three times last week I received too much change

[rurallib]

from clerks. Seems like no one counts back change anymore.
Twice I paid with a ten and got change for a $20. The other gave me an extra $5.
I returned all extra money. I would feel bad if someone lost their job and I knew of the error.

[cyberswede]

1. Me too!

I was given and extra $5 in change when I paid for admission to our county fair.
We were rushing to get my 6-year-old to her dance performance, so I had to go back afterward to return the $5 - there was a different person at the gate, but she did thank me for my honesty.

(funny aside: rurallib and I live in the same town...maybe it's something in the water...) :)

[Rambis]

2. It's the lead :)

:toast:

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I had that happen a few months ago with the cash back from a deposit at my bank.

I usually don't count the money in the envelope when I get it back, but it just felt too full. Sure enough, they had doubled the amount of cash that I should have gotten. Returning it took longer than the original transaction.

[supernova]

4. Counting back change is becoming a lost art

They don't teach cashiers to count back change anymore. They just depend on the cash register to tell them the proper amount.

I was fortunate in my first job to work at a video store with an older lady (the owner's mother. :D ) who had been a shopkeeper for years and years. She taught me to right way to count back change.

Take the money they offer you for the transaction, and from the till, count up from the purchase amount to the amount the customer gave you. Out Loud. That way you both know the right amount of money exchanged hands. You will almost never give back the wrong change this way.