"No, I don't have two cents!" Tuesday, August 30, 2005
#1
Posted 30 August 2005 - 04:40 PM
I don't have two cents. You told me the total comes to $11.02. I gave you $12.00. Then you decided that I was probably holding out on some delightful pennies and said, "You don't have two cents?" No, I don't. That's why I gave you $12.00.
I understand that change is precious to you but I have already calculated in my head the way in which I choose to spend my money in the course of this transaction. Either I don't have the change to spare or I am actually looking forward to getting those sweet quarters for use in doing my laundry and some dimes and nickels for purchasing coffees with exact change. In either case, I am not giving you the two pennies.
If you are running low on change I'd recommend contacting your immediate supervisor or manager. Your store may even have some sort of relationship with a bank that can provide currency in such form.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Chefelf
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#2
Posted 30 August 2005 - 06:46 PM
#3
Posted 30 August 2005 - 07:43 PM
#4
Posted 30 August 2005 - 09:42 PM
that must have been one massive jar!!!
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#5
Posted 31 August 2005 - 07:43 AM
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#6
Posted 31 August 2005 - 10:53 AM
You might think we're losing money but really we're not. Most people pay on debut cards and I charge exact amounts on those of course. My store loses more money on me eating the products than me giving away a free few pennies here and there.
I'd also like to point on one other annoying thing casheirs at major commerical stores do. They hand you the bills first, then put the change on top of the bills, so the coins just slide off the bills, and to avoid this you need to use two hands and carefully spill the change over to your palm.
I never do this. I always give coins first, then bills.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 31 August 2005 - 10:55 AM
#7
Posted 31 August 2005 - 02:03 PM
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#8
Posted 31 August 2005 - 02:26 PM
Once I heard it's bad policy to put money on the counter: instead make it easy and hand it to the person.
When wrapping up business on the phone with someone who says "Anything else?" I like to say "I hope you have a good day."
#9
Posted 31 August 2005 - 06:35 PM
or some other manner of worker-grade wit...
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#11
Posted 01 September 2005 - 02:40 AM
Less Is More v4
Now resigned to a readership of me, my cat and some fish
#12
Posted 01 September 2005 - 07:58 AM
(i make mince meat out of your knid on a regular basis, chyld.)
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#13
Posted 01 September 2005 - 08:24 AM
"Well maybe I can't. Maybe I can but I don't want to. Maybe I'd rather take this phone and shove it up your fat, wrinkled, probably richer than me, time-wasting ass."
Possibly why I didn't last on the Samaritans.
#14
Posted 01 September 2005 - 03:15 PM
Option A. Prices are not fixed in stone. You take the money spent on stuff, and put that in one column, and then the money collected, in another column. The spreadsheet is designed to reverse-calculate the tax collected, and voila! The book = balanced. Any spill derived from miscounted change is ignored by the magic or arithmetic.
Option B. You have a cup at the counter that says "Take a penny, leave a penny." When you are giving out mundane change like $0.02," many customers will simply drop the pennies into the cup. When you need a penny to balance the till, you don't bother to ask the customer to grab one or to grab one yourself; you do that at the end of the day.
Option C. You create a +/- column on your spreadsheet to account for the amount gained or lost by accidental or intentional miscounting. At the end of a year, you're off by about $100.00, but it's not really "lost" since you counted it, and it is accounted in the same way that you do for shrinkage from damage, loss, waste, and shoplifting, depending on the kind of business you run. You look at the number and you say "meh."
#15
Posted 02 September 2005 - 04:11 AM
Option C of Civillians list would be over kill for our store. I could see a bigger chain place doing that. My boss (owner too) does not even count the pennies, he told me not to bother count either during cash out. lol
He loses more money to me eating store products.
This post has been edited by Jordan: 02 September 2005 - 04:12 AM