Overindulged in whatever is the latest technology, both parents and businesses are doing a terrible job of teaching our youth some of the most basic rules of day to day living, etiquette and conducting business. For example, I’m a cash guy and always have been. While I use credit cards and electronic bill pay the vast majority of the time, I always have a sufficient amount of cash in my wallet should the need arise. Because as my dad taught me, there are times when nothing works better than cash.
Anyone who’s ever worked in a business where cash is accepted should be schooled in the correct methods of counting back change and facing bills properly. So imagine my astonishment when leaving the teller’s window with my monthly cash supply that the teller counted bills back that were not faced properly. Its blasphemous and a telling indicator of today’s banking climate. No wonder the banks are going under as they struggle to recover from making bad loans, they can’t even master the simple task of counting out cash correctly, never mind handle the challenges of a dire economy and questionable past lending practices. Granted we are immersed in the world of electronic payments, but as long as cash is still used daily as a of means of payment, let’s at least use it correctly.
