Why do Cashiers ask you if you want your receipt?

[Coconuts]

I live in AZ, and ive been encountering alot of Cashiers saying if i would like my receipt back. why da hell do they do this? isnt supposed to be mandatory or sumthin if we want a refund on sumthing?

[Orbital Føroysk 🪐]

It's back when they used to ask if you'd like a bag when you had tons of stuff on the belt.

That doesn't happen in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How funny is that?

[Spawn of Totoro]

Depends on what you are buying. If it is food, you can't get a refund anyways and as long as the order is correct, what does it matter?

Some people don't want to bother with another pice of paper in their wallet, so they someone else throw it away for them.

[Azza ☠]

You need the receipt for tax purposes or to claim refund. If you don't have the receipt, it's one less scrap paper, but you miss out. The only thing I say no to a receipt, is purchasing alcohol - I don't think I can get a refund on empty bottles?

[⚡🍉OverlordTomala🍉⚡]

Originally posted by Cpt. Jesse.:

I live in AZ, and ive been encountering alot of Cashiers saying if i would like my receipt back. why da hell do they do this? isnt supposed to be mandatory or sumthin if we want a refund on sumthing?

Proof of purchase. Depending on if you want to return an item, you'll need to provide a receipt (or another method depending on the store). This is normally required for purchases such as clothing, housewares, electronics, etc.

[Mr Keefy]

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

It's back when they used to ask if you'd like a bag when you had tons of stuff on the belt.

That doesn't happen in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How funny is that?

Teh amount of carrier bag litter floating about the place has reduced since that was introduced.

[laff]

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

It's back when they used to ask if you'd like a bag when you had tons of stuff on the belt.

That doesn't happen in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How funny is that?

How can that even be a law? Are grocery stores not allowed to run their own business?

[Orbital Føroysk 🪐]

Originally posted by ^1Drunk ^4Keefy:

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

It's back when they used to ask if you'd like a bag when you had tons of stuff on the belt.

That doesn't happen in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How funny is that?

Teh amount of carrier bag litter floating about the place has reduced since that was introduced.

Quite true, haha!

[Orbital Føroysk 🪐]

Originally posted by laff □:

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

It's back when they used to ask if you'd like a bag when you had tons of stuff on the belt.

That doesn't happen in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How funny is that?

How can that even be a law? Are grocery stores not allowed to run their own business?

I don't know. We have some silly laws over here tbh.

[Danksama]

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

Originally posted by laff □:

How can that even be a law? Are grocery stores not allowed to run their own business?

I don't know. We have some silly laws over here tbh.

IMO though the bag law isn't one of them

[Ithaqua]

At my work place, we ask because most people just don't want them. Our interac machine automatically prints out the store copy, but the customer copy only prints when we tell the machine to do so. If we printed them out for everyone, we would go through the interac paper at twice the rate and cut into our profit margins as that would increase our costs.

[Coconuts]

Originally posted by Ithaqua:

At my work place, we ask because most people just don't want them. Our interac machine automatically prints out the store copy, but the customer copy only prints when we tell the machine to do so. If we printed them out for everyone, we would go through the interac paper at twice the rate and cut into our profit margins as that would increase our costs.

Good point.

[CatPerson]

Originally posted by laff □:

Originally posted by 🏯 The Lion of Tokyo 👊:

[ ... ] in the UK anymore since they introduced a law where most places have to sell bags now for 5p+. You have to actually ask for a bag now.

How can that even be a law? Are grocery stores not allowed to run their own business?

Because people are worried about wasting materials/environmental damage. eg, it's becoming Bring Your Own Reusable Cloth Bag, and if you don't and still insist on bags, you pay a tiny fee for them.

This is happening in the US as well, btw.

[Famix]

You can't refund food

[Gus the Crocodile]

Originally posted by laff □:

How can that even be a law? Are grocery stores not allowed to run their own business?

Of course they're allowed to run their own business: a business that complies with the law. Same as ever. You can't run a restaurant with a rat's nest under the fridge, you can't sell rotten food or buy slave children, you can't assault your employees when they make a mistake, and all sorts of other requirements that are a normal part of running a business. Having to be a little less automatic about the way you hand out large amounts of plastic that contributes to an ongoing environmental problem is really not an onerous imposition.

[Wild🖤Rose]

Cashiers just ask that wanting to know if you want your receipt back, literally. Some people might, some just might not want to bother with it. I know I always ask for mine back, it helps in case I want to return something or if I'm trying to figure up how much I spent.