How do you pay someone?

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?

here in korea, people always exchange money directly, usually with two hands (although that usually means using one hand and supporting the arm with the other hand). it's really refreshing to be in a society where everyday politeness is still expected.

  On 1/29/2010 at 4:06 PM, Kcinsu said:

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

Same. If it's in notes I also unfold them first.

I've considered getting really passive agressive about it... Just hold my hand out until they get the hint and pick it up.

But then I could be fired. :-/

well, in japan, we usually put the money in a little tray on the counter. the cashier then counts your change in front of you and either puts it in your hand, or in the tray. payment methods seem to vary slightly depending in what establishment you are in. i find the tobacconist a little strange, say if i want a pack of cigs for Y300, and i only have a Y1000 note, i put the note on the counter, the cashier doesn't touch it, just leaves it there, hands you your change (in your hand), then you walk out the door. they dont actually touch your money until you've left the premises. quite strange.

i like the tray method, as customers cant just throw their fucking card at you, and if the person is skeggy as fuck, you dont have to touch them. i hated people throwing their cards at me when i worked in retail. i usually used to just throw the card back at them.

mano a mano

in a kebab shop where the counter is quite high i will put the note or coins on the surface and slide them towards the man

Say "Dance monkey, dance for your dollar", then throw it at them.

Hand it to people and have it handed back.

However, there's a couple of places where this isn't the case - at my local bakery, they expect you to put money on the counter/put it back on the counter because they have to put gloves on to handle the food and you don't want to put dirty money in a clean glove.

I can understand being cautious in a food-making environment because money is just dirty gross. But just throwing crumpled money at people is simply bad manners. How would they like if you just threw their food at them?

in poncey bars they put my change in a metal tray and slide it to me, thinking that i'm more likely to give them a tip this way, but the opposite is true. luckily i don't go to poncey bars very much.

Speaking of currency, it's 2010. Can we get rid of change? (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters) Why do we have to break things down that far still? Nothing is cheaper than a dollar and at this point it's purely just an inconvenience.

nickels is money too guys

when in coffee shops i tuck a 20 into the servers g-string

There are certainly situations were it's ok... But when someone has their hand out... Don't put it on the

counter. And if you do, don't expect to get it in YOUR hand.

I can't wait till I put in my 2 weeks notice... I'm going to not take any crap. Make up for 2 years of nonsense.

Like in Half Baked: fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you, fuck you

A 20? 20 cents?

debit. paper and coins are obsolete.

I always fold a note up small and surreptitiously slip it to them during a ghetto handshake.

  On 1/29/2010 at 5:15 PM, chaosmachine said:

debit. paper and coins are obsolete.

^

i make it come out of my SLEEVE!

I also sometimes pull a note from behind their ear as if by magic.

dammit.

When I worked customer service I usually gave it the same way I got it. If you threw money at me, you got it thrown back at you or if you put money on the counter when my hand was out I did the same thing to you. Surprisingly, I rarely had anyone complain.

when I was poor I paid for quite a lot of things with a shit load of pennies. I'd go into a shop with a fistfull of copper and pour it all on the counter much to the dismay/amusement of the shopkeeper. don't try this on a bus though.

  On 1/29/2010 at 5:15 PM, chaosmachine said:

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.

Exact same thing used to happen to me when I worked in a cafe. And I could barely bring myself to give them their change on the counter in return, it just feels rude. Really never understood why people would just slap money on the counter. Now I work in a pub it happens much less strangely, considering how rude drunk people can get.

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

  On 1/29/2010 at 5:56 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

Exact same thing used to happen to me when I worked in a cafe. And I could barely bring myself to give them their change on the counter in return, it just feels rude. Really never understood why people would just slap money on the counter. Now I work in a pub it happens much less strangely, considering how rude drunk people can get.

 

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

coins then notes is pure genius and i dont know why more retailers dont do this. it makes perfect sense

usually put it in her purse in the elevator.