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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:51 PM Original message |
Broke mom tries to pay for groceries for hungry kids with quarters. Store refused. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. What assholes--most stores I've been to don't charge the fee if you use |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. ...and it's not like she was paying with pennies. Quarters aren't that hard to count |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. BTW, I was thinking that too. I mean, is it really THAT difficult to count out QUARTERS? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I imagine for most people. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Just grab 4 quarters at a time and count 1...2...3 |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. But they might not have hired people with that capability |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
216. I'm pretty sure most people know how to do that... |
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Randypiper (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. I always separate the quarters out when I use the change machine |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
84. me too. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
198. hey, careful who you bash |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #198 |
217. I don't get that statement. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I agree with you. Even with pennies, hell, money is money. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
129. Back in about 1974, |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
97. fred meyer was bought out by kroeger a few ago. Old man meyer |
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AmyDeLune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #97 |
196. I think it's more a case of the clerk being a jerk--- |
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aggiesal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
201. I believe it's also ... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. More evidence...they're in it to starve the poor to death. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. So true! |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
140. Indeed! |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
155. I is illegal if the debt is all ready incurred. For example a parking ticket, or red light ticket. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
156. People always say it is illegal to refuse money. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
160. I like the term "peasant coinage". |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #160 |
183. Me, too. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. What kind of bullshit response is "We can only accept $5"? It's "We only CHOOSE to accept $5." |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Save-a-Lot is a cut rate Food4Less |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Stores like Sav-a-lot keep costs low by having very few people working at a time. |
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Jkid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. This also applies to every other service job these days. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
115. Usually, the store manager is allotted a certain amount of |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
152. While the problem is heightened now, I frequented a Save-a-lot back in 2005 when things were better. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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Iwillnevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
143. What if |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #143 |
151. What if other people don't have time to count your change? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #151 |
179. You just don't get it. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #143 |
163. That's a sad fact of life. In our society people with inadequate access to transportation do suffer. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. The TV spot had her saying she didn't want to spend the gas money to go to her bank. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #143 |
173. Apparently, |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
145. doesn't take as long as you think. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sounds like the doctor that won't take cash money for his services. |
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kag (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
80. I had a doc that did that. |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
153. Actually... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Christ - What has happened to our country. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. If grocery stores are going to |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not pimping for them, but the downtown Safeway accepts any amount in change... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, it wasn't a Safeway, it was a Save-a-Lot.... nt |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
128. That's what you got out of this? "Portland sucks?" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah yes great Depresion here |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. How can people be so heartless? How can people be so cruel? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
122. Easy to be hard, easy to say no |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:16 AM Response to Reply #122 |
208. especially people who care about strangers, who care about evil and social injustice |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. As an assistant manager of a store in the early 80's I accepted |
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Mosby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. business customers cannot deposit loose change |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. It took the manager, the customer, and I |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Depends on the bank. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
135. Its true. Even as a individual my bank would take bags/jars or change and sort/count it by machine |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #19 |
58. NOBODY takes rolled coins. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. I love taking rolled coins at our store. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. They don't around here |
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thesquanderer (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. slugs, etc. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
136. I wouldn't worry so much about slugs as just being given short rolls. |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
149. not only that but most stores have a change counter, I know where I work does |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
162. slugs are probably worth more than pennies. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
103. Do you mean banks? I take my gson and his saved rolled coins |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I should have clarified. Retail stores. At least in our area. n/t |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. Thanks. I think one can still take the rolled coins to the service |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #119 |
148. I use rolls of pennies to buy things that cost a dollar at the dollar store. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
111. I own a small business and have NEVER EVER even NEEDED to |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. You know that's right. I have had many cashier ask me for/be |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #120 |
200. Stores go through HUGE quantities of change. They have to run to the bank |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
114. Evidently my bank is a little more enlightened. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #114 |
