Stupid payments!!! How annoying!!!

I am not really sure that I know what to say to you here as I am afraid that I am one of those annoying customers that does that! Reason being is that first thing of a morning, especially if it is a monday I go to the bank for some money and then I go around the shops, of course the bank only dishes out £20 or £10 so I never have any change at all on a Monday, I never complain about my change though I am only too happy to get some change.

I don't like paying for a £1 item with any note higher than a fiver Cinders. But occasionally you have no choice. I confess that I see a supermarket as a good place to change a high denomination note as they usually have change. That said, I also try to give the exact money in change if I can as I know that they quite often like that too. I'd never use my debit or credit card for a small value purchase unless I had no cash on me at all. Then my purchase would have to be a desperate one (two loo rolls. LOL). I don't think that you are being petty, and I can see that it can be a pain sometimes. I'll try to do better. [Hangs head].

Well if you only have a £20 note what else are you supposed to do? I suppose I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who does that fairly frequently on my way to work. I do usually apologise even though I don't feel obliged to do so because after all, even if it is just a small amount the shop is still getting my custom. It's really up to the shop owner to make sure there is enough of a float in the till first thing in the morning, particularly if it's a recurring "problem". Having said that though I don't complain about being given a lot of change. Money is money as far as I'm concerned - it all gets spent just as easily!

It's even more annoying when you can see in their purse/wallet that they have the exact change. Sometimes I'll have to change a £20 for something as cheap as £1, but I always apologies, cos I get annoyed with myself for having to do it, seen as it annoys me when others do it to me. Debit Cards don't bother me that much unless someone comes in first thing in the morning and asks for £50 Cashback, cos that's usually all the notes I have, (and there are about 6 banks, 5 minutes away from where I work where they have plenty of Cash) then I have to give anyone else loads of change.

I think you should try putting yourself in their shoes - perhaps for a hundred different reasons they don't have a smaller note - perhaps the store should ensure that there are some notes in the till at the start of the day, how do you know they haven't used all their change giving their kids dinner money or that they are using their debit card for something that is really cheap cos they have had to give the last of their ready cash to their children or their partners? I don't mean that to sound harsh but I do think that stores should preempt such problems by ensuring you have a float in your til that covers the possibility that people only have larger banknotes in their purse or wallet! xxx

take it easy man u should blame the government for making high bills of money not the people

That's a very natural reaction to a start of bad morning without change. I'll also get annoyed like you if they give me large bills in the morning. It's better if you put a note besides you that small bill or exact bill only in the morning. This will get through after a while. I don't think people knows about and so they don't make adjustment about it. Where I live, I commute everyday and the fees are small so you need change to pay eveyday. In the afternoon, it's ok to pay in large bills because most public utility vehicles have now enough cash to make change. In the morning, if you have a large bills make sure you are ready for the inconvenience it will create, so I make sure I have change everyday. Most of the vehicles have postcard reminding passenger to have change in the morning. So I think is not a bad idead for you to post something similar in your place.