I once did this in reverse- I gave the cashier a dollar extra so I could just get a 10 back, and she said “here, you gave me too much”, and handed the 1 back
Same, I bought something years ago that amounted to something like $15.05, I had a $20 and some change so I tossed in an extra dime so I wouldn’t have to fill my wallet with singles and have a bunch of change in my pocket. Nope, cashier looked at me like I was stupid and handed me back my worst nightmare because they had to make up being short a quarter in dimes and nickels.
Yeah, my experience has been the reverse, where cashiers look at me like I’m stupid if I give them an additional $1 bill with the $20 I give them for something that costs $10.50.
To be honest, I’m always a bit amazed that this doesn’t happen more often. Yesterday, I had to pay 50.93€ and handed the cashier 51.05€, because I’d rather have a 10ct coin and the cashier typically needs smaller coins more often.
In this case, it was obvious that I didn’t hand them the 5ct by accident, but that’s the sort of mind games I’ll play and so far, the cashiers were always a step ahead of me…
No, no, you’re mathing correct. I did receive 12ct back. But 12cts is a 2ct coin + a 10ct coin. If I would have given 51.00€, it would have been a 2ct coin + a 5ct coin back. I didn’t mention the 2ct coin, because it’s always involved.
And I didn’t have 3cts myself, otherwise I would have made it 51.03€, yeah.
Honestly, I have no idea, if the cashiers are allowed to take extra change here, at least in the supermarkets.
I still want to try that at the town market, where I’ve always been too stupid to think of that so far, so I once got told that I could’ve kept that 1ct coin and one time, the guy actually gave me extra change, because he did not want to deal with those small coins. 🥴
I once did this in reverse- I gave the cashier a dollar extra so I could just get a 10 back, and she said “here, you gave me too much”, and handed the 1 back
Same, I bought something years ago that amounted to something like $15.05, I had a $20 and some change so I tossed in an extra dime so I wouldn’t have to fill my wallet with singles and have a bunch of change in my pocket. Nope, cashier looked at me like I was stupid and handed me back my worst nightmare because they had to make up being short a quarter in dimes and nickels.
I done the dumb version: it’s 9.50 and I give 20.50
I’m just trying to help.
Eh, I’d still prefere a 10 and a 1 over a 10 and a 0.50.
(For those who can’t math, that means they get $11 back)
I paid in euros, so you should take into account the exchange rate
Yeah, my experience has been the reverse, where cashiers look at me like I’m stupid if I give them an additional $1 bill with the $20 I give them for something that costs $10.50.
To be honest, I’m always a bit amazed that this doesn’t happen more often. Yesterday, I had to pay 50.93€ and handed the cashier 51.05€, because I’d rather have a 10ct coin and the cashier typically needs smaller coins more often.
In this case, it was obvious that I didn’t hand them the 5ct by accident, but that’s the sort of mind games I’ll play and so far, the cashiers were always a step ahead of me…
Shouldn’t you have received 12cts? In order to get 10cts back you ought to give 51.03€. Or am I just not mathing today?
No, no, you’re mathing correct. I did receive 12ct back. But 12cts is a 2ct coin + a 10ct coin. If I would have given 51.00€, it would have been a 2ct coin + a 5ct coin back. I didn’t mention the 2ct coin, because it’s always involved.
And I didn’t have 3cts myself, otherwise I would have made it 51.03€, yeah.
I just tell them to keep the change at this point
Honestly, I have no idea, if the cashiers are allowed to take extra change here, at least in the supermarkets.
I still want to try that at the town market, where I’ve always been too stupid to think of that so far, so I once got told that I could’ve kept that 1ct coin and one time, the guy actually gave me extra change, because he did not want to deal with those small coins. 🥴
I guess it isn’t significant enough for people to care
Might be different if you live in a country that is very strict on rules (like Germany or Japan)
Good guess. I live in Germany. 😅