121. Again, my gson's bank take his rolled coins but have also told |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Places are funky about that.... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. well, can't they just open it up and count it ? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No way they would have counted it.... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. i really don't understand the reasoning behind this policy |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
92. I'm not defending the policy at all, but the reasoning might be that the transaction might take too |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #92 |
107. Then open up another freaking line. |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #92 |
123. Take the coins to the service desk. This has worked in the |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #92 |
219. That would be a valid-ish concern with pennies or mixed change, but this was all quaters |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Isnt it Illegal? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. No. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They could be pressed. Money is fucking money. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. They could always just choose to boot you from the store instead of making the sale. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
35. True that, if a stink were made by enough customers, what we all go to jail? hmmmmf. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I'm neutral on this. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #37 |
77. Why are you in such a rush? :) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #77 |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
95. I always figured that coins were better money than bills |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
203. Wow, you must be really impatient |
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tropicanarose (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
199. I agree. This is ridiculous |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
79. political and organizational applications of psychology |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
85. "Keep talking like that, and someone will shoot you someday." |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
89. not may, not maybe, not perhaps, not could, but "will" shoot you. Still waiting for your response. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #89 |
213. Wow. Did I miss something? |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sheesh money is freakin money! |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. It sez "In God We Trust" on the stupid thing. isn't that enough for these idiots? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'd have gone through the line multiple times, each time |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. Jeez, I've been in that position plenty of times, scrounging for change to get food on the table |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
154. If I saw that woman, |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. We shop at QFC and Fred Meyer |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. Pennies and nickles I can understand - even dimes but, quarters? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. That is against the fucking law! She should have called the ... oh. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
53. It's perfectly legal. Just dumb. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Exactly. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
75. Now that is a lovely grocer! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
74. And the talk of doing away with the dollar bill and making a coin instead? |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
184. How is it legal? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #184 |
187. It's only required in the case of debts. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #187 |
192. Interesting |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
36. gawd |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
221. Skittles! |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
41. K&R n/t |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
43. I think the stores should have taken the quarters in this case. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Lots of transactions at the grocery store take up time. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. You might have hit on the real reason. But I don't think that anyone in this thread is defending the |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
109. Exactly |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
185. Incorrect |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
45. Good on the kind stranger who offered to help |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. that happened to me at a gas station years ago |
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Lizzie Poppet (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. The thing about gas stations... |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. not for gas |
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Lizzie Poppet (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Wow, that sucks! |
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thesquanderer (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #72 |
81. You generally need to prepay at gas stations... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #72 |
125. Of course in Portland, you are not pumping it, you sit there |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #125 |
205. Long Island too. nt |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
175. here in NC |
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prismpalette (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
118. its my job |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
48. There are these change machines that some supermarkets have |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Those machines charge a chunky fee for that.. An amount that a stressed |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I don't remember too large of a fee but in any case |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
61. The fee is 10%. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Most unions will do that for nothing. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I love collecting those coins |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
177. Yes. Just take to the bank. We all know how much they love taking money in... |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
49. The Albertsons in SE Denver will take change |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
50. Some people like to hurt those who are already hurting |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
54. This country has lost all compassion. Makes me sick. No wonder god has given up on america. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. One of my most depressing moments was in Sav-a-Lot. |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
63. My father used to own a laundrymat |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
86. laundromat |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
116. "Laundrymat" is a colloquialism and not necessarily a misspelling. |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #116 |
220. Especially in New Orleans |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. Ok here's what I would have done, if I had the time. Separate the food stuffs |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. They better get used to taking change |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
68. Cash is cash |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
69. I believe that in America this is illegal. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. We can refuse any currency we want, be it coins or large bills. |
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Lenomsky (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
100. In the UK it's true a store can refuse coinage over a set level .. |
