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Quarter boy pays for his meal
Rich49
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Rich49
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I'll lay out seven to ten quarters for the morning donuts, but that's about as far as I will go with a bunch of coins in a single Coin/change ransaction.
Still, If the restaurant owner caused a big public stink o & tizzy when he/she got paid like this, well, that would be a restaurant that I would just skip in the future.
At least they were quarters and not pennies!
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they are not a nice place
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At least it was American quarters and not Canadian quarters!!
I live on the US/Canadian border and the local Walmart discounts canadian bills 16% and refuses all canadian coinage....they probably get 50 % of their business from canada
At flea markets and garage sales, I've occasionally had people offer two to five dollars in pennies as payment.
Best policy is to accept the pennies in a show of bravado, all without counting. At our garage sales, 90% of the stuff left over after the second day goes off to Goodwill or to the Sally before we shut the dang garage door.
@BillDugan1959 I would likely do the same, especially for under $5...
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"Naulty told the outlet he was at the restaurant because he wanted to take the tips he earned as a server at Country Kitchen and treat his friends to a meal."
What cheap bastard leaves quarters as a tip? I haven't left change for a tip in twenty years. If he had been given a minimum of a dollar for a tip at his job, he wouldn't have had quarters to pay his bill at this restaurant.
They should be so lucky the people paid.
If they don't accept US tender then they should just close the door.
Their profit margins are so thin they should just stick it where the sun don't shine.
Must have been a slow news day. I’m not sure the local paper in my town of 7000 would have bothered with a story.
idiot store owner....the kid didn't do anything wrong, heck he left a good tip too.
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..and pays for other patrons with money HE makes as a server at his own restaurant..
I don't see how the original post on FB could be construed as humor. Something funny like "he ordered a quarter pounder and we got this", or some goofy and ridiculous... would have been far more acceptable if hardly humorous.
They're gonna be flooded with customers hunting for something to be wrong. These followup people love their 3 seconds of fame. This isn't gonna go very well for them, regardless how much they "apologize".
Don't forget who ended up with those pennies...
It is legal tender so tough you know what. I roll up quarters and when I get a couple of rolls I trade them with the local jeweler for two dimes and an Eagle. Silver dimes and ASE.
Many business would be happy to get the change. They can always use quarters.
I would gladly accept the change at my part time job. Then place them in roll amount bags...after I browse through them.
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I worked for a large retailer years ago and would have kids come in and buy game consoles with all their saved up dollar bills etc. I was glad they paid me in $1's because usually it was a huge hassle to get change from the cage.
I do pay in quarters for 7-11 stops - they like the change.
They are goingt to get flooded with people paying in change I suspect.
He did! But he wasn't cheap. They mentioned his mother, but not his father, so he may be an uncheap bastard.
I was referring to the folks tipping the boy at the Country Kitchen where he worked. The article claims this is why the boy had so many quarters to spend.
I know. I read the story and the posts.
I leave change all the time
From time to time I get change in change and mostly leave it so I might be one of those cheap bastards bsnasty is asking about
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Not good business practice or PR for the restaurant !!!
I vividly recall saving my pennies, nickels, and dimes to buy an HO locomotive when I was a kid. Cost was something like $11.95 plus 4% sales tax (remember when sales taxes were that low? But I digress).
When I had enough saved after months of pinching pennies, I couldn't wait for my mom to drive me across town to the hobby shop (Racine Cycle & Train Shop) to make the purchase. The shop owners were kind and counted out every last cent and were excited for me that I could take that loco home.
These days I'd rather put up with a coinstar machine than take any carp from a retailer. My only indulgence is spending Ikes and SBAs at restaurants and watch the help try to figure out whether it is real US currency or something from central or south America. No fun leaving them as tips as you rarely get to watch.
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I always have change in my pocket...and it grows, until I either unload it to the bedroom dresser (and after a few months, a ziploc bag), or when paying cash (frequently) I add a couple dollars in quarters.... I never tip in coins.... Cheers, RickO
Back when I was in retail, I would have said something like “I don’t mind taking them this time, but next time could you please cash them in at a bank? Thanks!”
All my change gets saved up until I run it through the coin machine at the credit union. But, good for this kid. If I lived in the area I'd go there and pay in coins out of spite.
Pennies are Monnies too.....should've not complain when literally emptied his pocket
I can remember back in the very early 1960's when I went with my grandfather to a burger and ice cream joint. He would leave a dime for a tip!
In a retail gig we had a woman pay with all change when we opened at 8:02am. It was very convenient to load up registers that early in the day.
I think if I was the owner of this restaurant I would be very upset with the person who posted this for everyone to see. I can only imagine that the restaurant would take a little hit in business after this came out. I believe that they are lucky that the person paid in full and also left a decent tip instead of doing what some people do today and that is dine & dash, if that would have happened, they sure as heck would of been happy to had received quarters I bet and it could of been worse, it could have been done in pennies.
Hmmm. My CU forum link pulled up Facebook.
I think I would send the person that posted that online packing, and their final pay would be in pennies.
Retired after 45 years in retail.Always needed coin to make change.Kept wrappers and rolled our own.Would have laughed it off
If they're discounting at 16% from face, that's s good deal at current exchange rate
I love Coinstar. I take hundreds of dollars in coins my coin sorter has rolled, crack them, and deposit. Then I choose an Amazon voucher at 100%. So easy.
Maybe I missed something valuable. I leave finding it to the young-un's with better eyes and time on their hands.
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When I'm done with this next $500 of copper, I think I'm done CRH'ing. Better eyes and time is not something I have, especially when I get back to work.