I don’t blame them, after 15 years in retail, (don’t ask) handling many many thousands of notes.
You have to count them off the customer,
count them into the till,
count them into the night bag,
count them into the safe,
count them into the security bag for the bank
and just for good luck the bank charge you for counting them again with no redress if they say it’s wrong! ,
I remember walking across a very busy shop floor with two security bag inside my coat, so no one would see the reason was they contained approx £40k, this was the day after Boxing Day! These were not going to my place but to Secure van. And just to complete the picture a main board Director was on the shop floor!
so much easier with the swipe of a card. Much cheaper tooo.
Mike