Today, at my retail job, a woman came to my till with her purchases. After I scanned all her items, she handed me two small bags. One was filled with nickels and dimes. The other was filled with cents. Her total was $28.53. The coins amounted to $22.30. FML
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Today, I rang up a customer’s items. The total came out to $24.67. She handed me a bag full of coins and looked at me expectantly. I asked if she had any other payment methods; she got irritated and said ,“If I did, I wouldn’t have given you this, stupid!” I had to count them. She was still 6 dollars short. FML
Today, I had an elderly man come to my cash register. His total came to $15.50 He handed me $5 in nickels and dimes. A full roll of quarters. Before I could take the roll, he bust it open, making me count it. After that was all counted he was 50 cents short. So he handed me a $10 bill. FML
Today, a lady came into my workplace to pay her $120 bill in one dollar bills. I kept losing count. FML
Today, I handed a middle-aged woman her change of $0.75 with three quarters. She looked at the change bewildered and threw the coins down, asking if she thought I could get away with only giving her thirty cents. I had to explain to her how much a quarter is worth. FML
Today, I was at work when a customer, who was going to pay for her groceries, started sorting through her money. She put some coins in her mouth, seemed to suck on them for a while, and then gave them to me. FML
Today, I was just about done with my late-night shift at Ralph's. As I was about to put up my "Closed Lane" sign, an elderly women starts putting items on the conveyor belt. The cost was $14.79, and she paid with pennies. It took her ages to count them all, and I wasn't being paid overtime. FML
Today, a buttmunch customer brought in $7 worth of pennies I had to count and roll. As I was putting them in the deposite box at the end of my shift, I fumbled and dropped the rolls. All but one broke, spilling their contents on the floor. FML
Today, I was tending the cash register. I scanned a lady's items which totaled $89.68. She paid with a $100 bill. I gave her $11.32 change. She angrily gave back the extra dollar and complained about "schools nowadays". I'm an AP Calculus student. FML
Today, I was shopping at the grocery market and was next in line. Behind me was a woman who only had two items, so I nicely let her in front of me, as it looked like she was in a hurry. When she was all rung up, she decided to pay her $16.45 in loose change which needed to be counted out. FML
Today, I went to the bank to get a jar of coins exchanged for cash via a fancy counter machine. After 30 minutes I was handed a bag of rolling sleeves and was told to do it myself. Good news, I have a lot more money than I thought. Bad news, I have A LOT more coins than I thought. FML
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thefella 10
Those types of people are a dime a dozen. Why wouldn't she bring enough money to a store? That doesn't make much cents.
Senseless_487 29
Wow. Every retail job I've ever had had a policy stating if someone were to pay with only coins, they had to be rolled. It gave people the opportunity to short the store a few pennies, but that was on the management.
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thefella 10
Those types of people are a dime a dozen. Why wouldn't she bring enough money to a store? That doesn't make much cents.
theunbeatableram 3
I see what you did there XD
cupcakechick 17
no shit! ^
disisDebosbike 2
It's the thought that counts, right? Oh wait.. Actually it's the Op!
Senseless_487 29
Wow. Every retail job I've ever had had a policy stating if someone were to pay with only coins, they had to be rolled. It gave people the opportunity to short the store a few pennies, but that was on the management.
mb2_native 15
Why is he being thumbed down, it's true. Last retail I worked at, we weren't allowed to accept over a couple bucks if it was pennies and nickels.
BlakesHonestLie 8
It depends on the store and the personnel the store has. You can have the strictest of rules, such as no rolled coins and no change over $2, but the associate who is in the thick of the transaction can also make that call. With that in mind, I've counted over $50 in unrolled change for a single customer. Retail management (most of us anyway) love change. It keeps our drawers stocked.
cupcakechick 17
hes not, he has a ton of thumbs up
Alexweber929 14
That happened to.me a couple of times when I worked at a gas station, it is the shitiest way to get shorted
chelsaaron 19
At my retail job we can take as much unrolled change as the Customer chooses to pay with...we cannot however take ANY rolled change.
Rddvl 11
Troll customer strikes again!
CheeseTron 15
Aint nobody got time for that!
KM96 24
Yea! I'm sure there would have been an angry queue behind her! Or maybe not ... If they got so mad and changed to another till
your_ma 27
Could you not refuse to take them? If not then definitely FYL
cmbar831 14
Just say that can't take all of those coins.
DEATHBYEX1LE 11
What?
Alexweber929 14
Cant do that, at least you couldnt at my old store, money is money
garrett1999o3 16
Who would do that?Not money results.
thefailgurl96 11
Is it just me, or did the first sentence not make any sense at all?
CharresBarkrey 15
There's an extra "with." That's all.
teemooegan 9
I thought the same thing..I'm guessing "till" is another word for register or check out?
haha_funny_me 7
Lol. You're "guessing" ?
Iknoweverything 29
Retail workers do NOT make enough money to put up with half the shit that we do. FYL OP, and hope that's the worst you have to deal with this week.
Metallica36176 16
Tell me about it. I've worked in retail my whole life and everyone always asks why I hate people and hate Christmas. WE'RE the ones that see the TRUE Christmas spirit in everyone. Acting nice when they're really assholes. We put up with the shit and I am not a people person.
MWidderAUDI 14
most of the time it's the job that does it to you.
ririchan94 18
I also work retail, I've had credit cards to fruit and veg thrown at me not to mention the verbal abuse we often cop just for doing our jobs! People always say treat other as you wish to be treated but that is a two way street, it is hard to continue to be nice to someone while they are yelling at you for no reason. It is definitely the job that ruins people.
Alexweber929 14
Oh god, I have to work in a ******* deli over superbowl sunday, thanks for the reminder, eugh
TheDrifter 23
Every time I have to deal with retail workers I always pay by card. If I try to pay by cash I always end up with the 6th grade drop out that can't count 37 cents for my change, or the trainee that needs the manager to open the till, who is conveniently always on break. Self checkout is one of my favorite modern inventions.
Metallica36176 16
#37 Sometimes you can't help thr jov you get. If you need money you have to.do what you have to do...If everyone waited for their perfect dream job that fitting everything they wanted...sadly no one would be getting jobs. I don't want a job in retail but where I live you dont really have a choice even if you go to college...it sucks believe me :/
JJtJJ 13
I'm... pretty sure there are laws against that.
hellobobismyname 24
Yep, there is. They throw people in jail when they pay with too much change.
victus 14
whew! Almost didn't catch the sarcasm there. I would pay money for there to be a sarcasm font.
hellobobismyname 24
Sarcasm? I wasn't being sarcastic, what are you talking about? :)
Metallica36176 16
When I worked at 7-11 we had to take their money no matter what. Their policy was "We do not discriminate against any type of money." We've gotten foreign coins and bags of unrolled coins. Its different policies for different stores....there is no law.