Sentience in a seed-pod

What I want to know is, where are they running the courses for the cashier handing you your change? Is it just me, or do they have the technique for maximum irritation down pat? There's this magical ability to cause maximum inconvenience. You've got your bag in one hand, your wallet in your other, and then they hand you this Hanoi tower of coinage on top of notes and your invoice. I can't imagine any configuration of wallet where that's a useful arrangement. Now you have to use the underlying notes as a funnel to get the change in, then stuff the rest in the notes compartment. It's like the legacy of the Nazis or something. Do we really have to go through this day after day?

And the most scary thing is, everyone does this in exactly the same way. It's like a command disseminated by the mothership to all the cashiers in the world. It's a staggeringly successful meme more powerful than nods meaning yes, and smiles meaning joy. If you're a cashier, for the love of mike do something different. Hand me the notes first, for example. Put the coins on the counter. Dance naked in a circle. I don't care, just don't perpetuate the madness!