New Trivial Question

[dr_mabeuse]

Forget the toilet paper coming off the roll question. Here's a new gripping controversy:

How should you get your change? Coins on bills or bills on coins?

It seems to me that they used to give you the coins on the bottom, so you could grip them with your little fingers while you put the bills away. Now it seems to be standard practice to put the bills in your hand and lay the coins on top of them, so that the coins slide off when you move your hand.

The world's going to hell in a handbasket.

---dr.M.

 

[oggbashan]

What is change? Don't they take plastic?

Og

 

[shereads]

Why these things are even optional, I can't imagine. Everyone knows that the money immediately falls out of your hand unless the coins are on the bottom and the bills are top so you can grip them.


Damn fast-food teenagers. They're not just serving your fries now; they're running the store. They also operate the movie theaters after management goes home for the night. God help you if the film stops during a climactic scene or if the focus is off. You have to track down "Lynn" from the snack bar and beg for help.

1. Toilet paper faces front.

2. Paper towels face front.

3. Coins in the customer's palm, bills placed carefully on top

-----3a. Servers at the drive-thru most be taught that the server does not release the bills to the mercy of the wind until the customer has a good grip on the cash.

4. At least one snack-bar teenager trained in after-hours theater management before being left alone with hundreds of ripped-off moviegoers.

Adherence to this simple set of rules would reduce random sniper incidents.

 

[shereads]

What is change? Don't they take plastic?

Og

That's the other thing, Og. Some McDonalds franchises do, and others don't. You don't find out until the moment of no return, when at least two other cars are behind yours at the drive-thru. It's enough to make a person consider giving up lard-based foods.

 

[wildsweetone]

Forget the toilet paper coming off the roll question. Here's a new gripping controversy:

How should you get your change? Coins on bills or bills on coins?

It seems to me that they used to give you the coins on the bottom, so you could grip them with your little fingers while you put the bills away. Now it seems to be standard practice to put the bills in your hand and lay the coins on top of them, so that the coins slide off when you move your hand.

The world's going to hell in a handbasket.

---dr.M.

Sheesh, dr. M. I thought you of all people would have realised the reason for the coins on top of the bills (we call them 'notes' here).

It's purposely done so that the coins fall off. Then you have to grumble, and bend over to pick up your coins from the ground. While you're bending, the shop assistants check out your arse to see if it rates a 1 or a 10.

If it happens a lot to you, especially in the same shop, I guess you must rate a 10.

 

[Guest]

What is change? Don't they take plastic?

Og

Only one of our fast food places around here takes plastic. Also, only one of them takes a check. I too have noticed the trend of putting the coins on top of the bills. If people still counted out your change like they used to, they would be forced to give you the coins first.

I read an article some time ago about McDonalds in larger cities incorporating an express drive thru lane which allowed you to order and scan your debit/credit card to pay, thus skipping the cashier step and going directly to the food window.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

So it's not just me?

Putting the coins on the top also makes it seem like they don't want to touch you, as if you're dirty or something. They can lay the bills (notes) in your hand, then sprinkle the coins on top without ever risking infection. I don't like it.

---dr.M.

 

[wildsweetone]

Over here, the shop assistants don't bother counting out your change anymore.

The checkout machines work out the change and they simply give you whatever the machine says.

hmm

 

[Quasimodem]

Am I the only one who is proactive about this trend?

As soon as they drop the coins in my hand, I close my chubby little fingers over them. Then, I reach out for the bills with my other hand.

Of course, this means I am forced to hold my purchase between my teeth. (A bit of a drawback when purchasing a car battery.)

But, at least I get to keep my change, if not my teeth.

 

[Wills]

There is an explanation for this trend, please pay attention.

Modern electronic cash registers require the assistant to enter the amount being offered for the purchase before the assistant delivers change, the till won't open the till drawer until that step is completed.

For example, something costs 4.75 and you give them a 10 note. The till tells them to give 5.25 change, the assistant always takes the coins first, ie. 0.25 and the note last and gives them to you, note first - because that is what he/she picked up last - and then counts the coins onto the note across your palm.

Why? Because shop managers train kids to check, double check and triple check the note to make sure they are not giving back the wrong change. You take the note you are offered and place it in the till in its correct pile, you then take a note from another pile - it's a fail safe method from the Manual of Not Being Ripped Off by Your Staff.

