Have you ever had to whip out a rediculously large amount of change to purchase something? If so were you embarrased or not?
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Ree26
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Ever since some supermarkets added "self-check" lanes, I've frequently whipped out a large amount of change to buy stuff from those stores. There are usually "coin counter" machines nearby, but they usually demand about 9 cents in payment for every dollar in change they count, so putting the entire bag of coins in the "self-check" lane's receptacle puts the entire value of the bag towards your purchase. Usually I only spend large amounts of change in a regular aisle if the clerk has a sign up saying "PLEASE GIVE ME CHANGE!!!"
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I'm a college student, so sometimes all I have is change. Never been embarrased by it at all.
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In college, I paid a medical bill in loose coins. I was charged $145 for a doctor to tell me my shattered knee the size of a softball needed to be seen by an orthopedic surgeon. Really? It took a medical degree for that diagnosis? She was in my exam room for less than 2 minutes. Embarrassed? Nope.
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I would be careful about "Whipping" something out like change. If that did happen, maybe I could get the "Rain man" to count it while it's all over the floor.
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About 35 dollars in groceries once.... the cashier told us they weren't allowed to take rolled coins. We made her call a manager over, he said she was right, she coulndn't take rolled coins... SO, my then husband unrolled them and dumped them all in a pile on the conveyer belt. The manager and cashier had to sort AND count all the coins. We thought the guy in line behind us would get irritated at the delay, but he said "It serves them right". LOL
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When my husband and I were first married, the early 1970's and had moved to a new county, no job yet, we searched his parent's home, where we were house sitting, for loose change. We found 78 cents and took that to the butchers and asked for 78 cents worth of ground beef so we could eat it with some spaghetti sauce and pasta we had. We didn't care how weird it sounded. We were young and happy and it was an adventure. And now we have a good story to tell in later years.
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It was a study night for me and I decided that I wanted some treats. So I went to Wal*mart with maybe 5 rolls of pennies, two of nickels, one of dimes and a roll of quarters. Bought a bag of party mix (cheetos, doritos, fritos, pretzels and sun chips), a bag of M&M's, and a tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. It wasn't a ridiculously large amount of change, but the cashier lady gave me a mean glare when she had to count out all the coins.
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One time when I was driving home from college, I had a bunch of rolls of pennies. I needed to pay a turnpike toll. They wouldn't take the pennies. I just left about ten bucks worth of rolls (more than the toll by a few cents (no pun intended)and drove off. I was pissed. It's still money. For about 50 miles I kept checking my rearview mirror for a state trooper. Luckily, that didn't happen.
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