May 29, 2025 at 11:55 am

Rude Customer Pays In Loose Change, So This Employee Takes His Sweet Time Counting Every Coin Before Giving The Customer His Items

by Heide Lazaro

Person's hands with a lot of coins

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Some people go out of their way to make life harder for others.

This man works at a gas station in a rough neighborhood.

One customer made a habit of deliberately dumping handfuls of coins as payment.

So, the employee decided to return the favor and show him how inconvenient this is.

Read the story below to find out all the details.

Rude customer always pays in handfuls of change. Not anymore!

I work overnights in a gas station, particularly, in a bad part of town.

So, from 11 pm to 6 am, I use a pass through drawer to make transactions so I don’t get shot or robbed.

This man has a jerk customer who always pays in change.

This one jerk shows up a couple times a week and gets at least 20 dollars in gas and maybe 10 to 15 bucks in other stuff.

How does he pay?

By just dumping a handful of change into the drawer, making me pick it all up.

He is beyond annoyed.

Even if I have my hand out, he’ll go under my hand and throw it in the drawer.

That annoyed me like you wouldn’t believe.

So, I started being rude back to him.

He decided to count the change first before giving him his items.

I don’t give him his stuff until I pick up each coin, piece by piece and then count it all out and put it in the drawer.

I’m talking like $30 in quarters and dimes and nickels.

So it takes a good five minutes.

Eventually, the customer stopped doing it.

One time I was doing it, he says, “Come on man, I’m in a hurry!”

I just said, “Yeah?” And kept going, while he huffed and puffed and swore and paced back and forth.

After 5 or 6 times of this, he started paying only in bills.

I win! 🙂

Annoying the customer back was the only way for him to change his annoying ways.

Let’s read the reactions of other people to this story on Reddit.

If you want to add more to the pettiness…

Screenshot 2025 05 11 at 3.25.24 PM Rude Customer Pays In Loose Change, So This Employee Takes His Sweet Time Counting Every Coin Before Giving The Customer His Items

This user shares their personal thoughts.

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This person shares some useful information.

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Another cashier speaks up.

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Finally, well played, says this person.

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If you prefer inconvenience, inconvenience it is!

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