What does your wallet look like?

[nanaya]

when the bill totals a number like ¥836 and I hand over something like ¥1341...

Is that a real example or did you contrive it for this thread? Have to admit figuring that out on the spot would be beyond me

You can train yourself using this website

(doesn't work in firefox) https://wendal.itch.io/japanese-money-simulator

[Tsumitate Wrestler]

One of the life’s little annoyances is getting stuck behind (typically little old ladies) counting out their coins 1 by 1 to take a minute or two to complete a transaction that should take seconds. I suspect a lot of them are doing the same as Bushiman

Maybe I’m an outlier but I’d say 98% of my shopping is cashless. There is only one place I regularly use cash, a local bakery that doesn’t have any other options. Occasionally a drinks vending machine out in the sticks will be cash only too.

Probably 60% is done with ID (on my phone), 25% with Visa touch (on my phone) and the rest Pasmo (again on my phone). Even the car park near my children’s school uses license plate recognition and lets me pay by credit card on the app.

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[Bushiman]

when the bill totals a number like ¥836 and I hand over something like ¥1341...

Is that a real example or did you contrive it for this thread? Have to admit figuring that out on the spot would be beyond me

That is pretty much a real world example!
My leather wallet has a little pocket for change, so unless I upped my math game, I'd never fit the thing in my trousers! I see it as a good mental arithmetic challenge... Plus, like I said, it's fun to see cashiers spin out when I hand them what looks to be a random assortment of notes & coins.

You can train yourself using this website

(doesn't work in firefox) https://wendal.itch.io/japanese-money-simulator

And that was pretty damn fun! Hahaha! Sad, I know...

[captainspoke]

Always pay the small digits, even if it goes over the higher denomination coins. If it's a machine, put them in first.

I always love freaking the cashier out when the bill totals a number like ¥836 and I hand over something like ¥1341... You see the cogs whirring, do they say something, am I mental. It's a foreigner, he probably doesn't understand... Then they just chuck the money in the till and it spits out 2 coins. Makes me chuckle anyway...

Not that "deep", but I have my change out and have looked at it before the checker at the supermarket gets to the total. I then try to do something like that (keeping it quick). Sometimes they help a little, like handing me back a 10-yen coin before making change, or suggesting I add one more.

[northSaver]

Not that "deep", but I have my change out and have looked at it before the checker at the supermarket gets to the total. I then try to do something like that (keeping it quick). Sometimes they help a little, like handing me back a 10-yen coin before making change, or suggesting I add one more.

I do something like this if I know I'm going to a place that only takes cash. Except I usually know before I get to the till how much I have in coins! One 500, four 100s, one 50, four tens and a few smaller ones is ideal.

That is pretty much a real world example!
My leather wallet has a little pocket for change, so unless I upped my math game, I'd never fit the thing in my trousers! I see it as a good mental arithmetic challenge... Plus, like I said, it's fun to see cashiers spin out when I hand them what looks to be a random assortment of notes & coins.

¥836 is 9 coins minimum (13 if you don't have a 500). ¥1341 is 7 coins and you get 2 coins change. Net result is the same

[Bushiman]

¥836 is 9 coins minimum (13 if you don't have a 500). ¥1341 is 7 coins and you get 2 coins change. Net result is the same

If I had the exact change, I'd use it! We're talking about minimising the coinage when you don't have the exact amount... I either break ¥1000 note and get ¥164 (7coins) change or hand them ¥1001, ¥1041, or ¥1341 if I have it...