How do you pay someone?

[Guest Benedict Cumberbatch]

usually into their hands but if they are distracted (filing a bag, pouring someone else a drink etc) i sometimes just lay it down for them. does seem a bit rude now you mention it.

[Guest ezkerraldean]

i leave the cash on the table and fuck off, so i'm long gone by the time they realise i haven't tipped them (only need to do this in Canada)

[chaosmachine]

debit. paper and coins are obsolete.

this is something that needs to be fought, at all costs. paying by cash ensures your privacy. whether it be for porn (who the fuck pays for porn lol), drugs, or anything else mostly. i dont want to be profiled about where i shop and what i do with my money.

 

good luck.

[Guest placidburp]

I work at a pub too and it really fucking annoys me when people slam money down on the bar. They get their change the same way along with an added glare that says "say one thing to me and I will come round there and beat the fucking fuck out of you, you cunt!" Next time its all money in hand action and offers to buy me a pint.

 

Once, Some twat came in and grabbed a load of change in his hand and expected me to literally fish out the correct change from his sweaty, wank blistered hand. Fucker only did that the once.

 

Mother fuckers know!

[kcinsu]

Well I'm glad to see it's not

just me. My coworkers don't seem to care, but it reallllly gets under my skin.

[Guest theSun]

Once, Some twat came in and grabbed a load of change in his hand and expected me to literally fish out the correct change from his sweaty, wank blistered hand. Fucker only did that the once.

 

is that because you killed him?

[Guest placidburp]

No, I gave him a ruddy good staring at!

Seriously though, I think that is ruder than slamming money down. Wanting me to count money from his hand while he chatted away to someone... I just waited until he turned to face me and was like WTF? So he grunted and counted out the money. I swear working in a bar has taken years off my life. I have dreams of blowing the place up on a Friday night with every fucker in there while am watching from afar and jumping up and down like an ewok in celebration.

[Guest Yegg]

Hand to hand.

 

Which cafe do you work at?

[Hoodie]

i try to put it on the counter, because i have shaky hands and i'm self-conscious about it.

 

it also helps to put money on the counter when counting out change.

[Guest A/D]

pretty soon they'll just text you the payment with venmo

 

but yeah, handing the money directly ftw. also, i noted in my coffeeshop experience - the people who expect you to pick up their tossed-around bills and change are the ones who don't tip. thank you, tippers, for being awesome.

[Caretstik]

In my change-giving technique I now give coins and then notes afterwards to allow easy walletting. I'm nit sure if this is appreciated but I think it makes things easier for them

I like that. I've never taken it to be rude, but it's a bit irritating having your coins on top of a note and having to slide them off without dropping them. Or maybe I'm just anal.

[kcinsu]

And the thing is, there are a lot

of customers that are nice and I talk with.... And they do it too... So I am annoyed, but I know they mean no harm... But still!

[Guest Adjective]

I often count the bills aloud and fan it out on the counter, so that every bill can also be counted at a glance (by me and cashier). When I worked as a cashier, people would often count the bills really fast and then hand me a stack of money. When I recounted they would always act like I was being rude and distrusted them. If the cashier is reaching out for it then I will place it in their hand.

 

I don't care which way the cashier gives it back.

[Braintree]

I don't pay for shit.

[Guest Franklin]

kcinsu, the OP really hit home for me. I've been annoyed by this for a long fucking time. I always hand change or cash or cards to other people directly. I used to accept change from people when i worked at a garden store.... it seemed to me that the rich people were more likely to not hand things directly to you.

When somebody would throw their money down If I had to hand something back I would hand it back to them directly but I would hold my left hand out as well and rest it under the hand they used to accept the money back --kind of like a two handed shake. Basically I made it feel like inappropriate touching. My boss understood.

[kcinsu]

alright, its settled... im going to have to start teaching people manners one customer at a time. ill do it for watmm!

[chenGOD]

I prefer cash over plastic in Canada, mostly cause the banks here rape you for service fees when paying with debit. In Korea I got used to paying by debit cause there aren't any service fees.

 

I always try and place cash into the person's hand in Canada and the UK, and in Korea (with two hands yo) as well. In Japan, do like Hexagon Son says.

