Can a cashier refuse change is that normal?

So I walked into a Liqour store by my house to “break” a 20 dollar note. I say to cashier, “I’ll take a 10 and two 5s please”?? This guy was biggest jerk about it! He just refused me, he said like “I don’t have that in my drawer” and then he just ignored me and walked away from me?

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  • xxLucifer

    Yeah they can. I private business can refuse service to anybody for almost any reason.

    Also business can't always break bills. They might not have had 5s and/or 10s or they were running low on those bills.

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  • CountessDouche

    Sure they can, retard. You weren't even a fucking customer...what kind of self entitled shit is this?

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    • notsaying4life

      he's probably a kid who didnt see that coming,yep cashiers have the right to refuse changing money especially for free

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    • Kmoshea5

      Hey watch the attitude, RETARD. I didn’t deserve that. I just asked a question. I’m not a cashier??? How am I supposed to know the rules?

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      • litelander8

        Grow up.

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      • CountessDouche

        Spesh

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  • RoseIsabella

    If you want change you gotta buy something, at least a pack of gum.

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    • Seriouslythough

      No you don't.

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      • RoseIsabella

        Yes, you do.

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        • Seriouslythough

          NO YOU DO NOT.

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          • RoseIsabella

            You're probably not old enough to even be in a liquor store.

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          • raisinbran

            It's up to the cashier. There is no law requiring one course of action or another.

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            • RoseIsabella

              I think it depends on where you work. I've never had a job in retail where I could open the register without a transaction.

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  • Boojum

    If “I’ll take a 10 and two 5s please” is exactly what you said and all you said after walking into the store, then the cashier wasn't the biggest jerk in the place.

    A little more social grease and a friendly approach that suggested you didn't see the cashier as nothing more than a change-making machine that was there for your convenience might have led to a more positive result.

    You were asking the guy to do you a favour, although it appears from your question that you weren't aware of that. How someone can get to the age of being old enough to walk into a liquor store and not understand this is beyond me.

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  • raisinbran

    Next time say, "I'll suck your dick for a 10 and two 5s, please." People don't understand common courtesy anymore.

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  • momwatcher69

    I'm not "buying" your story, as-is.

    Especially, in a liquor store, NOBODY would (as you say) "and then he just ignored me and walked away from me?"

    That would mean he left the cash register, un-attended. . . . . DON'T THINK SO!

    YOU said: “I’ll take a 10 and two 5s please”.

    YOU'LL TAKE ???...... Was he a waiter, taking your order?

    Also, (again - especially a liquor store) they don't just open a register, for no reason. Once the cash drawer is open, robbery is much easier, for a criminal.

    I believe that you and the liquor store attendant/employee have a "past" with each other, because you said: "Liqour store by my house". I'm guessing you 2 are NOT "buddies", for whatever reason(s). If he was familiar, with you AND liked you, this would've ended differently.

    Another thing, is that stores which are open, at night (like liquor stores, convenience stores, gas stations, etc.,) don't KEEP a lot of change. They put all $20's and higher, in a safe"slot" right away. He doesn't want to run out of $10's, $5's, and $1's, for PAYING CUSTOMERS, who actually BUY something.

    Maybe he's given you change, in the past, as a favor, and you are taking advantage of that?

    Go to a bank, and ask for Vodka, or a cheeseburger. . . . . NO? Then don't go to ANY store, and ask them to be your bank !!

    You took this, personally, for a reason, but "forgot" to tell US what that reason is.

    You also "forgot" to tell us why you needed change. It really doesn't matter, because I probably wouldn't believe you, anyway.

    Stop bothering businesses, who have expenses, and are trying to sell stuff..... not make change, for YOU !!

    P.S. Wanna "get even"? Never go into THAT store, again. I'm sure they'll appreciate it !

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  • ellnell

    It's not allowed in all shops and you gotta follow the rules as a cashier! And it's possible there weren't any money for that in the drawer! Get over it and go to a different place.

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  • Dot123

    Apparently they can. The best places to get change is at a bank.

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  • howaminotmyself

    Because it wasn't a bank. You go to a bank to deal with money issues. Anywhere else is a courtesy for the paying customer. What would make you think they could do this? That's like asking the post office to cash a check for you. Not appropriate.

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  • Wellyoudliketoknoweh

    It’s not allowed in many shops, at least where I live

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  • Seriouslythough

    Only humans get or are offended by a refusal.

    God, will this nightmare end.

    "Hey bud, can you spare a dime?"

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  • Seriouslythough

    For all you know, he may have been a regular customer.

    The clue is in the post.

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  • Seriouslythough

    Courtesy is something that not all humans don't have in common.

    Money is money in anyone's language.

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  • dimwitted

    In this scenario you're the ass.

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    • Seriouslythough

      You're a dickhead.

      Definition. Wets his pillow.

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