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   In article , Gutless Umbrella   
   Carrying Sissy  wrote:   
      
   > Doc O'Leary  wrote in   
   > news:droleary-6DB040.10492919082013@news.eternal-september.org:   
   > >   
   > > Since cash is a legacy cost, it's probably best to offer a   
   > > business the smallest bills you can along with exact change.   
   >   
   > That is true only if you have change in hand when the cashier starts   
   > ringing you up, sufficient to reach any amount possible.   
   >   
   > And can count change in a less than geologic time frame (and many   
   > people can't). The thing the store wants more than anything is to   
   > move you through the line as efficiently as possible, so they can   
   > reduce the number of employees they have to pay (payroll is second   
   > only to cost of goods as  business expense, in retail). The cashier   
   > can count out change from the till far faster than you can from your   
   > pocket, and generally faster than you can from your hand.   
      
   There's a TV advert playing here in New Zealand for the new "tap" / "wave"   
   credit card systems. It has people all using "tap" / "wave" cards to buy   
   their lunch and then eating it in the cafeterria almost like a conveyor   
   belt and clockwork machine ... then one person offers the cashier actual   
   money and everything grinds to a shocked pause while she puts it in the   
   cash register. Once he goes past the machine restarts ticking over again.   
      
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