If you really want test them, give them exactly the right money and watch them try to add up.

Will's (Former shop keeper)

PS The ones that really pissed me off came into the patisserie on a Sunday morning to buy two croissant - cost 70p and offered a £20.00 note. What am I, a bank?

PPS Most business that adopt this practice also deduct any till loss from the Assistants pay.

 

[Boota]

I don't really care either way about the coins on top or on bottom. What I don't like is the fact that all of the grocery stores around here hand me the receipt with the money. Why isn't it good enough to throw the receipt in the bag anymore? When they hand the receipt with the change it takes longer to get my shit and get out of the way. I don't put the receipts in my wallet, and I don't know any men who do, so I wish they would stop this practice.

 

[champagne1982]

I don't really care either way about the coins on top or on bottom. What I don't like is the fact that all of the grocery stores around here hand me the receipt with the money. Why isn't it good enough to throw the receipt in the bag anymore? When they hand the receipt with the change it takes longer to get my shit and get out of the way. I don't put the receipts in my wallet, and I don't know any men who do, so I wish they would stop this practice.

The receipt is handed to you because most budget concious people like to

• make sure the till slip and the change match,
• place it in their wallet or handbag in order that they don't lose it, so that they can check their purchases against the till slip as they unpack ,
• finally, so that they can file and keep the till slip for the requisite amount of time, to the limit of the store's refund policy.

I hope that helps.

 

[Lovepotion69]

Coins first, then they should count the bills out loud when they hand them over. That way I can double check they've done it right.

Next question should be why Brits never ask for ID when I pay by card. It's not THAT hard to fake someone's signature.

 

[oggbashan]

Next question should be why Brits never ask for ID when I pay by card. It's not THAT hard to fake someone's signature.

Because we trust each other - ignoring the millions of pounds of card fraud - and we do not have to carry ID. Life is easier if you do, but there is no legal necessity to carry ID.

If you lie about your identity to a policeman, that is an offence. But unless they suspect you are lying they will take your word.

Og (AKA Mr Smith; Mr Jones; or whoever I think I want to be today.)

 

[cookiejar]

Forget the toilet paper coming off the roll question. Here's a new gripping controversy:

How should you get your change? Coins on bills or bills on coins?

It seems to me that they used to give you the coins on the bottom, so you could grip them with your little fingers while you put the bills away. Now it seems to be standard practice to put the bills in your hand and lay the coins on top of them, so that the coins slide off when you move your hand.

The world's going to hell in a handbasket.

---dr.M.

God I love how your mind works dr_m...

I want to know why they make signal lights on cars? No one bothers to use them.

And what is this backing into parking spaces? It drives me nuts...

 

[Quasimodem]

...And what is this backing into parking spaces? It drives me nuts...

Unless your car has rear-wheel steering (or is one of those psychotic 4-wheel steering contraptions) it is slightly easier to align a vehicle tightly to the curb driven in reverse, That's with the fixed wheels preceding and the steered wheels following.

50% of all Canadian drivers can't parallel park.

I am uncertain what American/British statistics to make up

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Re: Re: New Trivial Question

I want to know why they make signal lights on cars? No one bothers to use them.

If I were a cop, this is what I would do with all my time: go after the non-signallers. Pass me on the right, speed, I can handle that. But I hate no-signalling with a burning, consuming passion. I mean, it takes so little effort, and the failure to signal is just so damned selfish and rude. It's the one transgression for which I will drop my window and hang out of the car, foaming at the mouth, finger in the air: "Nice fucking signal! ASSHOLE!"

---dr.M.

 

[cookiejar]

Unless your car has rear-wheel steering (or is one of those psychotic 4-wheel steering contraptions) it is slightly easier to align a vehicle tightly to the curb driven in reverse, That's with the fixed wheels preceding and the steered wheels following.

50% of all Canadian drivers can't parallel park.

I am uncertain what American/British statistics to make up

I'm not talking parallel parking Quasi....I just meant parking at malls, stores, etc.

 

[pop_54]

Re: Re: Re: New Trivial Question

If I were a cop, this is what I would do with all my time: go after the non-signallers. Pass me on the right, speed, I can handle that. But I hate no-signalling with a burning, consuming passion. I mean, it takes so little effort, and the failure to signal is just so damned selfish and rude. It's the one transgression for which I will drop my window and hang out of the car, foaming at the mouth, finger in the air: "Nice fucking signal! ASSHOLE!"

