cashier

A retail cashier or simply a cashier is a person who handles the cash register at various locations such as the point of sale in a retail store. The most common use of the title is in the retail industry, but this job title is also used in the context of accountancy for the person responsible for receiving and disbursing money or within branch banking in the United Kingdom for the job known in the United States as a bank teller [出纳员. ATM: Automated Teller Machine =cashpoint].

In a shop, a cashier (or checkout operator) is a person who scans the goods through a cash register that the customer wishes to purchase at the retail store. The items are scanned by a barcode positioned on the item with the use of a laser scanner. After all of the goods have been scanned, the cashier then collects the payment (in cash, check and/or by credit/debit card) for the goods or services exchanged, records the amount received, makes change, and issues receipts or tickets to customers. Cashiers will record amounts received and may prepare reports of transactions, reads and record totals shown on cash register tape and verify against cash on hand. A cashier may be required to know value and features of items for which money is received; may cash checks; may give cash refunds or issue credit memorandums to customers for returned merchandise; and may operate ticket-dispensing machines and the like.

In one form or another, cashiers have been around for thousands of years. In many businesses, such as grocery stores, the cashier is a "stepping stone" position. Many employers require employees to be cashiers in order to move up to customer service or other positions.

Cashiers are at risk of repetitive strain injuries due to the repeated movements often necessary to do the job, such as entering information on a keypad or moving product over a scanner. Included also is the physical strain of standing on one's feet for several hours in one spot. Because of this, many cashiers are only able to do a six-hour-long shift under different policies.

A less-current meaning of the term referred to the employee of a business responsible for receiving and disbursing money. In a non-retail business, this would be a position of significant responsibility. With an ever-larger proportion of transactions being done using cash substitutes (such as checks, credit cards, and debit cards), the amount of cash handled by such employees has declined, and this usage of the word "cashier" has been largely supplanted by the title comptroller. A comptroller is someone who is in charge of the accounts of a business or a government department; used mainly in official titles.

In a bank branch in the United Kingdom, a cashier is someone who enables customers to interact with their accounts, such as by accepting and disbursing money and accepting checks. In the United States, the job title is bank teller.

Cashiering (or degradation ceremony), generally within military forces, is a ritual dismissal of an individual from some position of responsibility for a breach of discipline. On January 5, 1895 Captain Alfred Dreyfus was cashiered. 德雷福斯事件，是19世纪90年代法国军事当局对军官阿尔弗雷德·德雷福斯的诬告案。德雷福斯出生于阿尔萨斯犹太商人家庭，在总参谋部任上尉军官。1894年9月，情报处副处长亨利诬陷德雷福斯向德国武官出卖军事机密，以间谍罪加以逮捕。1894年12月22日军事法庭在证据不足情况下判处他在法属圭亚那附近的魔鬼岛终身监禁。1896年3月，新任情报处长皮卡尔在调查中发现，真正的罪犯是亨利的朋友费迪南·埃斯特哈齐，要求军事法庭重审。亨利伪造证件，反诬皮卡尔失职，后者被调往突尼斯。1898年1月，经军事法庭秘密审讯，埃斯特哈齐被宣告无罪，激起了社会公愤。1月14日，作家爱弥尔·左拉在《震旦报》发表致总统的公开信《我控诉》。要求重审德雷福斯案件的社会运动广泛开展，法国社会分裂为德雷福斯派和反德雷福斯派两个阵营。民族主义右翼分子妄图借此推翻共和政府。不久，亨利伪造证件的事实暴露，被捕供认后自杀。埃斯特哈齐也畏罪潜逃伦敦。在群众强大压力下，1899年8～9月，经军事法庭重审，德雷福斯仍被判有罪，但改判10年徒刑。9月19日，总统决定赦免德雷福斯，以息民愤。直到1906年7月最高法院才撤销原判，为其昭雪。德雷福斯恢复名誉，被晋升为少校。

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