I work as a cashier at one of the Kroger locations, and another cashier told me that there are Kroger locations that will not accept too much change from a customer who only has change to pay their grocery bill.
I work as a cashier at one of the Kroger locations, and another cashier told me that there are Kroger locations that will not accept too much change from a customer who only has change to pay their grocery bill.
Is that true?
Money is money sometimes times get tight and people dig out change I have done it before. If I ever get denied paying with change I will leave the store and never go back. Kroger is so damn greedy they cannot pay their employee's enough then they are going to turn away money?
I don't mind people paying with too much change, because usually those people have fallen on hard times. What really makes me mad is when the person buys $10.33 worth of stuff (for instance), hands you a $20, and then is like "oh! I have change in here somewhere!" and proceeds to start digging through their purse or wallet in search of coins. It holds up the line. One time I had a woman digging for almost 5 minutes for a nickel in her tissue and candy-wrapper filled purse. It's fine if you have the money on hand but if you have to go on an archaeological dig, please stop and just accept that you're getting some coins back as change.
I've gone through U-Scan with a whole bag full of change. One time I had $30.00 order and I paid for it all in change. It all came from Kroger. So I was just returning what they gave me. I can't believe people are dumb enough to use Coinstar. Why would I put money in something and get back something of lesser value? I don't care if is just a few pennies on the dollar. It's still money that can be spent on something I need or want.
I've gone through U-Scan with a whole bag full of change. One time I had $30.00 order and I paid for it all in change. It all came from Kroger. So I was just returning what they gave me. I can't believe people are dumb enough to use Coinstar. Why would I put money in something and get back something of lesser value? I don't care if is just a few pennies on the dollar. It's still money that can be spent on something I need or want.
But at least you used uscan. Taking a jar full if change to a cashier to count us unacceptable. If it's more than 5.00 worth, and it's not mostly quarters then take it to uscan, or see if customer service can give some bills.
Unfortunately this is true. If you have more than a dollar or two in change they want you to use the coinstar. I took the money anyway and just counted it.
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You can pause your numbers between commands if you know there's going to be a period of no activity. This will increase your ipm. I do it all the time. Just secure your till. It takes less than 10 seconds to enter your password.
This assists increasing your items per minute (ipm) and your cashiering scores. If I know I will have more than 20 seconds of zero activity for commands or scanning I pause my number. Say it takes you 1-2 minutes to quickly scan a $120 order. The customer is inquiring about a price. You can secure cure your till and scroll up and down until the customer and you have made a decision. This took 4 minutes and tanked your score. Instead of letting the 4 minutes tank your cashiering scores secure your till. Price correct, secure again. Then wait until you hear the card reader beep then unsecure it then process payment. Same with bagging, customer spends 5 minutes grabbing another item, argues with the cashier about some ridiculous piece of sh*it, grabbing other products for the customer... The minute the computer prints out receipt quickly secure it. If the customer pays with cash you can secure it as you know it'll take 1-2 minutes for them to fish every penny, dime and nickel out. Rather than letting a slow to pay customer tank your cashiering scores just secure your numbers at the last scan or after you press total for final price secure your numbers so their slowness doesn't tank your numbers. This is how I can average 28-32 ipm nearly every day. Yes, you're entering your password a couple thousand times a day but it increases your cashiering scores and speed. I've taught several cashiers how to increase their cashiering speed using this securing method and they all average around 30 for their ipm. Management is baffled how 80% of their cashiers can average 120% plus for accuracy.
I work as a cashier at one of the Kroger locations, and another cashier told me that there are Kroger locations that will not accept too much change from a customer who only has change to pay their grocery bill.
Is that true?
Money is money sometimes times get tight and people dig out change I have done it before. If I ever get denied paying with change I will leave the store and never go back. Kroger is so damn greedy they cannot pay their employee's enough then they are going to turn away money?
Yes, money is money, but paying with change has nothing to do with things being tight. If you only pay cash for everything, on average you're going to get back 50 cents change per order. That quickly adds up. After just a few days, you have enough money to buy a loaf of bread or a jug of milk or juice or any number of things. If I have to break a $20 bill, I'm going to use every last cent of it. It would be stupid not to.
There is this weird guy that sometimes paid with all change. He made me put like 20 dollars of change in the self checkout machine for him. Took forever, I think part of the reason he did it was to mess with me, because he also bothers me in other ways. I no longer do that and instead just ring him up at the attendant station, but he has only paid with all change a few times.
With lines getting as long as they and Quevision in the toilet, we'll ask them to use the Coinstar or suspend the order and make them wait in line for the service desk to cash it out.
I don't think anyone should be allowed to pay more than a couple dollars in change past the age of 11.
Unfortunately this is true. If you have more than a dollar or two in change they want you to use the coinstar. I took the money anyway and just counted it.
Half the time the coin star where I worked is broke.
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, money is money, but paying with change has nothing to do with things being tight. If you only pay cash for everything, on average you're going to get back 50 cents change per order. That quickly adds up. After just a few days, you have enough money to buy a loaf of bread or a jug of milk or juice or any number of things. If I have to break a $20 bill, I'm going to use every last cent of it. It would be stupid not to.
Yes it really does I always break dollars to get change. I save the change for a rainy day. I use the change when I don't have anything else. If the coin star works I use it. If coin star is broke and I have time I roll my change and take it to my bank.
-- Edited by i386 on Thursday 5th of December 2019 06:33:36 PM
-- Edited by i386 on Thursday 5th of December 2019 06:34:08 PM
Unfortunately this is true. If you have more than a dollar or two in change they want you to use the coinstar. I took the money anyway and just counted it.
Half the time the coin star where I worked is broke.
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, money is money, but paying with change has nothing to do with things being tight. If you only pay cash for everything, on average you're going to get back 50 cents change per order. That quickly adds up. After just a few days, you have enough money to buy a loaf of bread or a jug of milk or juice or any number of things. If I have to break a $20 bill, I'm going to use every last cent of it. It would be stupid not to.
Yes it really does I always break dollars to get change. I save the change for a rainy day. I use the change when I don't have anything else. If the coin star works I use it. If coin star is broke and I have time I roll my change and take it to my bank.
-- Edited by i386 on Thursday 5th of December 2019 06:33:36 PM
-- Edited by i386 on Thursday 5th of December 2019 06:34:08 PM
Coinstar charges 11.9%. That's $11.90 for every $100.00 worth of coins. You may as well be throwing your money out the window. If you have $20.00 in coins and you spend it all. you get $20.00 worth of merchandise. If you put that same $20.00 in coins in Coinstar, you lose $2.38. To me, the job of what Coinstar does is not worth the cost. It's not that hard to roll change. I've rolled over $1500.00 in nickels, dimes, and pennies. It took a while, but it's not as if I was on a deadline or something. Coinstar is just another way of giving people instant gratification.
