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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> 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.

Not here.

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.

It's still normal practice here to count the change back to the
customer starting from pennies and ending with notes.

It's still common to shop with cash here... in fact many shops
discourage card payments for small purchases under £10, because the
card transaction fee they pay erodes their profit margin.

Janet UK.