Originally Posted by
jonnyd13
It absolutely matters what the cashier thinks and is willing to do. There are many times when a cashier will refuse to ring up a card because in their head, it is cash only, despite the register allowing it.
This happened to me at a go to grocery store last week. I returned the next day and simply went to a different cashier who didn't bat an eye.
If the register is hard coded for cash only, it doesn't matter what the cashier is willing to do. S/he can try to ring it up on CC, but the register will block the sale. There is no way for a cashier to override a hard-coded register. If they intentionally tried to hack their way past a hardcoded register they would likely lose their job and be prosecuted.