[CoachKandSportsguy]

Originally Posted by dtennent

This is why I was taught to count the change back to the customer. Haven’t seen that done in quite some time.

Our generation was taught, and learned from the greatest generation
The current generation is just baby sat because of lack of consequences

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

When I worked at a supermarket, we were required to enter the exact amount of cash the customer was giving us. That way if money was missing they could use the money in the till to count back every cash transaction, to the point where the missing money might be located. It would happen usually if there was a $100 or $50 missing.

But when I worked at Staples, I never EVER put in what they were giving me. I just put in the exact total of the bill. If it was $14.39 then that's what I put in. If they gave me a $20 I'd count back out loud to them while I was removing the change from the till - 14.40, 14.50, 15, and 20. (a penny, a dime, two quarters, and a $5 bill). If they wanted to know how much that change amount came to it was easy enough to count from large to small, 5 plus 2 quarters plus a dime plus a penny = $5.61.

I ended up teaching this to every new cashier at this store and every other store I worked. I told them - if there's ever a power outage and your customer already has the product, they're paying cash, and you're able to open the register, you can complete the transaction effortlessly as long as you know how to count by denomination.