On Friday, 10 July 2015 18:33:41 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
staff just weren't trusted with money and only the guy locked in the
cash kiosk could touch it
True...but some of those were butchers, etc. where it was done for
hygiene purposes.

also a lot of people would have shopped daily (because of lack of refrigeration at home) but had a weekly or monthly account, so the cashier wouldn't just be handling cash but would also be writing up each customer's ledger.

Owain