Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 11/14/05 17:13

Robert Latest wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:43:14 GMT,
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote
> in Msg. <8ndl1ungwxuc$.1wdrxkcxz8hkm$.dlg@40tude.net>
>
>> That's when I hand them the ten and a five, a quarter, three dimes
>> and three pennies.
>>
>> They can't figure out they owe me four singles and a nickel.
>
> Not only that -- usually they look at you funny, take your handful of
> money, awkwardly count it, type the odd figure into the register and
> look flustered when the machine tells them to return a round sum.

Last month, I handed a girl bills and odd change, she looked perplexed
but entered it as you describe, gave me back the correct change, then
handed me back *my* odd change, which she had kept in one hand!

(There could be profit in this ... )

--
-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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