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Always count your change and especially so when getting fast food in the drive-thru. Take the extra second to count your money before pulling away. People in line behind you can wait and for those of you who travel the country, especially beware.
In the Metro Atlanta area, the workers keep more than just the coins! I am certain that this goes on elsewhere too. When I questioned one drive-thru worker who had shorted me $5, he instantly pulled the bill from underneath the register. I suppose he had a car payment due or maybe rent, so did not mess with stealing coins or even $1 bills. He definitely could have been a little less obvious about his scam!

Restaurants that do this only need to change their menu prices to whole dollars and include tax!

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Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1916250)

C'mon. Less than a dollar. Just add it to the tip. Of course, if one is the type that does not believe in tipping, then I guess less than a dollar would keep one from being happy now, and later.

A lot of people are having trouble making money to feed their family. I am thankful that I am not one of them. My tips have been larger than normal for these last several months. I figure, if I can afford to eat out, I can afford to help someone.

I agree, I too have increased my tipping since all this began a year ago, just such difficult times for so many. Don't have a generous income but, at least (for the time being ?) I can still count on it and many can't. Having said all that, this new "tactic" doesn't really seem like the way to solve the situation. It smacks of dishonestly and to me, is likely to be interpreted differently by the various employees in an establishment. With some forethought, a business could have a sign to alert customers: During this time of shortage of coins, we ........ and explain the policy they follow. If rounded to the benefit of the customer, could simply say, please be mindful of this policy when making decisions concerning tipping. Or, any other way except a "questionable" policy like the one mentioned at several establishments.

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Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 1916250)

And some of us can afford to treat ourselves once in awhile, as long as someone else doesn't try to take advantage of it.

This happened to me at a place a couple of weeks ago. The tab came to something like 7.68 after tax. I was going to tip $2, which is higher than 20%, but the server was very pleasant.

I paid with a $10 bill and the server only gave me $2 back in singles, no change.

So I left $1, and the other 32 cents that he didn't bother giving me became the rest of his tip. His total tip $1.32 was still pretty close to 20% (before tax) but not nearly what it would've been, had he just given me the correct change.

I wouldn't have even thought about this when it happened, except it was the same server who did it to me the last time I was there. So I have to assume it was intentional.

:coolsmiley: Once upon a time in a land far far away .......:rolleyes:

CREDIT CARD. No issue.

I heard many times that there’s a change shortage, but I also believe that many businesses are using the “change shortage” as an excuse to charge more.

When using your credit card, it’s very important that you don’t let the credit card leave your sight, where your credit card can be “skimmed”. Your credit card is very vulnerable to fraud, especially in Florida. It’s also very important to lock your three credit bureau’s. Most people don’t do that. You need to protect yourself from identity theft and credit card account theft.

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Originally Posted by bilcon (Post 1916284)

Maybe the restaurant you went to for happy hour only includes house brands for their happy hour prices.

We went to dinner Sunday during "happy hour" and everyone's bill had full price drinks. When I brought it to the server's attention he said he forgot to hit the happy hour key on the register. So, yes, always check your bill.

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Originally Posted by Happinow (Post 1916282)

You’ve missed the point.....of course I would add it to the tip, and I did, however that has to be MY choice, not theirs. Other people don’t get to decide what I do with MY money, no matter how small the change was.

And there You have it!!

The Movies in TV does this with Quarters.

Taking everything you can get from a customer is the American way. If your only being taken for a little change, ggggggeeeeeeezzzzzz. Let it go.

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Originally Posted by Happinow (Post 1916110)

So hubby and I went to dinner at Metro Dinner Sunday evening. When it was time to pay our bill, we noticed that we only got dollars back and no change that was due to us. We counted our dollars thinking that the server had rounded up the change to give us only dollars back. This was not the case.

We called the manager over and told him that we did not get the proper change back. He asked who our server was and we pointed him out. We also asked the manager if they give change back. He kinda fumbled with his words and eventually said well we usually round up the dollar amount in the customers favor because we don’t have a way to make change here due to the “change shortage”. Our servers bring their own money from home to make change with. We told him that in our case our server did not round up the dollar amount. He went to our server who gave him the dollar to give to us.

This struck me as odd because a week ago, I was having lunch at Chop House with a friend who I hadn’t seen in 20 years. When she received her check she also did not receive the correct change. She did not receive her change, nor did they round up her amount t that they returned to her. They just kept the change......no explanation given. I told my friend to call our server back over and question why she did not receive her proper change. She refused.

My question is....with the “change shortage 🤣🤣) are the servers just keeping the change?? For me, this is unacceptable and is no different than stealing it. It’s my money and I’ll decide if I want them to keep the change.

You may want to count your change before you leave a restaurant. They are pulling a fast one on us!

Times are so hard in the restaurant industry that I’ve gone to tipping at least $10 or 25%, whichever is more, even if that means a 100% tip in some cases. I’m sure I have more than they do. I do think it would be appropriate to have a notice in the menu and on the receipt if the restaurant rounds up or down to the nearest dollar, but apart from that, it doesn’t bother me. I’d be happy to have them do that.

Why do we still have pennies, anyway? At least for pennies, and maybe for nickels and dimes, can’t we all agree to round up or down and do away with pennies?

If you are tipping at 29%, the two percent back won't matter.

Did you every have almost the exact amount in your hand at a store register knowing you should be getting back let’s say seven CENTS.
The cashier looks at you like you had a third eye. They then try to figure out your correct change and fail. The very next step is to take out their phone and after several attempts come up with the correct amount that you came up with ten minutes ago.

So much for American education

Count your pennies and the dollars take care of them self’s.

Well said. Happens to me and I don’t mind