My Grandmother went to Mcdonald's today

[Roon]

and the order taker shorted her a quarter. She made a stink about it. She was telling me about it and she said that most people don't count their change when it comes to coins. But they always count their bills. What do you do? DO you count your coins? I don't, I make sure I have enough bills and stick the coins in my pocket.

[Sugar Smack]

1. I love your Granny. My Dad does the same thing.

While you & I pay for things with whole dollars & get change, they count and pay with exact change. We go to coinstar machines later. I've begun to count change recently, myself. I love that generation dearly. They don't take shit; they lived thru the 1st great depression.

[Roon]

2. Yep. My Grandparents are depression children

They watch every dime and never, EVER waste any food. They freeze everything. They never buy anything from the grocery store that isn't on sale. After 65 years of living this way, they have a nice healthy savings account.I don't know what they are going to do with it, they will never spend it.

[Blue Diadem]

3. in the "old" days

When I first began retail way back when, we were trained to count back change, bills and coins, to the customer. I still did that at my last retail job in the 90's, even though the register would tell you what amount to give back to the customer. Now, the register says to give back say.. $3.77 and it's all plopped in the customer's hand.

Your Grandma is a wise woman to count her change. While it was probably just an honest mistake, just imagine if every person or every other person was shorted a quarter and what that could add up to over the course of hours/days in a very busy place. Yes, it could be indicative of theft and even if it's not, it's pure profit for a company.

Yes, I count my coins too.

[Burma Jones]

4. I almost never use cash for anything anymore

It's gotten faster and easier to use the credit card at the grocery store and the gas station, I use cash at Starbucks and at Restaurants and let them keep the change. I don't count my change from fast food joints, I guess I had better start......

I have no idea how much we have collected in the last 12 years or so in change. We keep it in a metal five gallon popcorn tin and it's about half full.

[NMDemDist2]

5. i save change and have a much smaller container. it filled about 3/4 of a Crown Royal bag

and when I rolled it a few weeks ago it came out to $89

you probably have over $300 in your tin

:hi:

[Burma Jones]

6. One of my Poker Buddies uses a Crown Royal bag

it's usually about an eighth full........

[KatyMan]

7. I was surprised

when I put my change into Coinstar recently. I never saved change, just used it as I got it, but the coins here in Britain can be cumbersome, especially since there's no £1 note, just a coin, so you end up with a lot. I just started throwing my non pound coin change into a jar, and at the end of the month it was full, and decided what the heck, and ended up with something like £80...now I save lots of change!

[Roon]

8. Me too

I use a debit card and I really like that more and more places aren't making you sign for your purchase. Just swipe and go!

[suninvited]

9. I dont count my change generally

but perhaps we all should. If a dishonest clerk at McDonalds pocketed a quarter on every transaction and they waited on 200 customers in one day, thats fifty dollars in their pocket.



Take him away officers !!!!!!

[applegrove]

10. I count my coins.