On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:49:37 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:14:34 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:
>
>snip
>>But they no longer count out the change as they hand it to the patron,
>>they throw it all in a wad onto the counter, bills and coins all
>>together... used to be if a patron spent say $13.95 and tendered a
>>twenty, the change was returned directly into the patron's hand in a
>>specific order while counting out loud... first a nickle while saying
>>fifteen and then a five while saying and twenty. And they'd place the
>>patron's twenty on the register sill and not place it into the
>>register drawer until the transaction was completed. And they used to
>>say thank you... today they don't even look at you, they are too busy
>>having a conversation with another employee, even on their cell phone.
>>They don't allow enough time to scoop up your change, count it
>>yourself, and put it away before they are scanning the next batch of
>>groceries.
>
>I just don't experience what you describe. I get exchange of
>pleasantries, smiles, conversational gambits, the total amount of the
>sale. I announce the amount I am giving if it is over the sale
>amount. The cashier pulls the change from the till and tells me how
>much the sale was, the change amount, and then counts it all back to
>me. Finishing with 'Have a good day' or something similar. It may
>have to do with the demeanor of the patron. There is just one foreign
>lady at a big box store, she appears severe, but maybe she is not that
>comfortable with English.
>Janet US

It's still that way with the small in town businesses... can require a
10 minute conversation to buy a bottle at the local package store. But
at the large chain stores I receive as much pleasantry as I do
shopping on line.