Is it ever ok to use the S word with a teller?

[madwest]

Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

I stopped and asked a teller for half dollar coins. She said she had some in the tray, and some rolls. I edge checked the tray and said I only really wanted rolls - the tray was very apparently void of anything interesting for halves.

There was a single silver dime in the tray. It was in the very bottom slot of the tray - more than $5 into it. If the Ag were near the middle, I would have asked for $4 worth of dimes, then a roll would not have been involved. Because of where it was, I suspect she knew it was there and knew it was silver. As badly as I wanted to, I did not ask for it at all. Should I have asked for "just the one dime at the bottom?" or "all the loose dimes you got?" or "the SILVER one?" or "the one worth 25x face value?"

Anyone have any ideas for this situation in the future?

 

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[usandthem]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

I'd have asked for all of the dimes in her tray.

 

[Stang1968]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

Just tell yourself "It wasn't silver- it was Canadian".

 

[kennedyfan]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

Agreed with usandthem. Just point and ask for all of them. Maybe she'll be happy because that means less counting work for her. If she suggests you take a roll or two instead, you could say ... uh ... that the loose ones won't leave an unsightly bulge in your pocket. :-O

 

[ckrakowski]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

"the one worth 25x face value?"

 

[azlegends]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

It never hurts to ask.

 

[quiksilver]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

alrighty then..... When you encounter silver at the bottom of the tray it is 99% of the time put there on purpose 100% if more then one. At that point i will ask if they collect coins. No matter what they say [again only if it is at the bottom] i will then ask for the coin at the bottom because i collect coins and that is one of the ones i collect. I recently got lucky at a TD and they gave me the quarters but not the dimes odd as that sounds. When asking the teller she told me they save them to send back. After giving me the quarters but not the dimes i said thank you and told her to not send them back but to keep them for herself.

 

[DarkRider23]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

"You see that dime with a different rim there? It looks to be in good condition since the copper isn't showing yet and I'm a collector. Is there any way I can get that one?"

That's the best way I can think of. Gotta tell a little white lie to keep the silver out of the equation.

 

[madwest]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

ask if they collect coins. No matter what they say [again only if it is at the bottom] i will then ask for the coin at the bottom because i collect coins and that is one of the ones i collect.

"You see that dime with a different rim there? It looks to be in good condition . . . Is there any way I can get that one?

I like both of these suggestions. I might even go back, ask for the halves in the tray "that I passed on yesterday" and try for that dime - if it is still there. If it's gone, she was obviously holding it till the end of the shift or for a friend.

 

[clovis97]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

Here is what I'd do:

I'd go back and simply ask if she would sell you that dime because you are a collector. If she replies "No, that one is silver", then tell her you thought it might be Canadian...because you collect those too.

If it turns out to be Canadian, just buy the thing. Don't screw it up by passing on it.

 

[maine_Jim]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

I tell them I am a collector and ask for the coin that looks different in the row. This is a factual statement and only twice has a teller refused.

Maine_Jim

 

[EastKyMiner]

Re: Is it ever ok to use the 'S' word with a teller?

I tell them I am a collector and ask for the coin that looks different in the row. This is a factual statement and only twice has a teller refused.

Maine_Jim

I would have to agree with Maine_Jim