I recently made pretty much the same mistake Sanae did, handing over a two-dollar note for a four-dollar purchase. (I was sleepy and thought it was a five-dollar note.)
...will continue when Sanae-san sees that strip :3 Also that's why I prefer to use debit cards whenever possible. Saves you some hassle and frees your pockets from change.
I've had the opposite problem, with the cashier asking for more than I owe. I've also gotten into a couple of arguments when I give them more than enough money because I want a more manageable amount of change.
Surrending oneself to the weight of the blade and striking a side blow feels wonderful, like you might turn into Mami.
I'm convinced this kind of misunderstanding happens now and then.
Reader-added tags include "The mouth is the root of all misfortune", "Five seconds before she seriously goes for your head" (originally a pun on 真剣, which can mean "serious" or "real sword", as opposed to a practice blade), and "Payment not swayed by common sense".
The poll ponders potential payment preferences:
How would you pay ¥980? • With a ¥1000 bill • All in coins • Pay ¥1080 and get ¥100 in change • Use a credit card • Would you let me wash dishes?
Either a card or this. Also, I've heard some rumors that calculating payment amount like this, to get round amount of change, is rather uncommon in USA/Europe, to the point where cashiers don't understand why would you give them 1080 if you already have 1000. I always wondered, izzat really true? :3
Type-kun said: Either a card or this. Also, I've heard some rumors that calculating payment amount like this, to get round amount of change, is rather uncommon in USA/Europe, to the point where cashiers don't understand why would you give them 1080 if you already have 1000. I always wondered, izzat really true? :3
Not true is Canada at least, I do this all the time. Though we are the country that is getting rid of the Penny (1 cent coin)
Type-kun said: Either a card or this. Also, I've heard some rumors that calculating payment amount like this, to get round amount of change, is rather uncommon in USA/Europe, to the point where cashiers don't understand why would you give them 1080 if you already have 1000. I always wondered, izzat really true? :3
I don't know if I'd call it uncommon, but like I said earlier, I have had that problem on occasion. Most people either get what I'm doing or just ring it up and do what the register says. It's the few who are smart enough to notice how much I've given them but not quite smart enough to realize why who cause problems.
On the other hand, I've also on occasion given someone entirely too much money, like an extra $10 bill, simply because I wasn't paying attention. But I don't think I've ever underpaid by quite this much before.
I don't think that it ever really confuses them anymore... cashiers that's aren't numerate enough to catch what you've done tend to just plug the number into the machine and let it do the arithmetic (at which point they'll see why you gave them extra coins). Going for dollars/100s isn't going to confuse many people though... rounding up to get quarters will (which you can't do in Japan... but you can do 50¥ coins, which have the benefit over 100¥ of having holes).
All in coins. Why? Cause chances are I'd would have ended up with probably that much in my pocket. I've had so many quarters in my pocket one day I decided to count them out. Had one roll worth.
Credit or debit cards are not commonly used for small purchases in Japan, and most supermarkets only accept payment in cash. And usually the register machines automatically give the exact change, so paying the exact amount is more for the sake of not getting a pile of small coins back.
Nietz said: Credit or debit cards are not commonly used for small purchases in Japan, and most supermarkets only accept payment in cash. And usually the register machines automatically give the exact change, so paying the exact amount is more for the sake of not getting a pile of small coins back.
Quoted for truth. It's not just small purchases though it's not uncommon for people to be carrying several 10s of thousands of yen... Outside of big cities you'll be hard pressed to find any store that even has credit card machines.
Thank you for translation. but I wonder Sanae's words at panel3 "980円かと" would be "I thought that would be \980". I think "980円かと" stands for "値段は980円かと思った". thank you.
Oh dear, looks like Sanae-san caught Yamame Syndrome.
I've done the opposite of what Sanae-san did before. I had to pay $30 for something. I pulled out the bills I had, and thought I didn't have enough, so I scraped up every coin and single bill I had in my wallet, then went to pay. I thought I only had a $20; turns out, I have $30 in big bills. The cashier gave me the strangest look. Needless to say, I made sure to avoid making that mistake ever again!
For the poll, I charge everything to my credit card these days; it's easier for me.
Whenever one of my customers does this, I legitimately hate having to tell them that they got it wrong. I get a nice hit of empathetic embarrassment when they become flustered...
Except for the odd suspicious old man that makes me count it back out loud in front of him until he's satisfied that I'm not palming a bill or something.
Dinnng☆Er...it's ¥1980, so you'll need another ¥1000...Right. Here's ¥1000.♡Huh?Sorry!I thought it'd be ¥980...At the supermarket.MisunderstandingThat will be ¥1980!Huh!? Oh!!Wah ha ha ha ha!!That smug look of yours was awesome!!Cackle
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