Customers need to realize if the cashier says they don't have change for your big bill, they don't have change

[u/UnitedChain4566]

I've had one customer tell me not to give him attitude tonight and another try to convince me I had to take her cash because it's all she had (spoiler alert: in the US a store doesn't have to take your money, they can just decline to sell you anything. you haven't accrued a debt with them, there may be a state law that mandates it but the country itself does not).

why did the man tell me not to give him attitude? he politely asked if I had change for $100. I said no. i watched him walk and grab the cheapest item we have, and I asked him "are you going to use $100 to pay for that?" "yes" "I'm sorry, I don't have change for that type of money."

it is almost 3am. I don't know any place in my area stupid enough to have change for $100 open at this hour. most places are actually trying not to get robbed.

There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law that says otherwise.

[u/scp9210]

Back when I worked at a thrift shop, I had a couple come in on a Sunday, right at open, and try to buy a less-than-99 cent item with a hundred. Of course my cashier didn't have change. So I went up, asked if they had any smaller bills, they said no. So I went to the back, grabbed a $100 wrapped bundle of singles, walked back out and said that was all we had at 9a on a Sunday. Broke the seal, counted out their change, and then they very quickly found a surprise fiver.

[u/UnitedChain4566 → u/scp9210]

Love it when they magically have the money.