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I'm surprised it's not mentioned on other comments, but in Japan, the whole thing is automated. The cashier feeds the cash notes / coins into a machine, and the

I'm surprised it's not mentioned on other comments, but in Japan, the whole thing is automated. The cashier feeds the cash notes / coins into a machine, and the machine spits out the exact change. It's super-fast, even when the cashier counts your change in front of your eyes, and lays it out neatly onto a tray[0]. I wonder how come these types of machines aren't more popular in other countries. [0] sounds like some super fancy concierge service, but it's pretty much standard, from 7-eleven to fancy stores

Thlom 9y ago
Pretty normal in Norway as well. Cashier feeds notes into machine, customer drops coins in coin machine. Usually pretty fast if the machine reads the coins/notes immediately.
alasdair_ 9y ago
This happens in grocery stores in the US but many other stores don't have enough volume to bother.
- adventured 9y ago
  That has turned out to be the comedy of the cash systems in the US. As I noticed the cash readers / auto change makers being installed in a lot of locations, it was just in time to rarely be used due to the shift to everyone using cards.