Where do $2 bills go in a cash register? - bonus from the 2 dollar bill documentary

When a cashier receives a 2 dollar bill in a transaction, where do they put it in the cash register? In this bonus clip from the makers of The Two Dollar Bill Documentary, learn where some vendors stash their cash, including some who use twos so often, there's already a register slot for them. Share your thoughts in the Comments section about what YOU'D do with them.
No matter what business you're in, this would be ideal cashier training!
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[@FELiPES101]

I was a cashier for a summer and got a $2 bill once. My boss didn't know what to with it so I traded him my 2 singles for the 2. I still have it in my wallet years later.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

That's what happens a lot of the time. Thanks for commenting.

[@thenextgen1able]

I don't get the idea behind this. Most $2 bills aren't rare. Especially the ones most people spend. You can literally go to a bank and change out $5,000 for a bunch of $2 bills.You can buy rolls of uncut $2 bills from the treasuries website...What is the idea behind cashiers so desperately wanting a $2 bill? I suppose that's why they're just cashiers and not the managers.

[@hansonjiang7292]

People just don't see them too often, and rarely bother to go out of the way to exchange money at the bank for $2 bills. So like for me, I keep them like a collector's item whenever I receive one, even though I know they're common enough. It's just something different in life

[@diriangennicarao6075]

I WAS ALSO A CASHIER..AND ONE DAY MY BOSS TOLD MI THAT I GOT A $20.00 DOLLAR BILL (FAKE)...SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT IN HAWAII..THE $20.00 GOT THE LOGO IN BIG LETTERS...HAWAII...IN THE BACK!! SHE WAS WRONG!!

[@sharp_quin8306]

FELiPES101 you can sell it for more

[@Skydron]

When I worked in fast food I always put them in the farthest left slot and then used them as needed when I ran low on one $1 bills. Same with half dollar and one dollar coins.

[@bland9876]

There are five slots just like said this video so there's a slot for them in between the ones and fives if someone needs $3 in change you give them a $2 bill and a $1 bill

[@sheepdoghr415]

You should’ve put them in your pocket

[@ZaibatsuHeavyIndustries]

@@sheepdoghr415 that’s robbery

[@sheepdoghr415]

@@ZaibatsuHeavyIndustries No way! really! wow! I never knew! you don’t say?

[@kareemsupreme7300]

as a cashier, I always leave my 2nd slot out of the 5 for $2 bills. I love spending them, but I never recieve them. hopefully one day everyone will start using $2 bills as much as they do with $1 bills

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

That's what this channel is working on!

[@epauloconnor]

Here's a good topic for you to make a video on... businesses that use $2 bills regularly (like the magic shop), to make themselves stand out in the marketplace and make themselves memorable. It's a great, cheap, marketing ploy. I remember a strip club in Greenville, SC that gave $2 bills are charge after charging their cover to get in. I'll always remember that place.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Great idea, Paul. BUT... I already did one about businesses using $2 bills: kzbin.info/www/bejne/faK2XpKAmaaSgpo There's also a video on this channel which is a clip from the full film (also on this channel) about $2 bills in strip clubs. But I like the way you think! Any more good ideas? Send 'em my way! I'm sure you can come up with something that would be a good topic for a $2 bill video.

[@ianandersen265]

Love how you end your video with footage of $2 bills at the BEP! Sends a more clear message that: Yes, this is a real thing. $2 bills aren't rare. Spend them.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Exactly!

[@ashleywilliams5886]

I have a two dollar bill that I got for the store, I will not spend it because It means so much to me. I also just got some for my family as 🎁 , can’t wait.

[@EnterMarkSpend]

When a cashier asks, " Where do I put the 2's?" I tell them, "Between the 1's and 3's."

[@pandasquadhd]

WTF

[@projectzorgo2424]

@@pandasquadhd OK....XD

[@igoadopted8614]

EnterMarkSpend I was gonna say that’s smart until I noticed there isn’t 3 dollar bills (at least I think so)

[@undefinedchannel9916]

@@igoadopted8614 r/woosh

[@yojacq]

Lol

[@METALMAN4Wii]

Just don't use them for your lunch kids or you'll be arrested.

[@aidenparsons6571]

METALMAN4Wii I heard about that

[@thepope2412]

The reason why she got arrested (she didn't) is because the counterfeit pen didn't work on it so they thought it was counterfeit. Honestly the dumbest part about that story is not the fact that the police came it's that she spent it in the first place.

