On March 26, 2019 at 17:24, buzz said...
In an effort to minimize the change that ends up in my pocket, I'll give partial payment in coins. For example, if the total is $xx.27. I'll give the two pennies, expecting three quarters in the change. Some cash registers will deal with this, some won't. Some clerks can deal with this, some will pause, others are totally flummoxed. Some will look from hand to hand, hand to register, back at me, several times, then decide that I'm totally out of it, make some sort of comment about twenty seven cents, ultimately giving back the two pennies.
This is simple to deal with. Tell the cashier to just punch in the numbers and see what happens. Then, when it works out nicely, I tell them "Look. I know this can be confusing. I know that if I make a mistake, it's no big deal, but if the cashier makes a mistake, sometimes people make a big deal out of it. So just punch it in and don't worry.
I've also had people give me back change that includes change for a dollar.
Today's Quiz: what's the largest amount of money that you can have in change where you can't make change for a dollar? How is that possible?
Yeah, the smartass answer is any change in foreign currency.
