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Years ago I worked at a store with registers that didn't calculate change; myself and the other cashiers would need to calculate the change mentally. Once in a
by rurp 6y ago
Years ago I worked at a store with registers that didn't calculate change; myself and the other cashiers would need to calculate the change mentally. Once in a while I would get people like this who threw out convoluted amounts of change. Normally it was fine, but sometimes towards the end of a long day when my brain was tired I wanted to strangle them.
The store actually had really great employees overall and I suspect this little factor played a big part in that. Part of the application process was a basic math test and it was funny to see how quickly some applicants recoiled when they found that out. It seemed to be a great filter.
- marcosdumay 6y agoThe Python effect for cashiers?
- sukilot 6y ago"How about you tell me how much change you are expecting" and then add to check.
- m463 6y agoIs that like putting a total on a restaurant check and leaving the tip "as an exercise for the server?"
- thescriptkiddie 6y agoThat's actually how paying in a restaurant usually works, in Germany.
- rags2riches 6y agoYou don't calculate change. You just count it out, picking up coins and bills as you go. Start at the sum to pay and count towards the amount the customer gave you. Work your way up from the least significant digit using the smallest denominations. No hard mental calculations are involved, you just need to know how to count. Basic cashier knowledge they should be teaching you on day one.
- roel_v 6y ago"Basic cashier knowledge they should be teaching you on day one." About 10ish years ago I had an idea for a product that would essentially provide online training on this for cashiers. Back then I thought 'but everything is moving to cashless payments, plus more and more registers calculate change, no need for this". I wonder sometimes if this was The One That Got Away for me...