Money and Work: Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases....

By fuckedbyretail - 02/02/2013 14:53 - United States - Charlotte

Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML

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By Keekee - 19/01/2023 14:00

Today, I rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML

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By Chels - 04/12/2009 06:27 - United States

Today, I had an elderly man come to my cash register. His total came to $15.50 He handed me $5 in nickels and dimes. A full roll of quarters. Before I could take the roll, he bust it open, making me count it. After that was all counted he was 50 cents short. So he handed me a $10 bill. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/09/2011 15:47 - United States

Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML

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By ihatebeingacashier - 11/07/2016 21:06

Today, I handed a middle-aged woman her change of $0.75 with three quarters. She looked at the change bewildered and threw the coins down, asking if she thought I could get away with only giving her thirty cents. I had to explain to her how much a quarter is worth. FML

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By Elmoo - 01/06/2012 01:20 - Netherlands

Today, I was at work when a customer, who was going to pay for her groceries, started sorting through her money. She put some coins in her mouth, seemed to suck on them for a while, and then gave them to me. FML

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Time waster

By Anonymous - 19/11/2010 03:34 - United States

Today, I was just about done with my late-night shift at Ralph's. As I was about to put up my "Closed Lane" sign, an elderly women starts putting items on the conveyor belt. The cost was $14.79, and she paid with pennies. It took her ages to count them all, and I wasn't being paid overtime. FML

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That's how I roll

By StellaSanguina - 09/10/2009 03:17 - United States

Today, a buttmunch customer brought in $7 worth of pennies I had to count and roll. As I was putting them in the deposite box at the end of my shift, I fumbled and dropped the rolls. All but one broke, spilling their contents on the floor. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/01/2011 11:07 - United States

Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/11/2009 13:49 - United States

Today, I was shopping at the grocery market and was next in line. Behind me was a woman who only had two items, so I nicely let her in front of me, as it looked like she was in a hurry. When she was all rung up, she decided to pay her $16.45 in loose change which needed to be counted out. FML

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Foldin' money

By E_Sauce - 24/03/2019 12:00

Today, I went to the bank to get a jar of coins exchanged for cash via a fancy counter machine. After 30 minutes I was handed a bag of rolling sleeves and was told to do it myself. Good news, I have a lot more money than I thought. Bad news, I have A LOT more coins than I thought. FML

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thefella 10

Sunday 3 February 2013 1:24

Those types of people are a dime a dozen. Why wouldn't she bring enough money to a store? That doesn't make much cents.

Senseless_487 29

Sunday 3 February 2013 1:28

Wow. Every retail job I've ever had had a policy stating if someone were to pay with only coins, they had to be rolled. It gave people the opportunity to short the store a few pennies, but that was on the management.

Comments

calliet145 14

Sunday 3 February 2013 1:55

It cracked me up that OP said "one bag was filled with dimes and nickels, the other was filled with cents" rather than just saying pennies. I don't know why, but it just made me laugh.

KiddNYC1O 20

Sunday 3 February 2013 1:57

Coinstar that bitch.

ksks1234 33

Sunday 3 February 2013 1:59

Ugh! I used to hate when people would do that. Hopefully, she payed the difference in cash and did not make you count it again, "to be sure you did not count it wrong."

iamlonelybuthapp 3

Sunday 3 February 2013 2:09

How is this a part of intimacy category?

ulissey_fml 22

Sunday 3 February 2013 2:14

Phew, good thing you are not a Brit, so she could not short change your penny!

Alexweber929 14

Sunday 3 February 2013 8:35

Sorry, ignorant american here, explain please, im curious

greenpixi 10

Sunday 3 February 2013 18:44

Brits have half pennies, so for them there is an EVEN smaller denomination to annoy their clerks with.

Kingbreezy04 10

Sunday 3 February 2013 2:17

She's gonna go outside for a couple of hours, pick up some coins, and then she will pay the rest of what she owes. Cool your jets OP.

False_Stupidity 41

Sunday 3 February 2013 2:36

FYL for having to count the coins and for them coming short of the total, hope she was able to pay the rest and you did not have a queue of angry customers.