Dear LFTP: cashiers handing change in one wad

• Is there something I can do differently about cashiers handing my change back in one big wad?

A cash-paying listener is frustrated that cashiers hand back bills, coins, and receipt in one wad, forcing him to sort it at the counter while the next customer waits. The hosts are unsparing — walk twenty feet away and sort it, you are not the only consumer, or just pay with debit — while sympathizing that the transaction feels awkwardly designed. A Menards check-writing anecdote (manager must validate the check, asks for the Social Security number aloud) illustrates how payment friction irritates everyone. The Secular answer suggests talking to the store manager or shopping elsewhere, which the hosts mock as drama-gun escalation.