[@tloughyourbro5204]

The Pope why not spend it there not really rare and it's legal money

[@freddyskateboard]

Counterfeit pens aren't as reliable as some make them out to be.

[@thepope2412]

Tlough YourBro the specific bill she had is actually rare and valuable to collectors.

[@m.mickeypayne9811]

I used to work retail. I have grown to hate ones, but I love twos, because it saves so much space. :-)

[@mikeletterst9882]

I like to use foreign currency and when the cashier asks me "Where do I put this?" I tell them, "No English"

[@rogerpedrosa1854]

When I work at fast food and retail we use to put them in bottom of register. I always told my managers and supervisor I buy em at the end of my shift. Till this day I got multiple of stacks of 2 dollar bills I saved😁

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

A lot of people do that! I've heard the story many times. It adds to people work days, for sure. But you can just as easily go to the bank and get them instead of waiting for someone to spend one at your place of employment. They're not rare.

[@SOPARA862k]

If you have a 5 note till you should have slots for 1, 2, 5, 10 & 20, the 50 & 100's can go underneath as you don't need quick access to them for change, they'll be going to the bank. If you only have a 4 note till then keep 1's & 2's together.

[@grantscott9800]

Weird, when people use 2's not much happens, but when i spend 3 dollar bills i get looks

[@_hellsing_station_323]

Grant Scott 3 dollar bills are not a thing

[@vibesdasher]

r u dumb its a fucking joke gain some sarcasm lmfao

[@striker6240]

Dude I only like 8 3 dollar bills

[@striker6240]

Dude that is fucking bull shit cool kid. This is practically discrimination base on geographical location. Honestly you should go back in, record it all, then sue and win the court case. I know this cause yes, I am a lawyer, and sadly, this case happens more than you would think, the media just likes to hide all this from the government.

[@LexR6S]

Striker yeah I know, I tried spending a -7 dollar bill, and they wouldnt take it so I sued them and ate their cookies, the case lasted for 49 years before their lawyers died of old age and so we won, afterwards we stole the pants of Donald Trump

[@spidermike1161]

Like the guy at the end of the video, I keep my two dollar bills as a way to save a little extra cash.

[@shafiqshah3]

Easy, i put them in my pocket

[@AidenRKrone]

All the registers I've used as a cashier have had four slots. I put the $2s, $20s, $50s, and $100s, in that order, in the slot furthest to the left. Usually I exchange the $2 for two $1s since it makes tallying up the money for the shift report easier.

[@filmaker256]

Continue to use cash !

[@monarchist1838]

I wonder where they put Half Dollars and Dollar coins?

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Probably in that "accumulation slot" the guy in the blue shirt showed us

[@katanatamar4188]

Monarchist 18 I put them with the one dollar coins... In the fifth coin space.

[@JacobHollis96]

Monarchist 18 Accumulation slot. That's what I do at my work

[@roxcyn]

Monarchist 18 - there's a 5th section for coins, and you put them there.

[@rickyo8145]

The average USA cash drawer till has 5 bills/5 coins slots. So, you have 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cent slots (cups). You may find a lower tray with slots for checks, credit card receipts, $1 coins, rolled coins, and other. There are also other combinations like; 4 bills / 5 coins, 4 bills / 8 coins, 5 bills / 8 coins, etc.

[@Trogtor]

i work at 7/11 and we always put them in the farthest left slot and later in the day we drop them into the safe because we aren't really supposed to hand them out to customers as change. usually about once or twice a week a customer comes in to pay with a two dollar bill. if i'm working that day i like to exchange them for whatever cash i have cause i like collecting them

[@roxcyn]

1s, 5s, 10s, 20s, then the 5th slot goes everything else 50s, 100s, 2s, checks, etc.

[@nickhueper2906]

Our recycling yard gives out $2 bills as change

[@duncedaisy]

I always keep my lucky $2 bills in my wallet💵

[@holymamamia2037]

Daisy The Dunce same because they are rare

[@Ghostxlyvoid]

That Mario Dude ikr

[@mrvic1994]

Daisy The Dunce nice

[@ash_aiden2]

Daisy The Dunce you should keep store them somewhere safe

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Daisy and Mario Dude: They are NOT rare! You can have a lucky one, but you can also go to the bank and get many more. They still make them and there are over 1.2 billion of them out there.