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PSzymeczek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #100 |
134. To your last question, |
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Lenomsky (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #134 |
209. WOW .. a harsh reality |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
146. You commit a class d or c misdemeanor. Enough for jail but not for prison. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #100 |
207. Well, this how one lady does it.... |
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Lenomsky (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #207 |
210. Thanks for the info I understood Clinton was .. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #210 |
214. She's very hard to read and is kind of loopy but also entertaining. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
165. The US Treasury Department disagrees, unfortunately. n/t |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
76. K&R n/t because I have nothing nice to say about these "corporate people." |
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thesquanderer (647 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
83. I guess it's change they can't believe in (n/t) |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Snort. |
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idiotgardener (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
87. I know this store. |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
90. Now these businesses won't accept American money! |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
91. lemme guess. nobody can count anymore :( |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
94. I would think that stores would have to take any legal money... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
189. Doesn't work that way. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
96. People don't matter anymore. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
191. Well, |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #191 |
202. Keep speaking out about what is right |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
98. What the hell?! |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. When I worked in retail, we were always short of change. She's helping them out. nt |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. You're broke, use the Change machine and pay 10% more. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #101 |
113. Bingo! |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
102. Inconvenient?For Whom?The STORE?They are there to serve |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. Stores are NOT there to count the hundreds of pennies in your bank because you are too lazy to do it |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #108 |
117. The person wasn't trying to pay with pennies. She was trying to pay with |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
126. Lack of empathy for others is another thing which is ruining this |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #108 |
166. Too lazy? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #108 |
178. no, it's about poverty. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #108 |
211. Imagine |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
104. People (who are not even poor) take advantage of stores to empty their piggy banks. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. meh. What when they do away with the dollar bill and make it a coin? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #104 |
137. That's not what happened here. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
212. Wait! |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
110. One of the reasons why I like the self-checkout stands |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #110 |
124. I hadn't thought of that. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
144. I was just going to comment on that |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
112. The comments are kind of disheartening |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
127. Just read an article about a movement to save money by eliminating paper dollars |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
130. How much of the 10% fee from the change counting machine goes to Sav-A-Lot? |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
131. Ok, this is the way she should have handled it. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
133. I Would Have Accommodated Her Because I'm A Softie |
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perdita9 (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
139. Legal tender is Legal tender |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #139 |
147. Coins are legal tender for all debts, public or private. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #147 |
167. As asinine as the situation is, the US Treasury Department agrees with that assessment. n/t |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
141. This is atrocious but.... |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
150. We would have bought her change if we had been behind her in line if we had the cash. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #150 |
168. Unfortunately you were not the one in line behind her and apparently the person who was felt |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #168 |
194. Believe me. I understand. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #194 |
204. I have run into the type too here in Nevada. But in fairness, there was a good person in this story. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
157. We have become a nation of insensitive and callous bastards!!!! |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #157 |
170. That applies to most of us but the rich are treated like kings and queens. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
158. The cruelty of a faceless corporation. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
159. There is no empathy anymore. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
161. BOVINE DUNG! Pure and simple! |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
164. Fucking assholes |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
171. It's sickening to read a lot of the comments at the Katu.com link |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
172. Too sad story. These times I've never seen, and hoped I never would. |
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masmdu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
174. Of course the store is wrong....but why not just go through the line 6 times for 6 seperate 5$ buys? |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
176. Money is money. Period. The lack of common decency however... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #176 |
206. Well said. nt |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
180. Increasingly, |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
181. Legal tender is legal tender |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #181 |
215. There is no law stating that cash (or coins) must be accepted for |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
182. The store was wrong not to take the change of course, you would |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
186. The Challenges of Spending a $100 Bill |
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minavasht (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
188. I'd split |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
190. The Merchants That Don’t Take Cash |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
193. Some branch banks have CoinStar type setups with no fees charged |
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azygous (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
195. Oh hell! I tried to pay at Wal-Mart with four rolls of quarters |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #195 |
218. I like you |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
197. They apologize for the "inconvenience"??? Jerks! Apologize for acting like a...holes |
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