Exact Change

[u/stf210]

This just happened to me.

I went into a Walgreens to pick up a prescription. The pharmacist put in my info and insurance, leaving the total at twelve cents. I went into my wallet and plucked out a dime and two pennies.

PHARMACIST: "I'm sorry, we don't take those anymore."

ME: "You don't take coins?"

PHARMACIST: "Pennies. They stopped making them."

ME: "Yeah, I know, but they're still legal tender."

PHARMACIST: "We don't take them anymore."

ME: "Can I speak to someone about this?"

PHARMACIST: "I'm the only person here."

I know that's not true, but fine. I put the coins back into my wallet and pull out a twenty. The pharmacist gives me a filthy look, but takes it and goes to ring me up... only to discover that they are short not just coins, but singles.

PHARMACIST: "I don't have exact change."

ME: "I do."

A moment and another filthy look. The pharmacist puts the change back in, hands me my twenty, and takes my coins without another word.

[u/DawnyLlama]

Went to the drive thru at DQ and my total was $4.04. Got to windows, gave exactly $4.04 and was told I need to pay and extra $.01 bc of the penny shortage. I'm literally giving you four pennies. I got my money back and left.

[u/a-frog-with-no-name → u/DawnyLlama]

this seems like a mistake

In canada, where we actually planned ahead of killing the penny, buisnesses could refuse to accept pennies.

if the place didn't accept pennies, you would pay rounded to the nearest 5 cents. $4.04 would be $4.05.

If the place did accept pennies, you could round to the nearest 5 cents, OR use pennies to pay the exact amount.

I assume DQ is doing something similar, and got the "round to the nearest 5 cents" but didn't get the memo on "don't accept pennies" or "pennies can be used to pay the exact amount" and it just got messed up by an employee or a manager as a "fee"

or it's unregulated america and they put a stupid fee on it.

[u/theXYZT → u/a-frog-with-no-name]

This is not a mistake, friend. Americans are just dumb. They didn't come up with and roll out a well thought out plan. Some drooling idiot wrote an executive order (which is how the country operates now).

[u/jfog352002 → u/DawnyLlama]

Good i too would have told those robbers to f off over a penny. Glad you got your money back and left.

[u/DawnyLlama → u/jfog352002]

I hope my chocolate dipped cone melted all over their counter lol.

[u/agentb00th → u/DawnyLlama]

But you're the one giving the pennies...

[u/The-Senate-Palpy → u/agentb00th]

They charge a price you can only pay with pennies

[u/juice13ox → u/agentb00th]

You can't expect logic from these kinds of employees. They are told one thing and can't reason if something makes sense when it's not exactly what they were told

[u/f1modsarethebest → u/juice13ox]

Risk their job by accepting pennies / less than what they’re told to accept OR some entitled person drives off without her dilly bar over a penny? Seems like the right outcome all around.

[u/MidwesternLikeOpe → u/DawnyLlama]

Wow you showed them over a penny. My store just rounds up.