[@frankiek_1]

My parents (NOT THE TOOTH FAIRY) gave me a $2 bill for the second tooth that I lost when I was 5 or 6 (I’m now 17). That is the only one I have ever received and I keep it in my wallet for safe keeping.

[@helpfultips1533]

When I get them I moved everything bill slot over on one accept for the one slot. I also like getting them from the bank

[@bigtime-_-6012]

When I used to work at this store they made me put 100’s and 2’s under where the coins are

[@EzioAuditore]

when i use to work at ace hardware, my first job as a teen, i would put em under the tray, made it easier to count at the end of the day.

[@Mia-eb9jq]

A couple years ago for my Dad’s Birthday we bought something at a Walgreens and they gave us a $2 and we gave that to my dad too and he still has it and will never spend it

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

We hear that kind of story a lot. People cherish the bill, and we think it's what makes it special. That said, the reason people like your Dad keep them and never spend them is because they mistakenly believe they are rare or not made anymore. Neither of those are the case. Still, it's a bill with a lot of nostalgia and sentiment to it.

[@Mariacoronado97]

I keep the $2 bills in my pocket

[@traceyleeherrera5247]

I collected $2 bills for at least 20years, and wheat pennies too. Unfortunately they were all stolen from my home. Sometimes people suggest I try a bank to replace them but I feel silly, like it would be cheating in a way. I want them to cross my path by chance/good fortune.

[@aloe7002]

i would start using $2 bills and half dollars, perhaps be the one who gives good luck and so other people can experience finding them

[@orellaminx3530]

0:36 I'm impressed she even knows they exist. So many her age think they are fake.

[@trekzilladmc]

I actually love using them. Only one time, though, did a cashier not have ones left in the drawer and asked me if it was okay to give me back a two in change.

[@elizabethpeterson1644]

When I was little that I had a few $2 bills but, I had a fear of the back of the bills so I gave them to my sister. I don’t remembered how many $2 bills that I gave her. My fear totally disappeared when I got older.

[@YoshiBroccoli]

Im 14 and every week i switch my money for 2 dollar bills you can actually ask them to hold on to bills or rare things for you if you go frequently

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Correct! I hope you are using the $2 bills and not just tucking them away. I hope you also know that they're NOT rare. But cool that you get them and thanks for the comment.

[@Adam-hj3zm]

its like monoploy when you pay with an 500 bill for a 10 dollar fee

[@sj3802]

Oh wow finally KZbin gives me a good recommendation...

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Hope that wasn't sarcasm. :) Welcome to the channel. 40+ more videos on the topic.

[@ACLifts]

Nice video man

[@immaginevideo]

Lots of great videos on this channel. Love the $2 bill!

[@3DJapan]

Every register I've used had a slot for unusual bills like 50s or 2s or checks. Or they could be stored under the tray.

[@Joseparaense]

Here in Brazil, the banknote that had difficulty was the 1 real note, it stopped being produced in 2005 and after that it became very difficult to find it, currently the 1 real note is only accepted at the bank in Brazil to be exchanged, how cool is that? knowing that there is a 2 dollar bill, I have 10 1 dollar bills. I hope to have more when I travel. greetings from the state of Pará.

[@andrew17641]

I used to bring in 2's to give out as change and kept them between the 1's and 5's. I also had half dollars to the left of the quarters.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Sounds good to me.

[@gabemoran8875]

Usually when ever some ones pays my in 2$ bills I put in 50/100$ spots since i put 50/100s under to be safer. And I usually buy them at end my shift or end up giving to a regular customer that collect them when he comes in for his morning coffee and paper

[@thepope2412]

How often do you get them? Can't imagine it would be less than once a month.

[@gabemoran8875]

The Pope well I work at a gas station and usually get like 6 every week cuase one customer pays with them. Which I don't mind.

[@janglenutter3820]

Whenever I ran a register at any place that register trained me, I put $2's, $50's and $100's *under* the removable till. I would put 50 cent pieces and $1 coins in the extra coin cup under the coin rolls.

[@joshplays5543]

The ending was snazzy

[@bland9876]

According to my boss at the thrift shop I worked at the hundred dollar bills are supposed to go under the drawer so that if you're robbed they'll see you empty the register and leave without the hundreds

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Usually cashiers who do that also put the $50s underneath too. Then you can use the extra slot for $2s, or credit cards receipts.

[@nickmyers3065]

Where did you put 50s? That cashier had no room for those either...

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

They usually get lumped with the $100s, either in a slot the cashier makes for large bills, or perhaps they too go under the till.

