Is it rude to put the money on the counter?

I wanted to make a thread saying it is and people need to figure it out, but maybe I'm just crazy.

Isn't it kind of rude when you're paying for stuff to put the money down? Just hand it to me!

yes YOU!

 

I'd rather not touch your hands which you most likely don't wash after taking a slash

 

I think they're supposed to hand the money to your pimp.

 

I could really care less whether customers hand me the money or put it on the counter. I don't see why it matters.

 

a) slash? like... slash? or some british thing? besides, you don't actually touch my hands. Unless you're handing me change, sometimes.

b) no, they're supposed to give it to me. I give all the money to my pimp at the end of my shift.

c) I'm not sure what's wrong with it, but it definitely irks me, so there must be a reason.

 

I'm with you. It totally is.

 

I have no particular memory of making a point of either, which means I've almost certainly done both before.

Could you guys expand on the perspective that would classify it as rude? Why?

 

That is the exact exception to the rule, Myke.

breaks are also given to a) children, because the don't know any better and/or their parents aren't/haven't teaching/taught them any better and b) foreigners, because I don't know what they hey kind of customs they have or how they hey long they've been here for.

Still, in both a and b, it is still annoying and facesmacks have to be holstered.

 

As long as they pay you, who cares if it's handed directly to you or put on the counter/bar.

 

Pretty much, what Myke said. If the cashier is busy, I'll put the money on the counter. If the cashier is standing right in front of me, I'll hand it to him / her. I think it's definitely rude to place the money on the counter if the person is standing right there.

 

wocky- As I said, I'm unsure exactly why it comes off as rude, (though often it's clear that's not intentional), but let me give it a shot:

-It's extra work for me to pick it up. Small gripe, I know, though, good lord... with coins? A lot of coins? It can be pretty ridiculous.

-It's less personal. I'm a human. You can hand it to me. which sort of contributes to

-We're on the same level. Some people treat service industry workers like they're servants. We serve, but we're not your servants. Something about putting the money on the counter strikes me as having an air [sp] of superiority to it. Like, "pick it up."

This is not necessarily the exact reason/s, but it's a shot.

DG- I'm disappointed in you. You're normally so respectable!!

 

It's just common courtesy. The fact that you're the person handing over the money, doesn't give you a license to be rude to the person taking it.

 

common courtesy probably nails it.

 

people who don't hand money over directly to the cashier obviously think too highly of themselves. not a plesant character trait.

 

This. Work in a grocery store for a week and then try and then tell me it's not rude.

 

I don't mind people putting money on the counter if they're trying to count it out or if I'm busy doing something. However, if I'm standing there waiting for payment and even have my hand out, yes, it was one of my biggest pet peeve.

 

myke that is really awesome. luckily i don't have to handle money at my job, but it's one of my pet peeves when people put their library card on the counter instead of just handing it to me. i think it's mostly not even done on purpose, but it still bugs me.

 

Just put their change down on the counter and move on to the next customer

 

lol wut?

miana- yeah, counting is ok, though I, personally, can do that in my hands.

Myke- that. is. awesome. and hilarious. you rock, dude.

tom- you're a librarian? No wonder why I think you're so sexy.

 

lol.

 

If I have the money ready to give to the cashier, and he/ she is not ready to take it, I put the money down. I'm not going to stand there holding money.

Anyway, what about when cashiers put the coins ON TOP of the bills when they are giving change? WTF is that about? Are they just stupid?

 

Your OP implied that you are the cashier and don't like it when people put money on the counter instead of to you. My response was to suggest that should there be change owed to the purveyor, that you reciprocate their lack of manners.