---dr.M.

With you Doc, pisses me off no end, you follow the jerk as he/she motors along at about 15 mph below the sensible speed limit, you go to overtake only to discover the car in front suddenly brake and start making a turn in front of you. They don't check the mirror either non-signallers. The other one approaches as you wait to pull out of a side road, again travelling slowly so as to prolong your wait, and guess what, they turn into the road you're waiting to pull out of without signalling.

 

[cookiejar]

Re: Re: Re: New Trivial Question

If I were a cop, this is what I would do with all my time: go after the non-signallers. Pass me on the right, speed, I can handle that. But I hate no-signalling with a burning, consuming passion. I mean, it takes so little effort, and the failure to signal is just so damned selfish and rude. It's the one transgression for which I will drop my window and hang out of the car, foaming at the mouth, finger in the air: "Nice fucking signal! ASSHOLE!"

---dr.M.

Way to go!!...If I swore I would yell too

 

[raphy]

Coins and notes? Bah. Coins go in one pocket, notes in the other. They do the same thing over here. Notes down first, coins on top.

I always reach out with my right hand, and as soon as the notes hit my palm, my hand is in my back pocket putting them away. Then they're *forced* to put the change into my left hand, held out because coins go into my left hand front pocket.

Yeah, I'm a creature of habit. Coins in left hand front pocket. Cigarette lighter, foldaway cigar cutter, guitar plectrums (always carry 3) right hand front pocket. Wallet and notes back right pocket.

The receipt is handed to you because most budget concious people like to
make sure the till slip and the change match,
place it in their wallet or handbag in order that they don't lose it, so that they can check their purchases against the till slip as they unpack ,
finally, so that they can file and keep the till slip for the requisite amount of time, to the limit of the store's refund policy.
I hope that helps.

Oh, so that's what I'm supposed to do with those reciepts? Mine go into the nearest trashcan, usually.

 

[English Lady]

You have hit a sore spot with me too cookiejar..I do not drive and as a pedestrian I am constantly coming up against complete pillocks who don't know how to signal. How do i know wether to cross the road when I don't know who might decide to turn into it at the last minute. trying to cross at a roundabout is the worst.


oh and the change thing i don't mind it when they put the coins on top of the notes as i always have my purse open and slide the coins into it using the note(if you see what i mean) and then fold up the note and put it away. however i must say this is the first time i've ever even thought about it*L*

 

[Boota]

Re: Re: Re: New Trivial Question

If I were a cop, this is what I would do with all my time: go after the non-signallers. Pass me on the right, speed, I can handle that. But I hate no-signalling with a burning, consuming passion. I mean, it takes so little effort, and the failure to signal is just so damned selfish and rude. It's the one transgression for which I will drop my window and hang out of the car, foaming at the mouth, finger in the air: "Nice fucking signal! ASSHOLE!"

---dr.M.

When I run the world, and I will, not using your turn signals will be punished very severely. The cop will be instructed to check to see if the signals are working. If not, the offender will have one business day to get them fixed. If they are working and the driver just failed to use them, said driver will be sexually mutilated with surgical forceps.

"I don't have pet peeves, I have psychotic fucking hatreds."
-- George Carlin

 

[Boota]

The receipt is handed to you because most budget concious people like to

• make sure the till slip and the change match,
• place it in their wallet or handbag in order that they don't lose it, so that they can check their purchases against the till slip as they unpack ,
• finally, so that they can file and keep the till slip for the requisite amount of time, to the limit of the store's refund policy.

I hope that helps.

Well, I assumed all that, but it doesn't really help. LOL. It still pisses me off when they do it. I'm with Raphy. It goes immediately in the trash. LOL. If someone is going to lose their receipt doing it my way they have also lost a bag of groceries. What I have started doing is holding the last bag in the way while I put the receipt in it. That way, their attempt to inconvenience me gets to inconvenience them as well.

 

[Boxlicker101]

When the clerk has to count out all the change, usually it's coins first, counted up to the next dollar, then ones, up to the next five, etc. When the cash register calculates the change, usually the bills first then the coins on top but usually when the CR calculates the change, the coins are delivered from an attached device and delivered into a metal cup for me.

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