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America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
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The other day I paid with a $20 bill and two ones for a $12 item so I can get a whole $10 back instead of more ones. The cashier mindlessly saw the $20 as a $10 because it’s so exceedingly rare for someone to intentionally overpay to control excess change. After that, I stopped doing it.
It's getting rare to pay with cash at all
I worked fast food many moons ago and even then it was like 80% card transactions
Adding extra for round change was not only common, but cashiers would ask for it. But that was 20 years ago, when I still used cash. The only cash I ever see now is the one I keep around to put under my kids' pillows for their teeth.
I've found the trick is you have to say "Here's $22 dollars" out loud to them.