Got near-insulted for wanting to cash in my purchases with a €100 bill by a 40-45 y.o. cashier…read morecalled Frédérique (first name not changed), who had like 15 red €10 bills available for my change...
Right before me, a couple of elderly english people saw their articles (one half-baguette, a bag of croissants and a few slices of ham) trashed away by the same cashier with two fingers, as if these were radioactive and required pincers...
Well, unless you're OK with being trashed by unhappy clerks, then by all means do half their job and get the exact amount of money required... or make the extra 100 meters north to the local Nôtre-Dame Market...