On Saturday, October 18, 2014 4:48:24 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:49:37 -0600, Janet Bostwick
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> >On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:14:34 -0400, Brooklyn1
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> >>But they no longer count out the change as they hand it to the patron,
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> >>they throw it all in a wad onto the counter, bills and coins all
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> >>together... used to be if a patron spent say $13.95 and tendered a
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> >>twenty, the change was returned directly into the patron's hand in a
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> >>specific order while counting out loud... first a nickle while saying
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> >>fifteen and then a five while saying and twenty. And they'd place the
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> >>patron's twenty on the register sill and not place it into the
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> >>register drawer until the transaction was completed. And they used to
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> >>say thank you... today they don't even look at you, they are too busy
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> >>having a conversation with another employee, even on their cell phone.
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> >>They don't allow enough time to scoop up your change, count it
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> >>yourself, and put it away before they are scanning the next batch of
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> >>groceries.
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> >I just don't experience what you describe. I get exchange of
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> >pleasantries, smiles, conversational gambits, the total amount of the
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> >sale. I announce the amount I am giving if it is over the sale
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> >amount. The cashier pulls the change from the till and tells me how
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> >much the sale was, the change amount, and then counts it all back to
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> >me. Finishing with 'Have a good day' or something similar. It may
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> >have to do with the demeanor of the patron. There is just one foreign
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> >lady at a big box store, she appears severe, but maybe she is not that
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> >comfortable with English.
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> >Janet US
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> It's still that way with the small in town businesses... can require a
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> 10 minute conversation to buy a bottle at the local package store. But
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> at the large chain stores I receive as much pleasantry as I do
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> shopping on line.

That's because you're a pig-man and only small businesses have to put up with being nice to a pig-man.