Eyes down for a full count at settlement center
By Ran Tao and Hu Xiaocen |
December 25, 2012, Tuesday
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AT 7am every day, the staff in the counting office of Jiading ticketing settlement center start their busy work in classifying, counting, bundling and bagging notes and coins before sending them to the bank.
They handle about 50,000 yuan (US$7,958) worth of coins and more than 4,000 yuan in notes daily, Xue Hongming, the center's manager, said.
The money was collected the previous evening from about 200 bus coin boxes from bus stations in Anting, Zhenxin and Nanxiang towns.
Cashier Lu Yaping pours the coins on the desk and sorts them to remove game coins, coins worth less than one yuan and other items people have put in the box.
The remaining one-yuan coins are neatly stored in trays.
To speed up the work, cashiers don't wear protective gloves, so they all have blackened fingers and calluses.
There are passengers who cheat by putting game coins, screws, buttons, keys and iron chips into the collection box.
"Sometimes the coins are mixed with sharp metals that may cut through our fingers. I hope all the passengers will pay undamaged notes and 'real' coins," Mao said.
But the banknotes cause no less headaches, according to cashier Mao Guifang.
"Some of them are damaged or crumpled. We need to flatten and fold them one by one," Mao said.
After the notes are pressed flat, cashiers tie 100 yuan worth of notes into a small bundle, which is counted five times before bagging. Each bundle takes about three minutes to process.
Cashiers have nimble hands to do the counting quickly and accurately. They also have very observant eyes.
"We hope that we will never see those torn notes, counterfeit money or game coins again in the collection boxes, and the citizens will use public transportation card to pay ticket fare," said Jing Weiguo, manager of Jiading's public transportation operation department.
"If the passengers use transportation cards, they also enjoy discount benefits," he added.
They handle about 50,000 yuan (US$7,958) worth of coins and more than 4,000 yuan in notes daily, Xue Hongming, the center's manager, said.
The money was collected the previous evening from about 200 bus coin boxes from bus stations in Anting, Zhenxin and Nanxiang towns.
Cashier Lu Yaping pours the coins on the desk and sorts them to remove game coins, coins worth less than one yuan and other items people have put in the box.
The remaining one-yuan coins are neatly stored in trays.
To speed up the work, cashiers don't wear protective gloves, so they all have blackened fingers and calluses.
There are passengers who cheat by putting game coins, screws, buttons, keys and iron chips into the collection box.
"Sometimes the coins are mixed with sharp metals that may cut through our fingers. I hope all the passengers will pay undamaged notes and 'real' coins," Mao said.
But the banknotes cause no less headaches, according to cashier Mao Guifang.
"Some of them are damaged or crumpled. We need to flatten and fold them one by one," Mao said.
After the notes are pressed flat, cashiers tie 100 yuan worth of notes into a small bundle, which is counted five times before bagging. Each bundle takes about three minutes to process.
Cashiers have nimble hands to do the counting quickly and accurately. They also have very observant eyes.
"We hope that we will never see those torn notes, counterfeit money or game coins again in the collection boxes, and the citizens will use public transportation card to pay ticket fare," said Jing Weiguo, manager of Jiading's public transportation operation department.
"If the passengers use transportation cards, they also enjoy discount benefits," he added.
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