Money.
1. 1c coins. They are so hard to get rid of. In fact coins in general are hard to get rid of. It takes a long time to make up 49 cents when there is a line at the store. Yes, 25+10+10+1+1+1+1. And the 5c coin is bigger than the 10c coin.
Most people only seem to use notes when paying with cash. I don't know what the secret is. There is even a machine in Walmart for changing coins BACK INTO notes (for a fee of course).
To top it off, most vending machines take $1 notes ONLY so you still can't get rid of them.
2. $1 notes. If you're like me, you walk into a restaurant knowing you have a pile of notes in your wallet. When it comes time to pay you find out you have 15 $1 notes and you dont have enough cash. How embarrasement. You have to keep the ones separate in your wallet in order to have any idea how much money you have.
3. Sales tax at the register. Need I say more.
4. While we are at it - tipping taxi drivers and hairdressers??????? Why the F*** don't they just add 15% onto their prices???
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Hit the nail on the head there Mash. They all know they can't spend 1c coins, but they're so stuck in their ways they cant change it.
They even have a system - "give a penny, take a penny" - at most registers to work around the fact the currency is useless (it's a tray of pennies you drop yours into if you get any, and can use to make change if you don't).
You crack a note and it's dead. Change is useless. If you make a real effort you can get rid of some of it but you need nerves of steel.
One place to dump it is tollways...
If you collect all your pennies and bring them back here they will be worth more than their face value for the copper - I'll bash them into a little knife or cup or something for you.
Have you ever seen the "give a penny, take a penny" plate at a store? This is a cool concept where if you receive change that includes a penny you can leave it in the tray. If I come in after you and buy something worth 26c I can take a penny from the tray and put it with my quarter to make the 26c. It's a pretty good idea.
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