using small change in a shop

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 05:59PM #1

anyone else feel embarrassed using small change (like 10's 5's) in a shop?

I got 20 Marlboro lights t'other day with 10's and 20's in a shop and felt like a right k-nob.

oh come on payday!!

cornbb · 24-05-2006 06:02PM

I used to work in a shop, that annoyed me most of the time but sometimes I'd be in the mood for it and enjoy counting it out.

That reminds me, I'm broke and out of fags too

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 06:04PM

I was good enough to put it in piles of €1 for her....

projectmayhem · 24-05-2006 06:07PM

wouldn't say i feel embarassed but if i have a nice big coin i'll use that instead. i empty out all the crap change on the bus. the amount of times i've said "€1.55 please" and gotten a ticket that says $0.95 or €1.35 annoys me

Dog Chaser · 24-05-2006 06:18PM

cornbb wrote:

I'm broke and out of fags too

Here's one for ya:

Scraggs · 24-05-2006 06:27PM

easy_as_easy wrote:

anyone else feel embarrassed using small change (like 10's 5's) in a shop?

Dont be embarrassed! Most busy shops are crying out for change as they often run out quickly. Anyway its all legal tender.... [or have you been using monopoly money:p]

homah_7ft · 24-05-2006 06:29PM

I worry that I won't have enough or that I won't count it out correctly so I just use notes. I get rid of my coinage in a vending machine in work.

fabcat · 24-05-2006 06:33PM

Don't be ashamed of your change! I used to hate going into shops with a handful of coppers, but then I actually worked in one for a while and realised it's actually not that big a deal, it was great to have the change for the till and as long as it wasn't just splashed out on the counter, it was easy enough to count.:)

Patricide · 24-05-2006 06:40PM

I used to care about it but not anymore the least day i got a pizza with 10 quid of small change, the pizza guy wasnt too hapy but at the end of the day **** him , im broke so im gonna use all the money i have, its a handy way to get rid of change anyway.

I always get paranoid though no matter how many times i count my change that ive counted it wrong and that ill come up short, i often find myself counting my change 4 or 5 times whilest in the que, Wierd i know but im what youd call a paranoid person.

Huggles · 24-05-2006 06:47PM

I save all my change in a big bottle. I have 600 quid at the mo and by the end of the year I will have over a 2 grand....coolo!

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 06:49PM

Patricide wrote:

I used to care about it but not anymore the least day i got a pizza with 10 quid of small change, the pizza guy wasnt too hapy but at the end of the day **** him , im broke so im gonna use all the money i have, its a handy way to get rid of change anyway.

I always get paranoid though no matter how many times i count my change that ive counted it wrong and that ill come up short, i often find myself counting my change 4 or 5 times whilest in the que, Wierd i know but im what youd call a paranoid person.

hahahaha same here!!! i counted out the money for the ciggies about 17 times on the walk there, and i brought some extra change just incase, hahaha

Larianne · 24-05-2006 06:58PM

As regards small change in a shop, I don't mind recieving it but sometimes its annoying if there's a long queue because I have to count it all while I get daggers from impatient people who want to be served. I normally don't give loadsa change in a shop coz I'm like Patricide, I'm always afraid I've counted it wrong!

I've loadsa change in a massive vodka bottle. It's not even half full yet. So I don't know whether to take out the change now and spend it or wait till its full? Would the bank change it for me into notes or not?

takola · 24-05-2006 06:59PM

easy_as_easy wrote:

hahahaha same here!!! i counted out the money for the ciggies about 17 times on the walk there, and i brought some extra change just incase, hahaha

The worst part is having to stand there while the count it!! Specially if there's other people waiting!!!!

John R · 24-05-2006 07:05PM

Larianne wrote:

I've loadsa change in a massive vodka bottle. It's not even half full yet. So I don't know whether to take out the change now and spend it or wait till its full? Would the bank change it for me into notes or not?

Yes, go in and get money bags from them and sort it first though. They'd probably not accept it in a vodka bottle.

ST* · 24-05-2006 07:07PM

I can't stand any of the small stuff (10c or under) in my purse. They are fiddly and annoying

Thankfully there is one of these in my local supervalu. There is a small charge, but I'm not one for bank Q's either.

Larianne · 24-05-2006 07:08PM

John R wrote:

Yes, go in and get money bags from them and sort it first though. They'd probably not accept it in a vodka bottle.

cool

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 07:10PM

im always like 10c sort of a tenner so i never go into the banks

takola · 24-05-2006 07:22PM

ST* wrote:

I can't stand any of the small stuff (10c or under) in my purse. They are fiddly and annoying Thankfully there is one of these in my local supervalu. There is a small charge, but I'm not one for bank Q's either.

:eek: I want one of them!!!!!! :eek:

petes · 24-05-2006 07:28PM

I've often paid for a pint in my local with 10's and some 5's. They give to me over the weekend when I'm handing them notes so I'm just giving it back to them. Feck it. Better than having a mountain of it at home.

funky penguin · 24-05-2006 07:37PM

I love giving it too the self service tills in tesco while people behind me try to bore holes in my back with their Eyes of Penetrating Doom.

Hermione* · 24-05-2006 08:07PM

As lomg as you pay for what you buy, and aren't a huge nuisance for the cashier, who cares?

Having worked in a shop though, accepting change was never an issue, except when people tipped it out all over the counter and held up already long queues - hated that.

Pigman II · 24-05-2006 08:12PM

I wouldn't pay over the counter with small change (although I have no qualms using 1c 2c etc on a bus fare purely to get rid of them).

I think when it gets to the stage where you're paying for smokes with copper then you might have to reconsider your budgeting mechanisms.

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 08:24PM

I take it your not a smoker then...

Stench Blossoms · 24-05-2006 08:24PM

I normally keep it for the bus. I hate giving the extra 5c.

Pigman II · 24-05-2006 08:27PM

easy_as_easy wrote:

I take it your not a smoker then...

No but I am a raging alcoholic.

cournioni · 24-05-2006 09:12PM

On a side note, does anyone else here think that 1c and 2c coins are absolutely pointless?!

byte · 24-05-2006 09:18PM

The self-service point in Tesco is where most of my change goes. Great way of getting rid of change from the night before!

easy_as_easy · 24-05-2006 09:21PM

PORNAPSTER wrote:

On a side note, does anyone else here think that 1c and 2c coins are absolutely pointless?!

well until they give rid of tax or round every up we're stuck with 'em!

JoeB- · 24-05-2006 09:29PM

Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 of 3 May 1998 on the introduction of the euro stipulates that within the euro area no party other than the issuing authority and persons specifically named in national legislation is obliged to accept more than 50 coins in any single payment transaction. The regulation does not specify a value.

Joe

smemon · 24-05-2006 09:32PM

notes all the way

advantages: faster, lighter, make you look richer

i dont use ANY coins anymore, just hurl them into my coin sorter and dump them in bags, then drag them to the bank every few months and get about €300 back!!

it's like getting €300 for nothing cuz you forget about all that change youve saved. great way of saving imo.

Juicebox · 24-05-2006 09:36PM

i just count all my change the night before put in to money bags. next night go to the pub order a pint and say look im sorry i was out busking last night..they always get a great kick out of it keep em sweet i always say!!

i work in a club and for some reason on sunday nights everyone brings the pennys i normally just laugh pisses me off when they're plastered though and just throw €10 in 5 cents at me

using small change in a shop

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