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Cheri[_3_]

"Janet" > wrote in message
t...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:07:16 -0700, "Cheri" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >>>
>> >>> In the cause of "efficiency" are innumerate checkers told which coins
>> >>> to
>> >>> use?
>> >>
>> >>LOL, don't think so. I'm always impressed by people that can actually
>> >>count
>> >>back change without a machine, like garage sales, church bazaars etc.
>> >>Of
>> >>course, they're usually older people.
>> >
>> > Hmm. Most people at checkouts here are teens or basically young and
>> > they can all count change, otherwise they wouldn't get the job to
>> > begin with.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Janet UK

But most don't. They hand you the change and say 10.00 dollars and 40 cents
is your change fanning out the bills, and often the change at the
supermarket comes out automatically into a coin tray. WHAT PART OF THAT
DON'T YOU GET? EH?

Cheri