The points made above about the proper handling of cash prevent mistakes and...more importantly...make them easier to verify and correct. I don't think many places really bother to truly train cashiers anymore. Even bank teller training is a lot more slack than it used to be.

And let's not try to slough it off on "the yonger generation." A lot of the cashiers I see at Home Depot are NOT young! And I've had way more little old ladies try to rip me off at a cash register than young kids over the years. Besides, it was the "older generation's" responsibility to educate the "younger generation." So if their education is lacking, guess whose fault it is?

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