[@WildWombats]

Usually they go under the till, but that's more for security reasons so when we pop open the drawer it makes it look less worthy of being robbed.

[@slyfrailzz]

A lot of places have insta drop safes underneath as well

[@mr_weird6324]

In Canada the two dollar is a coin and are cashes have extra coins slots for the .05, .1, .25, 1, 2. The penny and 50 cent are still excepted just are not in use anymore

[@kenvandevoort7820]

I had that problem as a retailer. I also tried to keep silver dollars and 50¢ pieces. Once had a customer with a $1.50 total and he paid with a five dollar bill. I gave him a $2 bill, silver dollar and 50¢ piece in change. He stared at it and then said he guess that was correct. I had been waiting for that to happen.

[@brysonrodden5112]

We have 5 slots, we put checks and coin rolls in the 5th and put any 2,50,and100 in the bottom

[@jezily]

I love paying with dollar coins. Essentially the same thing happens.

[@hewgrebe4771]

Thanks for this one. Very good video.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Glad you liked it!

[@rickyo8145]

$100's should be stored under the till tray. Out of site, out of mind, for robbers. Also, they can quickly be removed for daily drops.

[@WildWombats]

In my pocket ;) I'll always switch out whatever for a 2 dollar bill or half dollar/dollar coin.

[@supremeblack5955]

I liked this video👍

[@fatkid1236]

Underneath the drawer???? I should be management 😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Time to update your resume.

[@jogvan374]

LMAO MY MOUTH LITERALLY WATERED WATCHING THIS 😂😂😂😂

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Why? I don't remember seeing any food.

[@elijahpepe]

Thank you.

[@bagnome]

My local gun show has an $8 admission. So naturally, they keep $2 bills.

[@GlobalGaming101]

I would give them back as change when it made sense. Do they need 3 dollars back? Ok, I'd give one two dollar bill and a single. I didn't always have two dollar bills or dollar coins but I gave them back as change sometimes.

[@kenvandevoort7820]

I also had a customer once state that they $2 bills mixed up with their $1 bills. I asked them how do you keep the $5 and $10 straight? They never thought of that.

[@playboimo3341]

At Walmart I was also told buy my csm to put them with the big bills like $100 or $50

[@thekadend]

We just put them on the far left side with the checks, 50s, and 100s.

[@kennychuwing2421]

Over in Florida, it’s rare to even have two dollar bills. I’ve seen less 2 dollar bills than 100 dollar bills

[@antb1617]

I worked on a job that they fill the. Money changing machines with. Coin dollars that were gold colored looked just like the silver ones...but it was first time I ever seen them so made sure a saved about 300 of them by the time we finished the job....I had fun spending them everywhere ...almost every cashier had to ask there manger if it was real .

[@ekt8750]

Way back when I was a cashier, I would put them under the $1s. If I had enough of them they'd get their own slot and I'd regularly give them out in change.

[@Optiplexations]

In my country, they have a another layer which they put the unknown/2$ Bills

[@cody9572]

When i got $2 i put them under the coin tray.

[@ZaibatsuHeavyIndustries]

I put 50s and 100s under the register, so I have an extra slot usually for extra coin rolls or 2$ if I get them. No point having the 50s and 100s in the register, never give them out as change and keeps them from robbing.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Makes sense

[@wuznab5109]

I only use 7s thank you very much

[@joelmichener8438]

That one guy at the end is not saving money he is just trading money for a different bill😂

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

He is trading his money for a $2, but then he's saving the $2. So you are only half-right.

[@pikachuforlife6465]

I work at the dollar tree and I put them in with the receipts and I also collect them

[@colmanberg3390]

Great video!

[@paddyk5429]

This is the most “I’ll go to bed early tonight... *3 am: this video*

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Sleep tight

[@masonzorn415]

9pm: Yeah mom I'll be in bed after this video. 3am:

[@MachineJugz]

I once gave my sister a two dollar bill and told her to never spend it. The next day she went to school and bought one of those fund raising candy bars with it smh

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

You can get more at the bank

[@albonqueely1327]

Amen guys x

[@souvik97ckp]

1:15 there's a ॐ(Aum) sticker on the cash register! Namaste! Sir from India!

