Janet > wrote:
>david.smith says...
>>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.

That's because everyone in Scotland still uses a miser purse. LOL


> 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.