When I was behind the bar in Cornwall, rude fuckers always got their change back in the deepest puddle of beer on the counter I could find (which sadly was never very deep, as we kept our var clean thank you very much).

But yeah Kcinsu, you teach em.

[marf]

When I worked in a coffee shop we always handed the change back directly over the tip jar

[Guest Calx Sherbet]

hm, i just realised how rude i actually am when i pay....

[Guest placidburp]

Totally off the subject, but we have a thing at work where we say 'fuck you' really quick instead of 'thank you' when you hand over change to certain customers. It's great to see their puzzled faces as they are thinking did he really just say that? Then you smile at them and they walk away. Yeah...

[chassis]

Ok, so I've noticed that a good 60-70% of customers at my cafe just throw/lay their cash on the counter. The other percentage put it in my hand.

 

Now, I could understand if you are a germaphobe, not wanting to have direct contact with someone (even tough it wouldn't really be effective) but I've experimented, and placed peoples change back on the counter, instead of their hand, and they give me the dirtiest look.

 

I always put my hand out, and it just baffles me that people still place the money on the counter next to my hand, but want me to hand their change directly to them.

 

Then there are the people who literally toss it on the counter, crumpled up. Or they count it out one I'll at a time throwing it everywhere, again often crumpled.

 

So my question to you, is how do you pay? Do you hand directly to the cashier, or place on the counter, or toss it on the counter? Do you expect your change to be placed in your hands?

 

I always hand cash directly to people. It just seems like basic manners. Thoughts?

Well I work in sort a newsagentsy shop. Although there isnt a counter nearly everyone puts it straight into my hand. The only people who put it on the counter would be kind of old people but thats usually just to count out the exact change from a load of coins. It would baffle me otherwise why they would do it. Slows down the whole process.

 

I also tend to try and strike up a conversation whenever possible because its not that busy a shop and I do get very bored sometimes.

[kcinsu]

So i've been paying attention to how I return money, to see if I can make it better. A few of you said that you prefer coins then bills... I do it

the other way around. It seems to work better, because people are holding the cash, and can either just walk away allowing me to put the rest in the tip jar, or they can decide after the final process if they want to tip with the change I just gave them. Often people leave out the same hand, so I place the coins ontop of their bills (a pause between, so they can either leave their hand there, or put it in their wallet) and often people will just let the coins slide off the bills into the tip jar.

I'll try the other way around and see what the outcome is.

 

When people lay cash down, I pull it off the counter and place it on the register while I count their change. What I'm going to start doing is pick it up, count it in front of then, unfold it to be crisp as possible, then lay it down on the register, and then get their change. I try to be fast for people, but now I'm going to make it much more obvious that when they put cash on the counter, it is going to make the transaction take longer. They are wasting my time, so I'll waste theirs.

 

Might be too subtle for a fair amount of people, but the ones that are in a hurry, if they truly value their time, will notice the added delay.

 

I'll see how to take it from there, after I've experimented with this approach for a bit.

[chaosmachine]

I prefer cash over plastic in Canada, mostly cause the banks here rape you for service fees when paying with debit.

 

What? TD doesn't charge me anything. Get a real bank account ;p

[Guest iep]

now that i think about it, i dislike people handing me a handful of coins. don't get me wrong, handful of coins is straight money y'all, but for the sake of clarity and overview i'd rather have it all layed out on the counter. if the counter is permitting and the clerk is even half-way competent, this shouldn't take longer than reaching over and handing somebody wads of cash. although it is crucial that both parties stay alert at all times should there be thiefs be on the prowl.

[Guest Coalbucket PI]

Kcinsu re; the coins then notes /notes then coins thing... i imagine you give out more notes than we do, since we have 1 and 2 pound coins. it might make a difference to whats better. Hmmmmmmmmmmmminteresting

 

now that i think about it, i dislike people handing me a handful of coins. don't get me wrong, handful of coins is straight money y'all, but for the sake of clarity and overview i'd rather have it all layed out on the counter. if the counter is permitting and the clerk is even half-way competent, this shouldn't take longer than reaching over and handing somebody wads of cash. although it is crucial that both parties stay alert at all times should there be thiefs be on the prowl.

if you can count it is quicker straight in the hand, and usually the other hand is operating the till. If the money is on the counter you need both hands to collect it unless you try to do that picking it up with your fingernails thing that never really works.