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MichMan

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44. I hate having loose coins.

Sun Dec 14, 2025, 09:32 AM

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I'm always on a mission to get rid of as much loose change as I can. Every time I use cash, I'm the guy that hands the cashier an assortment like a $5 bill, a dime, nickel and 3 cents on a $4.68 purchase to get back a couple quarters instead. I sometimes get a weird look from the cashier wondering why I'm handing them this odd assortment until the register tells them and they figure it out. I even use the self checkout coin feeders to feed in everything I have on my person and use a debit card to pay for the balance.

Of course, it inevitably happens that my elation at getting rid of it is short lived, as in the very next place I go using cash, I now don't have any, get a bunch back and thus the cycle starts over. Quarters are OK, because I can use them in a carwash

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