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Where have you seen this? I've lived in Berlin for six years and I have literally never encountered anything like it.
by TillE 11y ago
Where have you seen this? I've lived in Berlin for six years and I have literally never encountered anything like it.
- pouetpouet 11y agoI confirm that it's common in bakeries and many takeout places in Germany and many western european countries.
- Symbiote 11y agoI've seen them everywhere I've visited in Germany. An image search came up with this¹, which says they're called "Zahlteller" (counting plates). 1: http://www.schnitzelbahn.com/homepage/2010/11/25/the-evil-zahlteller.html http://www.schnitzelbahn.com/homepage/2010/11/25/the-evil-za... (scroll down a bit)
- TillE 11y agoOh ok. Yes, some places put your change in a tray (which I've seen in the US too), but you still hand money directly to them. It's really not the same thing that's discussed in the article.
- concerned_user 11y agoYes in EU they are used for coins mostly.
- ChrisArchitect 11y agoright, I guess it's a bit more 'both ways' in Japan, maybe because of the aversion to phyiscal contact and love of politeness....but same thing basically. I recall seeing them in Berlin/DE most often at train station cafes/Bäckerei etc
- o0-0o 11y agoThis is a common practice that started out in Western culture. It was, and still is, considered more polite to receive your bill and put your change on a tray. Go to an extremely expensive restaurant and you'll see. Here in America, we now prefer the billfold instead of the tray for privacy reasons, but the concept is exactly the same.
- towelguy 11y agoIsn't it common in Restaurants to leave the money in a tray? Something much more weird I think is the money envelopes. I once took classes by a Japanese lady who, the day before we would pay for the next month, gave us these envelopes the size of a bill and asked us to bring the money in them, said that Japanese never hand money directly, always in envelopes. The next day she took the envelopes and didn't even open them to count the money.
- detaro 11y agoYou probably just didn't notice, because it is totally normal to not use them, but they they are common. I think they see the most use at places like bakeries, where high counters make handing money over directly harder.