26-02-18, 02:53 PM
(26-02-18, 11:23 AM)stet link Wrote: Yeah, that gets me too.
Unfortunately it is endemic even in big organisations. Sometimes it's a genuine error and other times it is intentional, and as you say, it is odd that the error is always in their favour.
A really blatant case for me was last year at a bike meet. In a well know coffee chain the girl tried to give change for a £10 note rather than a £20 note.
It is best if you can pay with the exact value, but that means carrying around a load of notes and change, or pay by card.
Of course, when you have had a few pints of Butcombe it is not so easy to keep a check on things. :\
If I'm stood there believing I've been short changed, I intentionally ask for a receipt.
Then I will stand there looking at what's been put through the till with what they've given me in change - gives you that extra few seconds to work it out, without the initial pressure, after getting over that initial shock of being short changed.
