Yup it's rude.

The staff has to count your change to make sure it's accurate payment, and this is a time intensive process.

Not to mention that if you're paying for something in change the staff might not have sufficient math skills to really tally all that up.

End result is the person in line behind you has to wait longer, which is why it's rude.

Johnnybb

Denmark486 Posts

May 13 2011 17:20 GMT

#202

I guess it could be a little annoying if you paid 1000$ in coins

But tbh if it's smaller amounts I can't see the problem.

Vashalgrim

United States77 Posts

May 13 2011 17:23 GMT

#203

If you meal is under $5, and you are using dimes and quarters, that seems fine. If you are approaching the $15-20 range that is going to be annoying and I would say rude, as the person just has to recount it anyway. I have never met a waiter that would just believe you handed them the right amount of coins.

lurked

Canada918 Posts

May 13 2011 17:25 GMT

#204

My thoughts are :

It's rude to the cashier, but it's her job.

The business is happy, because you're bringing them change that they would otherwise need to send someone at the bank to have more.

Maybe it's stupid of me, but when I know I'll have to pay in lots of coins, I try to go to places where I don't usually go.

Just so the cute cashiers at the corner store don't think I'm a jerk... haha

ALang

Canada288 Posts

May 13 2011 17:27 GMT

#205

It's unacceptable if there are people in line behind you and the denominations are really small. If you are the only person, it gives the cashier something to do.

But yeah personally I think you're a bit of a dick for doing it.

Roeder

Denmark735 Posts

May 13 2011 17:30 GMT

#206

I'm currently working in a clothes store - and the more valuable coins are okay (10s, 20s), but 2s (2-kroner) and such is pretty annoying.

But as some above have said - it really depends on what they're paying in the first place.

Ponkio

Italy52 Posts

May 13 2011 17:31 GMT

#207

Dude, it's always money, even in coins.
It's not rude at all.

WrathoftheNorseman

6 Posts

May 13 2011 17:46 GMT

#208

It's annoying, but working at GameStop its something that happens far too often for me to care about. I will say this though, I would much rather have a kid meticulously count his change and be right on the money than a kid his same age throwing down 80$ to pay for a 40$ game in sweaty sock money.

fiskrens

Sweden196 Posts

May 13 2011 17:47 GMT

#209

I don't get why one would save his change in a jar. Instead of spending your change, you withdraw money all the time for a new purchase and then you go and deposit your change in that fucking jar again?

It's not that rude(except for the extreme cases), but it's incredibly stupid.

Chill

Calgary25980 Posts

May 13 2011 17:48 GMT

#210

Yes it's rude. No idea why this thread is 11 pages long.

dudeman001

United States2412 Posts

May 13 2011 17:52 GMT

#211

Yeah it's a little rude. A $1 candy bar at the convenience store is alright, $4 lunchs and such in dimes and nickels... well, just put yourself in the waiter's position.

But if you have a bank account you can deposit them without any of that stupid coinstar tax. I don't know if a bank will still exchange coins for paper if you don't have an account with them, but if you've got a lot of coins I guess you can ask your parents to use their account.

Vain

Netherlands1115 Posts

May 13 2011 17:55 GMT

#212

On May 13 2011 14:42 XDJuicebox wrote:
Hello, fellow TeamLiquid posters!!!

So my friends and I regularly LAN Starcraft, and after online tournament matches, or when we just get bored, what we do is we all go out as a group and we eat.

Unfortunately, I ran my allowance dry a while ago, but I have 11 years of accumulated change saved up in my room.

So I started paying for my meals this way, in mainly Quarters and Dimes.

My friend told me that this was rude, even though I organized the dimes into piles of 10 and the Quarters into piles of 4. It was easily distinguishable. I even specifically told the waitress to be careful with that, and that I already counted it for her.

She laughed at me and winked. Lol.

Which brings up my question. Is it rude to pay in coins if I pre-stack it for them?

I think you answered your on question

Hesmyrr

Canada5776 Posts

May 13 2011 17:57 GMT

#213

WTF? How in the world can that be constituted as rude, unless you make others wait forever by being on a line in convenience store or something, which even isn't the scenario being addressed by OP. I guess many people have different perspectives on the matter.

muse5187

1125 Posts

May 13 2011 18:03 GMT

#214

On May 13 2011 14:59 Boblhead wrote:

No business in the us can deny US currency no matter what.

That is completely false, we do not accept bills larger than $20, and I surely would not accept a pile of pennies or nickels either. There is NO law that enforces such a thing.

At the same time I think quarters are always welcome in all cash tills. (I love quarters) And dimes are also ok, just don't come with nickels and pennies.

Gardel

Mexico220 Posts

May 13 2011 18:04 GMT

#215

Who cares if it´s rude or not, if they don´t like it just take your money somewhere else. Here, money is money, so don´t worry as long as you pay your bill lol it doesn´t matter how

Cammalleri

Canada190 Posts

May 13 2011 18:07 GMT

#216

Who cares about it, they should do their job thats all they have to do, count money/give back change... it's such a hard job, only profesionals can do that!

2WeaK

Canada550 Posts

May 13 2011 18:10 GMT

#217

My dad sent me to pay some bills for him in rolls of $2 ($50 per rolls) every time he sent me, people looked at me weird. -.- I still don't think it's rude though if it's rolled up. Stacked can be quite rude depending on how much you're paying though.

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

May 13 2011 18:10 GMT

#218

I think what we are all really asking is if its more rude to kill someone with marines or zerglings than with thors and siege tanks or broodlords and ultralisks?

or even more so, probes/scvs/drones

admit it guys.