Reading some of y’all’s stories made me think of my college cashier job at a liquor store. I worked there for a year and started noticing boomer aged customers kept paying with cash and coins. Except they wouldn’t hand it to me. They’d throw it on the counter and the coins would literally scatter.
So what I started doing was slowly look down with my hand outstretched and give the coins a 2 second stare. Then I’d take my index finger and touch one coin. I’d slowly slide it off the counter into my other palm. Then the next one and the next one. I swear they’d start fidgeting with impatience. Once they were all in my hand I’d start counting. Probably wasted a good 30 seconds but to me it was pure joy.
Then I’d slowly get there change. They’d stick there hand out to accept the change and I would make an exaggerated motion towards there hand, swerve, and toss it on the counter.
I did the same if someone didn’t hand me their card. Toss it on the counter. I’d always mirror how aggressive they did it