickels.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 19:40

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I do.  I like to tip in cash so whoever I’m tipping gets the money right away and can decide for himself whether to pay taxes on it.

ttyymmnn > Urambo Tauro 11/30/2018 at 20:24

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No, I think it’s an order of operations thing. Dollars then cents. It’s also the way it comes out of the drawer. The coins on top is particularly egregious in the drive thru. 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 20:25

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YES YES YES. YES. Give me coins so I can put them in that little jean pocket, then I will promptly reach back up for the bills. I don’t like sliding the coins from that hand, to another hand, to a pocket, then getting out my wallet for the bills (because you can’t move the coins, handle the bills, and have a wallet present with just two hands at the same time!)

ttyymmnn > Maxima Speed 11/30/2018 at 20:25

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I’m sorry, but you are wrong. Don’t worry though. It happens to us all from time to time. 

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 11/30/2018 at 20:26

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Put the change in the bag. 

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 11/30/2018 at 20:26

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At the pharmacy with my Flex credit card?

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/30/2018 at 20:27

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This the correct reply. Thank you. 

Just Jeepin' > ranwhenparked 11/30/2018 at 21:03

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There was a brief, glorious moment in time decades ago when fast food restaurants tried to limit the size of orders at a drive-through window. Sadly, it didn’t take.

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 21:04

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I always do this when handing money to cashiers in hopes they’ll figure it out, but they never do.

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin' 11/30/2018 at 21:21

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You are fighting the good fight.

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 21:38

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yes.... I like my change sliding off the bills all over the floor...

Rico > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 21:59

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Funny you mention the “who uses cash anymore” bit. I saw on the news last night that an NYC lawmaker wants to introduce a bill that bans the use of cash at all businesses and fines those who accept cash.

The people they interviewed brought up some really great points about how banning cash discriminated against a large population of people who don’t use credit or debit cards as well as increasing the likelihood of credit card information theft if you had to swipe a credit card at every sketchy deli or gas station for a bottle of water. I think cash still serves a purpose in our society even if the convenience of credit and things like Apple Pay are better.

ttyymmnn > Rico 11/30/2018 at 22:13

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Banning cash is a ridiculous overreaction. But as to discrimination, I read an old sci-fi book where people had to belong to some giant corporation and had a credit card surgically attached to their wrist. Those people without a wrist credit card, including the protagonist, were shunned as outsiders and pariahs. So I agree that doing away with cash is yet one more way we force societal stratification. 

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 22:40

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Money is f il thy, fast  food is greasy, I don't want the two mixing like that.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 11/30/2018 at 22:48

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I wasn’t entirely serious. 

MeatSaber > ttyymmnn 11/30/2018 at 23:31

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This is good oppo, I come here for this. 

Nick Has an Exocet > ttyymmnn 12/01/2018 at 01:35

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I went to a grocery store yesterday in Paris and they had a no cash policy. What does that do to your gears?

ttyymmnn > Nick Has an Exocet 12/01/2018 at 01:36

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I’m not in love with cash, but I don’t think that it needs to be done away with.

Nick Has an Exocet > ttyymmnn 12/01/2018 at 02:28

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Same. I knew they were trying to kill cash in Europe, but I didn’t know it had gone this far.