On 2014-10-18 8:45 AM, Janet wrote:

>> Actually in the fast food places and other places here, the machines show
>> what the change is to be.
>
> Actually the till person still has to be able to COUNT OUT the change
> the machine told them to give.
>

That's true, but I suspect that most people are experiencing the same
thing I have been for some time now. They see the amount of change due
and gather it up from the till then hand it to you. They may
occasionally say how much they are giving up. The old style of counting
up change, starting with the smallest coins, to dollars up to the amount
of the bill tended is an almost lost art. I had someone do it last week
and it surprised me because I had not experienced it for years.

For instance..... If the total is ..say.. $12.43 and the customer
tenders a $20 bill, the clerk enters the $20 tendered and the machine
ells them them that they change is $7.57. Most clerks will now pull out
a five, two ones two quarters a nickel and two pennies, and most don't
even bother telling you the amount or to count it out.

In counting out, the clerk would announce the $12.43 from $20 and count
up, 2 pennies is 45 and 5 is 50, and 50 is $13, and 2 is $15 and 5 is $20.

They should always count out the change, not just for the sake of the
customer but for their own protection. I have had clerks give me too
much change as often as too little.