Secondary hint: if you need a small amount of cash and there aren't any friendly ATMs around, go to a supermarket and buy something with the debit card. They'll offer you cash from the debit card without a fee.
(Generally they are happy doing this for up to $40 when you make a small purchase, or up to a hundred or so if you are buying a lot of groceries.)
I used to fret that giving cash back was a burden on cashiers. I later found out that the situation is just the opposite. When the cash drawer accumulates too much cash, the cashiers are supposed to "strip" the cash drawer (basically, exchange it with a fresh one containing a small known amount of money for change making and so forth). But to do so, they need to get a floor manager or head cashier, which can be a very slow and frustrating process (accumulating well more than double the "strip" limit is common). So bleeding off excess cash is often actually doing them a favour.
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(Generally they are happy doing this for up to $40 when you make a small purchase, or up to a hundred or so if you are buying a lot of groceries.)
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the situation is just the opposite. When the cash drawer accumulates too much cash,
the cashiers are supposed to "strip" the cash drawer (basically, exchange it with a
fresh one containing a small known amount of money for change making and so
forth). But to do so, they need to get a floor manager or head cashier, which can be
a very slow and frustrating process (accumulating well more than double the "strip"
limit is common). So bleeding off excess cash is often actually doing them a favour.
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The Weiss near my home has a limit of $200, the Super Fresh is $100, and the Safeway just asked how much I wanted.