Posted on 12/26/2024 11:37:27 AM PST by Morgana
Gen Z cashiers are infuriating their bosses when they take cash from customers.
According to reports young workers are deeming some bills counterfeit when they are in fact legitimate.
According to one boss of a frozen yogurt shop in Florida, teenage employees had to be told that the bills they had refused to accept because they were fake, were actually 'just old.'
Sam, 22, told Newsweek that the £10 and £5 notes that were confiscated at the store were 'pre-1999 as far as dating goes, so at least 25-30 years old.
'The $5 is even older, maybe from the 60s' the assistant manager explained.
Sam acknowledged that some of the confiscated bills were older than the employees themselves and that as a generation they are probably unused to handling cash.
'It's a digital world nowadays,' he told the publication.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The loophole in the law is that the business can refuse cash if they have a device to accept pre-paid cards instead.
https://kdvr.com/news/local/do-denver-businesses-have-to-accept-cash/
I’m not advocating against cash per se, just on the side of the business who doesn’t want to accept cash as long as they are willing to forego the business.
I would give those cashiers two dollars for every silver certificate one dollar or any other bills they deem fake.
But it's risky. If you refuse money from a disparate number of "protected classes," you could be found guilty of racial discrimination; that you're using your right to limit forms of payment as a pretext to turn away black customers.
You’re right on that, unfortunately.
Get to know your money. I was good enough to know if it was real just by glancing at it.
“The loophole in the law is that the business can refuse cash if they have a device to accept pre-paid cards instead.”
You might want to take a class on reading comprehension ...
Not wise. I use a credit card for everything; and pay in full every month. That way ...
* I keep my money in the bank longer, earning interest.
* If I have a problem with the transaction, it's easier to get my money back from a credit card company.
It’s my understanding that most businesses that don’t accept cash don’t refuse it because they are afraid of counterfeit bills... it’s because the employees can just pocket the bills.
The local ball park in our town is that way. No cash, only charge or debit cards. Or else electronic payments.
the Seneca Lodge here uses two dollar bills so we see them all the time, but, i’ve had cashiers give me crap about them out of the area
Nothing wrong with it my reading comprehension.
From the article, Also, if a business has a device to transfer cash into a prepaid card, it can also refuse to accept cash. However, the device can’t charge a fee, can’t require a minimum deposit of more than $1, and the card can’t expire.
It just means the business can refuse to take cash for its business if it has the means to transfer the cash to a prepaid card separately from the business.
That’s probably true.
I always pocketed the extra cash when the customer didn’t want their change, but I never stole from the business. I usually made an extra $5 over the course of my shift from change being left on the counter.
“I would give those cashiers two dollars for every silver certificate one dollar or any other bills they deem fake.”
A typical $1 silver certificate still in circulation is worth about $1.
“Nothing wrong with it my reading comprehension.
From the article, Also, if a business has a device to transfer cash into a prepaid card”
LOL! You originally said a device to accept a prepaid card.
A typical $1 silver certificate still in circulation is worth about $5 to $10 larger bills are wroth a lot more the last one I got is wort $8.
Better check up on the prices of silver certificate bills they are very rare like silver dollars.
I worked grocery stores for 9+ years, from bagging to co-manager.
As a front-end supervisor, I *MADE* all my cashiers face their money, either at turn in, or when I trained them in cashier/checker school.
Made it SO much easier to count at the end of the day.
I was at a drive-in window of a fast-food restaurant. The bill was something like $11.27. I gave the young feller a $5 bill, four $1 bills, 9 quarters, and two pennies.
He spread the money out on the counter and stared at it for a good five minutes. I was amused, but I finally told him that was the correct amount.
He said, “Thanks, man!”. I went to the next window to get my food.
They can’t read or write in cursive, tell time, read a map or follow a recipe.
“ I gave the young feller a $5 bill, four $1 bills, 9 quarters, and two pennies.”
So you’re the old coot who’s always in front of me in the Kroger checkout lane. I’ll bet you have that little change purse too!
J/k 😆
The UK. They’ve always had funny money.
I use cash as much as possible and many young cashiers are unable to count change either when I give it to them or when they need to give me change back.
They have terrible math skills and are are not used to the different coins, sometimes counting nickels as quarters and vice versa.
Plus, many can’t spell nor can they read cursive.
All by design. BTW, whatever happened to that crap CORE garbage?
I call that my old man's coin purse.
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