To get change from self service machines?

That makes more sense 🤣

I worked in retail for years and indeed customers did all sorts of revolting and annoying things that we (as floor staff) were pretty helpless in stopping.
It really seems that (going by several threads on here recently) there's suddenly this strange paranoia from people doing something that is so unbelievably normal in a shop and they think the staff are going to be judging them or banning them from the shop or whatever.
The world seems to have gone odd.

When I worked in Tesco 25 years ago someone used to come in and piss on the floor, and they didn’t get into trouble 😫 This is well within the normal behaviours category!

I sort of do this, but not so much any more. I used to save small change and bag it up until I decided it was a faff, so now I just throw it in the self service till and pay the rest by card.

But now I hardly use any cash, it's once or twice a year that I decide to clear out my change stash.

But unless you're using this to swap fake £10 notes for £9 of genuine money OP, no-one is going to notice or care. Hundreds/thousands of people a week will use that till so you getting some change is a drop in the ocean. Plus it's much harder to fake notes these days, likely no-one is going to bother with £10 notes, and I think the self service tills can detect fakes anyway, so crack on.

Please do not worry about this. I have worked in supermarkets on the checkouts management. They have tons of change. You taking a tenner here ( in your rightful change) and there is nothing to them.

I agree.

I cannot imagine giving shite like this any head space or thinking time whatsoever.

There's over thinking and then there's being absolutely ridiculous ...

@ladygindiva

No it's £34. So I can easily get notes but it's the £4 in coins thats the issue -maybe they expect me to give them £5 note and say "keep the change."

There is literally no reason this would even be slightly an issue. There's over-thinking and then there's just inventing a problem out of thin air.

It's about on a par as wondering whether the shop would mind if you always wear a green jumper or you're left-handed or anything else entirely inconsequential

I do this in shops and at manned checkouts too! I don't think the change police will be hot on our heels to be honest!
Money is money, so long as you're buying things and paying for them, it really is a none issue!

It seems to be the 21st century version of what we did in the '70s. No cash machines etc so if we needed cash for a Saturday evening out we would buy something from M and S using a cheque then return it and get cash! If we were a bit short near the end of the month we would use a cheque for all our purchases in the knowledge that by the time they hit the bank our salaries would be in! The advances in technology has put pay to all our little tricks!

I used to do the opposite and pay using small change to get rid of it.... perhaps we balance each other out!

I've done this regularly.
It doesn't take any longer to insert a note into the slot than tap contactless
It's fine

I even have the nerve to do it at the till. Though I do do the opposite when I have too much change and pay with that.

Your cleaner costs £5? And why not hand over a £5 note? I'm confused

Yes, if you don't spend the full tenner every month they will eventually escort you from the premises and ban you for life. Then they will cry and go bankrupt....all because you wanted a pound for the tooth fairy. How do you live with yourself?

Get into trouble? Of course not.

Supermarkets want you to spend money in them. They will do anything they can to get your custom. Whilst you think you're "pulling a fast one" by doing this, actually it's them doing it to you. That's the beauty of a great confidence trick, to make the victim feel like they are the winner.

Believe me, if self-service checkouts operated at a loss in terms of revenue generated versus cost to install and operate them, they'd be switched off instantly.

You won't get in trouble - it's fine! But supermarkets are clearly trying to get away from having to deal with cash at all.

Similarly they don't want your small change, hence fitting a slot over those chutes they used to have. And hence spitting out a terrible selection of small change that a human never would.

If I was a supermarket manager, or any other shop owner I'd just be pleased you pay for your goods.

I don't do this at self service but do it every couple of weeks at our local coop.

I take £20 cash out at the free ATM at the door, buy something for a couple of quid and get the change. I ask if there's any chance of coins please rather than notes and they've always given me maybe one fiver and the rest in £1 or 50p's.

Zero issues, I'm not sure why you'd even give it headspace tbh.

Maybe they'll start filling the machines with 1p's - that'll teach you @greenvoid 😂

Actually I hate using cash with self service machines as I always seem to end up with too many coins? If my change was meant to be £1.50, I seem to end up with x2 50p coins, a 20p, a 10p, x2 5p's, x4 2p's and x2 1p's!

I've actually gone to customer services in M&S before when I got given £2.20 change all in 20p's and they swapped me for a £2 coin out of a manned till.

It’s absolutely fine. Even if they did notice you doing this regularly (which I doubt they would) they have absolutely no reason to ask or prove that you have any other option but to use that £10 note for this £1 item. The whole point of self service tills is that they don't have to interact with you. Don’t overthink it.

Change comes into shops whether you get £9 in coins or not, they're not needing to order more change because of you!

I can't believe people live with such high levels of anxiety!

You're being resourceful, surely? Not doing anything wrong!