RANT/POLL: How do you give your money to a cashier?

[Gibson486]

I was never offended if they did not hand me the money. Infact, I couldn't care less.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Apathetic
I generally just hand it to them.

Dave

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Apathetic
I generally just hand it to them.

Dave

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
I always place the money on the counter, unless their hand is out for it. I've never thought of it being rude at all. If I slid it at them or threw it, yeah that's rude, but I don't see why just placing the money on the counter would be rude.

I dunno, maybe it comes from being a bank teller for 3 years, where you always get money set on the counter, and rarely handed directly to you.

I think there may be some germophobes as well. I have seen some customers not even make an attempt to hand it to the cashier when they are waiting for the money, just set it down on the counter. If I was the cashier I would place their change into a bag and double knot it.

It's so funny that they are afraid of accidentally touching a cashier yet what they are paying with and receiving is probably crawling with germs and microbes.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I usually hand them my money. If they aren't paying attention I might just toss in on the counter though.

 

[eelw]

Some Asian cultures don't directly hand over the money because they feel that they are giving away their own good fortunes.

As for handing money back change on top of the bills, it's to show the customer that they are giving the proper amount of money back. It's much easier at a glance to see it this way than the other way around.

 

[TuxDave]

If the cashier is waiting for the money, I hand it directly to them. If they're turned away or filling out an order, then I'll place it on the counter.

 

[nitsuj3580]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I will do this when I pull out my cash for the cashier to take and he/she never bothers to grab it out of my hands. I worked retail too. If you cannot handle grabbing cash while scanning an item, that's your problem.

WTF? If you give a cashier money WHILE they are scanning your items, that's completely retarded. Let them finish what they are doing. What are we talking like 10-20 seconds?

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: dullard
I think there is a difference between (a) throwing it down on the counter and (b) putting it down on the counter when the cashier is too busy to accept it by hand.

I concur. (a) is rather rude, (b) is not. Normally though, I choose (c) Have money in hand, be patient enough to wait the five seconds for him/her to finish ringing it up and then extend palm to receive $.

- M4H

Bingo, I would think (c) falls under common courtesy

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I will do this when I pull out my cash for the cashier to take and he/she never bothers to grab it out of my hands. I worked retail too. If you cannot handle grabbing cash while scanning an item, that's your problem.

WTF? If you give a cashier money WHILE they are scanning your items, that's completely retarded. How do you know how much money to give them before they are done scanning?

Well, you can do headmath if you don't have a lot of stuff. But that's still pretty stupid to try and hand them your money before they've finished scanning everything.

 

[Chaotic42]

It's very disrespectful. It cost customers karma points when I worked fast food.

<--Southern White boy

 

[BooGiMaN]

i thought it was cool on a trip to japan how they would hand you your change on a small tray....they have customer service down to an art there...

but then i guess they dont have to deal with the ghetto ass ignorant americans we have over here.

 

[Supermercado]

I always hand it to them. Most of the time, I pay with my credit card and most places have the machines where you swipe it yourself now, but if I'm paying cash for something, I always hand it to the cashier. If I have change, I usually hand them the bills and then say "I've got change, too" and then hand them the change.

I also hate it when the cashier piles the receipt, bills, and change up in my hand. wtf am I supposed to do with all three things at once?

 

[SP33Demon]

Darn, they locked my parody thread of this...
:Q:brokenheart:

 

[FoBoT]

i hand my money to the person, but i don't think it is rude not to