I’ve bitched this before and I’ll bitch it again… the money you are paying your cashier for you items goes into his or her hands, not tossed on the counter like they’re a dog begging for scraps or set down in front of you so that they have to reach two feet away and pick it up like a servant. You don’t throw your bills around the counter like the maid will pick it up. Thank you for the business and everything, but there’s no need to dehumanize the person working because you’re the almighty customer. You’re not 10 years old and I’m not your mother. Put the money in my effing hands as I have the courtesy to do for you, even after you’ve tossed it to the other side of the counter like throwing a bone to a dog. COME ON PEOPLE BASIC HUMAN INTERACTION SKILLS. —I swear I’ll throw it out the door next time you throw it 3ft from me.
This article appears in May 14-20, 2015.
People still use cash? Also, people suck.
I miss some things about the Old World, like less people bitching, and that tray that cash would be put in/on for the cashier to pick up so no money actually went from one hand to the other. Its the little things, really, that make us so provincial.
Also, cash?
Damned impertinence!
Maybe some people don’t like to touch a strangers hand. Where was it before I worked in?
Oh yes, we certainly wouldn’t want to upset the delicate balance of your life, Princess, and force you to reach 2 feet away with your 3 foot arms. Fuck off and take my money!!!!
Agreed – and I have tried to explain to others before why this is rude, not many seem to comprehend the issue. I want to smack the asshat that throws the cash on the counter, especially when there is a open hand waiting. Basic manners.
When I cashiered as a kid in university at a mall based magazine/cigarette shop and some asshole threw money on the counter, know how they got their change? In a handfull thrown on the counter. If they came to me to buy something while yakking on the phone, I stood and stared at them until they addressed me. If they snapped their figers or said “hey you” to get my attention, they waited. I realize that in most jobs Id get fired for this but whatever, cashier jobs were a dime a dozen at the time.. I worked alone… no security cameras… no one was gonna treat me like shit.
Always funny too when old guys would ask me to “reach” the gay porn for them bc they weren’t able… yea right… some of you were taller than me.