[Cagey]

LOL! How true.

And, if your bill comes to $2.96 and you should happen to give them $3.01 they'll look at you like you're the one messed up.

[keats5]

"And, if your bill comes to $2.96 and you should happen to give them $3.01 they'll look at you like you're the one messed up."

LOL. Isn't that the truth. They always try to return my penny. Finally I've learned to say, "Just punch the numbers into your machine and you'll understand".

[cvq3842]

Right! I don't know whether to laugh or cry when something like that happens. Some of those folks at the register are totally, utterly lost when you do that.

[savedbygrace]

The way to do that is to hand them the $3 first, wait until they enter that into the register, then say, "Wait, I've got a penny. Here," and hand them the penny.

That will bring the transaction to a standstill 90% of the time. (I just made up the statistic, but it sounds about right.)

[tfecw]

And, if your bill comes to $2.96 and you should happen to give them $3.01 they'll look at you like you're the one messed up."

That actually happened the other day at taco bell. The bill was 4:35 And I handed her a 5 and a dime because I would rather have 3 quarters than 2 quarters, one dime, and one nickel (i loathe nickels)

well she got confused and said it was 4:35, I let her know I understood what the price was and I had no trouble reading the price. Then she gave me a dollar back. I figured a 25 cent stupidy tax was in order so I thanked her and walked out.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

true 7-11 story

Total is 3.05, I put down a fiver and start digging for a nickel, meanwhile the kid starts entering the $5 into the register, I pull out a nickel and put it down. By this time the register has alreay calculated my change and he has no idea what to do, I tell him no I gave a nickel I don't want all that change just give me 2 bucks. He looked at me as if I was trying to cheat him and said too late he already rang it up. I grab my nickel and he gives me my change, I put down the .95 and hold up the other .05 add it to the pile and ask to change this for a dollar. Well that's against store policy!!! I could have strangeled the kid (probably should have.)

[Oatka]

And, if your bill comes to $2.96 and you should happen to give them $3.01 they'll look at you like you're the one messed up.

Happens to me all the time - maybe it's an old-person thing to do with the extra pennies.

I also try to work in a little history when I can. One time my bill was $17.76. "Famous date in history." sez I. "Whut's that?" asks the Nose-Ringed Clerk. "That's when this country was born." I reply. "Kewl" marvels the NRC. I go home and weep for the future of my country.