People holding money in their mouths

All money should be assumed to be filthy unless it has been properly decontaminated by at minimum boiling it for half an hour. I agree it's weird to put money in your mouth but the risk to the receiver isn't much greater. It will have all sorts of germs and bacteria on it regardless of how it is handled immediately before being given to you. It will have traces of faeces, semen and all imagineably kinds of bodily fluid. If it's a bank note it will probably have been used for snorting cocaine.

Haha, no they don't permanently store the cash in their mouths like a hamster as they go about their day, wtf. They clamp it between their lips briefly while using their hands for something else (still gross).

I once had a lady who gave me a note soiled in blood. Not even kidding. And a shit ton of women who take the money out of their bras.

Roman slaves used to get sent to market to buy groceries with the coins in their mouths, so the practice is pretty much ingrained by now. You can get a wee hand sanitiser that clips to your belt loop if you are worried about random germs.

I never heard of, or encountered this when working in retail. I still think it's a bit ott. It's money. It's full of germs. It's been up peoples noses and everything! You can always wash your hands.
Retail workers can be a bit like that though- look how some carried on during covid!!
I bet if it was their own business an someone had 'unclean' money, they'd accept it, rather than send their business elsewhere! Especially a large amount.
Germs are on everything the public touches.
I think they need to stop being so precious.

Mouth germs will most certainly be the least of the issue when it comes to money!

I worked in retail and never gave a shit. I don’t think it’s good for people’s mental health to fixate on random germs.
Especially not as there are other threads at the moment panicking about world war 🤣

I didn't know people did this until COVID when they put a sign up in a local supermarket asking people not to do it.

It's like handing a snotty tissue over. Disgusting. Just why?

Oh that's just gross!

I can't understand why anyone would want to put money in their mouths! Absolutely disgusting.

The worst I've seen working in a shop when I was younger, was a larger lady pull notes out of her sweaty bra 🤢 whatever is wrong with a purse or a pocket??

They can set whatever rules they like but it's a strange hill to die on when all money is absolutely filthy in the first place. I used to cash up 4 tills in a bar every night and my hands would be black by the end of it.

It's an odd hill to die on.

Given that money is absolutely filthy the person holding it on their mouth is at greater risk and the cashier could catch far worse than someone else's mouth germs.

It’s grim.

£5s and £10s can be rolled up and used as shoots for sniffing coke. I means money is pretty gross. Maybe the old girl at the till was hoping for a bit of a hit from the reside coke....did she bounce out of the shop looking supremely happy by any chance?!

Honestly be more shocked to see someone paying anything by cash nowadays.

Wouldn't bother me at all to be honest. People's hands will be dirtier and more germy than their mouths in most cases!!

Agree it is disgusting
I hate it when I’ve served people and they hold out their hand with change in expecting me to take it and they also have a snotty tissue in their hand 🤢

I doubt it makes the money any dirtier than it already is tbh, but still off putting. I actually think it's a bit rude to refuse it though- you know nothing about the person or their background. It might be their last tenner. Or you might humiliate them in the queue and send them over the edge. It's a bit mean.
I never see people working in shops washing or even sanitizing their hands so don't think hygiene is really their number one.
I wouldn't refuse to take it.

Huh?! Why would people put money in their mouths? Why do they get cash out of pockets / purse before they need it? I worked in retail years ago when cash was more common (and cheques still a thing!) and never saw this.

My dad used to do this all the time. It was just temporary while he used both hands to do something else, while at a checkout for example. He turned his lips inwards and held the note between the dry part. He didn’t walk around like it.

Cash is actually exceedingly filthy. Dirtier than most toilets to be honest. So the person popping the notes in their mouth is actually at the higher risk. I understand it feels gross to actually collect the notes from the paying customer but it’s actually not as foul as putting money in one’s mouth.

Wow! Never seen or heard this. Do people leave the house and literally have money in their mouths as opposed to a wallet! Eh?!

Over 40 years in retail and I've never had anyone do this.

I have however refused to accept money pulled out of bras and sweaty cleavage.

In fact one shop I worked in, the owner considered putting a sign on the counter warning it will be refused!