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Proper Ways of Making Change (split from APNP)

Centerfield Nov 28 2006 02:38 PM

I really don't like how people hand you your bills first, and your coins second when handing out change. Because then you have to crumple your bill in order to grab your change before you lose it. It would make more sense to hand you your coins first, so that you could hold those in the palm, and then your bills.

Frayed Knot Nov 28 2006 04:04 PM

The supermarket clerks by me have taken to handing me the change at the same time as, and [u:cf02c482ce]on top of[/u:cf02c482ce], the bills - as if they're trying to show off the new method they've devised of making you drop one or the other.

metsmarathon Nov 28 2006 04:34 PM

when i worked drive thru at taco bell, i always gave out the coins first, then the bills. doing it any other way never made any sense to me, at least not from the standpoint of the person receiving the change.

Rockin' Doc Nov 28 2006 06:29 PM

Well, sure you did it right, marathon. You have substantially more functioning brain cells than the typical fast food employee. Speaking of drive througfh fast food. The local Burger King insists on placing to go coffee in a bag. They place the cup of coffee in a bag, so it can't possibly fit in my drink holder, then hand me the stirrer and sweetener. Even better, if you order a value meal, they stick the coffee in one bag and the food in a seperate bag, then hand you the cream and sweetener seperately. Morons. Is it only my local Burger King that does this or is it a corporate wide mandate of stupidity?

metsmarathon Nov 28 2006 07:38 PM

the coffee in a bag kinda sorta makes sense, as i think it might actually ease the transfer(?), thereby preventing a loose or ill-fitting lid, or a monster grip, from spilling hot coffee onto an unfortunate patron's arm and sleeve. how this is better at all than the drink carrier, i have no clue. plus it puts the burden back onto the patron in transferring successfully the cup from bag to cupholder. i'm not sure which poses more of a risk to the customer, tho the latter sure presents a greater inconvenience. as far as keeping sweetener and cream separate from either food or drink, the best rationale i can come up with is that it protects the sweetener packets from turning into damp or oily uselessness. unless its raining and the drive thru lacks a roof. then you're still screwed.