Comments on: Change your change http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/ Two minutes reading S&F is better than one minute reading S&F. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cynicalsynapse http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-99 cynicalsynapse Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:59:36 +0000 http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-99 And the related missed customer service is the counter person who swipes your credit or debit card and then holds onto it while the machine processes the transaction while you stand there with your open wallet waiting to get your card back. They're going to verify the signature on the back, you think. Until they peel off the store copy of the receipt and put it in the drawer (no signature needed no inexpensive transactions), spit out another copy, and then hand the card and receipt back to you. Gee. I could have put my wallet away a minute ago... And the related missed customer service is the counter person who swipes your credit or debit card and then holds onto it while the machine processes the transaction while you stand there with your open wallet waiting to get your card back. They’re going to verify the signature on the back, you think. Until they peel off the store copy of the receipt and put it in the drawer (no signature needed no inexpensive transactions), spit out another copy, and then hand the card and receipt back to you. Gee. I could have put my wallet away a minute ago…

]]> By: holly http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-12 holly Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:55:42 +0000 http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-12 i actually don't mind this practice so much, but that's because i have a specific coin purse that i can open and use the paper money as a slide for conducting those crazy coins from my hand to my little coin holder. ah, the joys of being a woman and being able to carry a million things in a purse. now, where *did* those mints go? i actually don’t mind this practice so much, but that’s because i have a specific coin purse that i can open and use the paper money as a slide for conducting those crazy coins from my hand to my little coin holder.

ah, the joys of being a woman and being able to carry a million things in a purse. now, where *did* those mints go?

]]> By: calzone http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-10 calzone Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:08:26 +0000 http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-10 I think that cashiers do this only because everyone else they've ever seen do it does it and they don't stop to think about why. And it all started with a clever street vendor who didn't want his customer's money to fly away when he handed himi the change. I think that cashiers do this only because everyone else they’ve ever seen do it does it and they don’t stop to think about why.

And it all started with a clever street vendor who didn’t want his customer’s money to fly away when he handed himi the change.

]]> By: Door checking receipts (WalMart, Costco, Best Buy, Target) « Sound and Fury http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-4 Door checking receipts (WalMart, Costco, Best Buy, Target) « Sound and Fury Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:23:45 +0000 http://sturmdrang.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/change-your-change/#comment-4 [...] use the same metaphor as my earlier post on customer service, this is like gun control - it mostly punishes those who obey the [...] [...] use the same metaphor as my earlier post on customer service, this is like gun control – it mostly punishes those who obey the [...]

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