[@souvik97ckp]

@@benlamsal Namaste!🇳🇵🇮🇳

[@offiver]

I just got some drinks with 2 2$ bills :P

[@edgarr8339]

You put them under the tray or in the safe next to the 100's

[@asriabir3051]

Vox cxx

[@BalticoYT]

1:42 Notice how there's a 20 Euro Cent coin with the $1 coins and $2 bills. Very interesting.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Just happened to be one in that register. Nothing done intentionally on our end

[@katanatamar4188]

I tend to put them under my ones.....

[@aesthetic_girl6625]

Cool

[@ifGarage]

Just put it under or on top of the $1 bills.

[@anarkitty5270]

We just throw them with the 50's and 100's. 1 dollar coins have a slot but they can be filled up with rolls sometimes

[@anthonyminimum]

Tanen Magic had the bills in the exact order that John described how old registers used to hold bills. That’s a coincidence

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Nice pickup. Tannen Magic is doing it the way it's supposed to be done. If you're going to put $2s in the register, it makes perfect sense to put them in that order. Not as big a coincidence as you think, but a coincidence nonetheless.

[@mikewizouski3052]

I wish i had one of those

[@YYHoe]

Singapore doesn't have this problem. In Singapore, there are S$1 coins and S$2 notes. Hundred dollar notes are rarer and so are twenties.

[@jedidr4918]

Big bills go under the tray makes sense, you wouldn’t wanna be flashing that in your registers

[@Disneypixartuners]

If u look closely u see a 2$bill under the ones slot in the 5 large slots

[@YourAverageGamer307]

What did they do with the old 500 dollar bill

[@breer2019]

Just be like England make the 1 dollar bills into a penny and then put the 2 dollars in there

[@Zmrt457]

I’m a cashier and if I get a $2 bill I just put them in the drop safe next to me where I put the bigger bills 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@justcallmesteve9123]

Yeha i always get the looks when i pay with $12.50 bills

[@ZaibatsuHeavyIndustries]

Last time I used a 10,000 bill I got plenty of looks

[@sugarsweet3727]

At 1:42 there is a european 20 cent coin im the bottom left corner. I wonder how it came there.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

That's the slot where they keep the weird stuff? Someone probably paid it, and the store at first thought it was a different American coin.

[@sugarsweet3727]

Thanks for the reply! But, are there any american coins of similar size and color? (Idk because im from germany, and i have never seen any american golden coins exept the 1$ wich isnt really similar in size. ) Also, love these videos! They are really helpfull because no one here belives me when i tell them about 2$ bills.

[@76tennboy]

When I worked at Kroger after they marked the hundred they would stick it under the tray of money But I would think the one person that put the two under the one, I think you’re asking for trouble doing that. What if you run out of ones and you accidentally grab the two without paying attention? Then you might think you’re cursed. 😂

[@cwieneke11]

When I got them I had to put them with the hundreds.

[@frankiek_1]

1:19 My mind as been blown

[@abecoulter18]

I live in New Zealand. We had $2 bill but 40 years ago

[@gkshighfalutintubeexperien8205]

I didn't even knew that 2's even excited 😐

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

You mean EXISTED? Yes, they do! You may really enjoy (and learn a lot from watching) my film. Check it out here: amzn.to/2gpRKum

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

I work behind a register at a small residential market so let me fill you in. When customers bring us $2 bills, we usually either lift the tray and stick them there or we set them aside. The spot we would normally place $2 bills in we would stick receipts in it because like the rest of the bills debt, credit or EBT cards are commonly used. For the foreign change people sometimes bring us (sidenote: I've received Canadian coins because the patron mistook it for a quarter. British shillings because they thought it was a dollar coin, yes we also get those and Filipino, Argentinian, Mexican, pesos, dollars, pounds, and these as well ¥, I forget how to say this one) we too have a dedicated slot for those as well, we would place our pennies, nickles, dimes, quarters, and foreign coins in that order This doesn't apply to *EVERY* market but some might have the same setup as ours does. Hope you found this interesting. Have a nice day.

[@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary]

Yes, very interesting. Thank you for the insight. As the video says, all cashiers will have their own system, so it's always nice to hear how people set up theirs.

[@InsaneFirebat]

Where do you put the 2s? *In your pocket* (pay for them, don't steal)

[@roachtoasties]

The $1 bill should be retired, because it's often not enough for a candy bar. When I worked at Taco Bell (a long time ago), the manager didn't like $2 bills. We were instructed to give them out as change as soon as possible. It would be very rare that they ended up being deposited at the bank at day's end.

[@reach7333]

Cut in half so they count as a 1 dollar bill