what is with people?
I’d rather wait behind a person paying with coins, than wait behind a cart-load of steaks, snacks, and candy that whips out a purse FULL of Food Stamps to count out.
I tend to agree.
She COULD have tried the service desk first though, to see if they would turn her coins into dollars for a faster checkout. Save the cashier and people waiting in line behind her from the misery.
The smart move? Divide your purchase into $4 increments (so as to cover sales tax). After the third or fourth transaction, I believe the cashier would reconsider.
I usually have a couple dollars in change in my pocket. Glad to get rid of the extra weight ;)
I am satisfied with the knowledge that some of those same jerks are some of the people begging me for a job today.
It ticks me off to hear of stories like this. Here is a woman who wanted to spend a legal currency to provide for herself. All I can say to those who wanted to stand in her way or look down upon her is: Karma is a ruthless bit&h and it will catch up to you!
I rather be behind her than some luddite with a checkbook.
Either the store gets a cut of the machines revenue or the store owns the machine outright
They are forcing people to go to the machine.
Also it takes a store employee a considerable amount of time to count $32 in loose change.
I can understand the store policy not to accept more than $5 in loose change. It is the fault of our leadership. It is a unproductive use of employee time
The value of coin money has been reduced to the point that nickels and pennies should be removed from circulation as they are essentially worthless. In reality you can not buy anything with any coin less than a quarter.
I’m a cashier.
What I would appreciate most, in this situation, is for people to have their change organized for easy counting.
Most of them have the change thrown in a baggie in all sorts of amounts.
Also, one of the reasons why that grocery store might have had a problem with that is that many cashiers are often rated for productivity by how many customers they can push through the door.
Grocery store cashiers are required to maintain an RPM (rings per minute) to avoid be disciplined and/or fired. They are also required to maintain an accurate till to avoid being disciplined and/or fired. Counting out 32 dollars in change to maintain an accurate till will wreck the RPM’s.
Maybe the lady could have rolled the change. Then it could have been weighed at the service desk.
She gets her groceries, the cashier keeps his or her job.
Imagine if every customer came in and paid with change.
A clerk worth hiring or keeping can count through $32 worth of pennies in eight minutes or less. Pennies are counted in fives on a flat surface.
There are probably some here who don’t know about Save-A-Lot. They are a “bag it yourself” operation. They carry minimal name brand items, and you are expected to bring your own bags, buy them, or be fortunate enough to find discarded cardboard boxes in the store.
They don’t carry groceries out for the disabled, etc. They say they will try, but my experience is they have only a few registers, hardly any extra employees, and they throw the groceries around in a way that makes you happy just to get out to the car. The pay off for all this is deeply discounted prices on a regular basis. The store is always full.
I can understand BOTH the cashier not having time for the coins AND the woman showing up with very little money. I’ve see both at our local SAL.
Haven't bought anything and feelingf a bit blue. Go to the machine anyway and press "start" "finish", it'll thank you for shopping there.
The stores changed their policies and the problem is fixed.
The trouble is when some smart alec tries to pay in pennies in order to harrass.
Handy hint: Go to the bank, get some paper coin rolls, and roll the stuff up before you get to the cashier. Also, stamp or write your name & phone # on the rolls. (If any of the rolls come up short, they’ll know who to call.)
I understand paying with coins, I guess (no banks nearby to get bills?). But could she not at least have rolled the coins first? This would have sped things up immensely. Why is her time more valuable than the cashier’s? (and those behind her in line)
That is what I said to the manager of a store one time. They were denying my son's coins. I told them I had been trying to teach him to save his money and then purchase what he was wanting. They did relent and two of them helped count it up. I still shop there.
First off she could have gone to any bank and had it traded for paper for free. Second she can’t afford groceries but can afford to sue?? seriously???
>> “what is with people?” <<
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Petty cruelty in some cases.
I do believe that a store has the right to insist that the coins be counted and rolled. That’s not too hard, is it?