are we being embarrassed into not taking our change?

CircleFaust · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:35

i feel more and more shopkeepers / sales assistants in shops (generally smaller ones) are expecting you to walk away when you are due say between 1p and about 10pence.

i feel awkward standing waiting on 1p change, but why?
before you start to troll, I always look for the charity box to put this into OK

recently i went into a butcher and got a few sausages, 1.40 iirc. i handed 1.50 over and his tone was to say 'thanks and goodbye'.
i kind of stood there and just told him to put the change in the poppy appeal box as he seemed to be stalling.

i don't think it's just me, I've noticed friends and other people just turn away a lot where smallish amounts of change are concerned.

i guess it's raises the question again about ditching the penny. if we round everything up could consumers be taken advantage of somehow? will charitys loose out?

i'll be interested to hear what folk do. maybe even a poll might be good. what do you do with small amounts of change - wait for it / walk away / charity box / something else?

Sui · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:37

I've never had an issue with not being given change, it's always given as soon as the money is put in the till.

'Harry · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:38

I wait for my change, no matter how small. It all goes into my change jars. Collected about £30ish so far.

InertProtocol · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:40

'Harry said:
I wait for my change, no matter how small. It all goes into my change jars. Collected about £30ish so far.

Affirmative.

Pockets emptied when back from shopping. All 'change' goes into a jar. It gets emptied at Crimbo time

Conscript · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:40

Depends. I usually wait for it then put it into the charity box if available, or if I'm in a rush I'll just ask the cashier to do it for me.

UncleRuckus · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:40

I work in retail and always give the change owed. I keep a mental note if anybody says "keep the change", so that if anyone comes in a little short i'll let them off.

tom_e · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:41

'Harry said:
I wait for my change, no matter how small. It all goes into my change jars. Collected about £30ish so far.

I do this, all adds up.

ElliorR · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:42

UncleRuckus said:
I work in retail and always give the change owed. I keep a mental note if anybody says "keep the change", so that if anyone comes in a little short i'll let them off.

Jockeys must do well with you then.

FutileBreadMachine · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:42

I pay for everything by card since I hate carrying around money, so that avoids this problem

holymonk · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:43

I don't have this issue, but I always tip a hairdresser or a taxi, no idea why, just feel embarrassed if I don't.

DirtyJester · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:44

ElliorR said:
Jockeys must do well with you then.

LOL'd

DcD · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:45

It happens most in America where the change is so worthless too.

I usually wait for it and charity box it, or just tell them to put it in.

UncleRuckus · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:46

ElliorR said:
Jockeys must do well with you then.

I don't serve those freaks!

Mobius 1 · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:46

any change other than 50p's and £1 coins goes in the charity box.

PardonTheWait · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:47

There's a little shop round the corner from work and several guys work there.

One of them really ****s me off because if I buy something that's marked up as 99p, he'll say it's a pound.

I don't think the problem is the penny for either of us, I think he's just too ****ing lazy to open the till and get me a penny.

So I stopped going there. I never objected because he was always on the phone going HUBBADA HOOBABDI BUBBA HUBDUB to someone so I couldn't be bothered.

arknor · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:47

I want my change.

If it were like other countries where you had the change tray that people can freely use I would leave it in one of those.

TheMightyTen · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:47

"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"

"It's my bleeding money give it back you theiving git" is my attitude when a shop tries it with me.

King Damager · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:49

I wait for mine.

Not having a coin section in the wallet, means that the change gets stacked up. Either goes into a swimming fund (spare change to pay for swim sessions), or goes into my money jar at home.

In two months I accumulated £100 in change over Summer.

kd

Craterloads · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:52

Always get mine, and put them in my own charity box. Collected about £80 earlier this year, got them changed to notes at post office and donated to Burma appeal.

Cleeecooo · 5 Nov 2012 at 16:58

I don't really like carrying change, if it's bronze, I don't really want it.

I use card to pay for everything when possible though