I've seen penny dishes with nickels & dimes and sometimes 50+ pennies in it. What is an acceptable # of pennies to use for a purchase to either make it easier on the cashier or cover the difference so a large bill isn't necessary (like having to use a $50 for a $2-5 purchase).
Example, - Someone goes to same store 3-4x a week for 3+years and knows the owners and cashier (the cashier for 25+ years). The total is $2.21. Buyer has 2 dollar bills and a dime and a fifty. For 3 years buyer has put pennies and at times 5 & 10 cent pieces into "pennies" dish. When asked if 11 pennies could be used (out of 40+ in the dish) the response from the cashier (not owner) "I think that is a little much" with a shameful glance. At the time she didn't know the only other cash was a fifty. It would be different saying this to a random customer, not a regular customer IMHO - or is that mis-thinking? Also putting change in a dish like that at a store a person frequently shops there is kind of an expectation that in a situation like this it might be returned to them.
Am I out of line in my thinking and if so, what are the "social norms" in something like this. What do you guys think is common etiquette when taking money from these dishes.
Heck I've seen people empty the dish to pay for stuff, clerk did object in that case, but it was allowed.
Example, - Someone goes to same store 3-4x a week for 3+years and knows the owners and cashier (the cashier for 25+ years). The total is $2.21. Buyer has 2 dollar bills and a dime and a fifty. For 3 years buyer has put pennies and at times 5 & 10 cent pieces into "pennies" dish. When asked if 11 pennies could be used (out of 40+ in the dish) the response from the cashier (not owner) "I think that is a little much" with a shameful glance. At the time she didn't know the only other cash was a fifty. It would be different saying this to a random customer, not a regular customer IMHO - or is that mis-thinking? Also putting change in a dish like that at a store a person frequently shops there is kind of an expectation that in a situation like this it might be returned to them.
Am I out of line in my thinking and if so, what are the "social norms" in something like this. What do you guys think is common etiquette when taking money from these dishes.
Heck I've seen people empty the dish to pay for stuff, clerk did object in that case, but it was allowed.