I genuinely didnt follow that, first time ive been too yung to get something
Comment on America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
_bcron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The penny works but people no longer use it for rounding and just wind up with more and more pennies. Back in the day cashier would ask for something ending in an 8 so you hand over dollars and 3 extra pennies, change winds up on a 5, get a nickel instead of 2 more pennies. That is why the penny exists, not to buy things with pennies but to round to the next useful coin
Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back in the day you did the math in your head and gave back change. If there’s a line, it’s easier and faster for you to pay a few cents extra so that the cashier can give you back a single nickel instead of multiple pennies. This is really about how many physical actions you need to take.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
The other day I paid with a $20 bill and two ones for a $12 item so I can get a whole $10 back instead of more ones. The cashier mindlessly saw the $20 as a $10 because it’s so exceedingly rare for someone to intentionally overpay to control the change. After that, I stopped doing it.
cm0002@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s getting rare to pay with cash at all
When I worked fast food many moons ago, even then it was like 80% card transactions
lunarul@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Adding extra for round change was not only common, but cashiers would ask for it. But that was 20 years ago, when I still used cash. The only cash I ever see now is the one I keep around to put under my kids’ pillows for their teeth.
stoly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That cashier wasn’t patient attention. Your technique is fine.
ptc075@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve found the trick is you have to say “Here’s $22 dollars” out loud to them.