The Girl's head in Hardee's Drive-thru nearly exploded yesterday

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 12:34PM

She was about 17, and had no idea what to do when I handed her 13 halves. First she stood there with a blank look, then carefully looked at them with a what the heck look. She then made neat stacks of 2 across the counter.. and then spent another 30 seconds looking at them all, totally lost. Good thing I didn't drop the Ike I had on her.

jmski52 · March 29, 2008 12:38PM

Thanks for reminding me that I've got some halves, and Ikes, and Susie B's to spend!

DJCoinz · March 29, 2008 12:38PM

Tyler1924S · March 29, 2008 12:40PM

The title says explored, I think you mean exploded.

garsmith · March 29, 2008 12:40PM

What exactly was she exploring? And was she cute?

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 12:42PM

Opps.. big typo.. thanks

as for cute, not bad

sturmgrenadier · March 29, 2008 12:42PM

I elicit similar responses from (generally younger) cashiers when I purchase, coffee, snacks etc and pay with presidential dollars. The cycle is very predictable: shock (blank look), puzzlement (stare at the coins in their hands) and then annoyance (scowl) or resignation (a shrug). Usually, I think that they eventually just drop the coins into the till to worry about sorting out later.

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 12:45PM

First time I spent a presidental dollar it took a cashier, and two managers to figure out what to do.

garsmith · March 29, 2008 12:47PM

Presi's are great for doing that

andycook · March 29, 2008 12:48PM

Usually the cash drawer doesn't have a spot for anything above a quarter. You just making it hard for them. They'll spend all day moving these coins out of their way.

sturmgrenadier · March 29, 2008 12:52PM

If mass circulation of these coins were to ever succeed, maybe some enterprising person/business could make a killing selling till drawers with extra compartments...

RegistryCoin · March 29, 2008 12:54PM

That "what the heck" look was actually "Hey, Big Spender, where's my tip?"

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 12:54PM

Well, the other half of the story is how I ended up with so many halves. I bank at a small bank about 45 minutes from where I live. Its a wonderfull little bank. In fact when I was there this morning, the bank president was working on saturday morning like always as a teller. Friday, After we got done at the drive thru, my wife tells me she wants to go in and get some coins to look at on the way home. She comes out carrying her purse like a football upset. Seems she got 200 dollars of halves, and put them in her purse. Two steps from the counter the strap broke.. and you can guess the rest.

sturmgrenadier · March 29, 2008 12:58PM

Owwie...That reminds me of the neighborhood kid who stuffed his pocket full of marbles until it burst

Baley · March 29, 2008 12:59PM

Cashiers don't even blink when I spend halves or dollar coins. Do you live outside of a city?

Based on this
I bank at a small bank about 45 minutes from where I live
it sounds like you might live in a rural community? drive 45 minutes to the bank? hope you get good mileage

RegistryCoin · March 29, 2008 1:01PM

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 1:03PM

<< Cashiers don't even blink when I spend halves or dollar coins. Do you live outside of a city?

Based on this
I bank at a small bank about 45 minutes from where I live
it sounds like you might live in a rural community? drive 45 minutes to the bank? hope you get good mileage >>

Actually I live in a fair sized city (population 210,075.. included the only man alive to win 2 noble prizes in physic), and have 3 very large chain banks within 3 miles of my house.. but how many of them have a president that works as a teller on any day much less Saturday, and on top of that knows all of his customers by name?

LincolnCentMan · March 29, 2008 1:06PM

At least you got service. I called a pizza place today while I was in town to place an order. After burning enough minutes on hold, I hung up. After finishing my in-town biz, I drove over to a Chinese food place to pick up some take out. I was asking the teenager about what came with different plates and the dude suddenly developed an attitude. I looked at him, sat the menu down and said, "You know... never mind," then walked out. Then I drove over to Jason's deli to get some sandwiches. There was another teen ager standing behind the to-go counter. He was talking a girl customer that eventually decided not to place an order. So I step up to the counter... I was the only other person in the take-out area... to place my order. The guy doesnt say a thing to me. He just turned and walked away. So I'm standing there at the cash register with a "I cant believe this" look on my face. No one acknowledged my existence or anything. I wait about two minutes, then set the menu down and walk out the door. So I look across the way, Whatabuger. This time, I go through the drive through.... success at last.

-David

Griv · March 29, 2008 1:16PM

This is typical these days. Service? What the heck is that? None of these "empoyees" cares if the business they work for goes out of business that day. Not my fault. I only "kinda" work there. Besides, I can get a job at Fred's burger palace for a nickel more an hour across the street. Do you want a laugh next time? Ask them ANY history question. When did the War of 1812 start and then watch these IPod wizards tell you they can't answer it without Google.

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 1:19PM

<< This is typical these days. Service? What the heck is that? None of these "empoyees" cares if the business they work for goes out of business that day. Not my fault. I only "kinda" work there. Besides, I can get a job at Fred's burger palace for a nickel more an hour across the street. Do you want a laugh next time? Ask them ANY history question. When did the War of 1812 start and then watch these IPod wizards tell you they can't answer it without Google. >>

Thats the kind of service, or lack there of.. that I was getting in our local chain banks. I love my bank.. First National Bank of Paxton.. Its the best service I have ever received in any bank.. and worth the drive.

AJ2525 · March 29, 2008 1:22PM

I just wanted to add I spent some halves on my way to Disneyland this past week. The young girl at the convenience store didn't bat an eye when I handed her $3.50 in halves.

Now the lady at the Panda Express in Anaheim asked me if they were dollars. I told her they were halves but I would be happy if she accepted each one as worth a dollar.

eCoinquest · March 29, 2008 1:24PM

Griv,
your above post is one of the few that I actually AGREE with. The service these days and the general attitude of the younger generation is lacking greatly, IMHO.

Griv · March 29, 2008 1:35PM

<< Griv,
your above post is one of the few that I actually AGREE with. The service these days and the general attitude of the younger generation is lacking greatly, IMHO. >>

Great! But do you mean "posts" or "my posts"? Really doesn't matter but I was about to start the "ego" pump and wanted to make sure before I cranked it too high. Oh hell, I'll just crank away, it's Saturday after all.

UTTM07 · March 29, 2008 1:46PM

Last week I bought a couple Kennedy half folders from the bookstore with Kennedy halves. Her response: "OK..."

SDSportsFan · March 29, 2008 2:03PM

I got just about the same reaction today when I handed a gas station cashier one of the new "Barney" Fives

Steve

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 2:26PM

<< 

<< Cashiers don't even blink when I spend halves or dollar coins. Do you live outside of a city?

Based on this
I bank at a small bank about 45 minutes from where I live
it sounds like you might live in a rural community? drive 45 minutes to the bank? hope you get good mileage >>

Actually I live in a fair sized city (population 210,075.. included the only man alive to win 2 noble prizes in physic), and have 3 very large chain banks within 3 miles of my house.. but how many of them have a president that works as a teller on any day much less Saturday, and on top of that knows all of his customers by name? >>

In my previous post I refeered to "the only living man to win 2 noble prizes in physic".. I was incorrect, as I have now been informed that not only has John Bardeen died, but he died over 15 years ago. Opps big error on my part. But we still do have a number of Nobel laureates that live in my town.

Tootawl · March 29, 2008 2:35PM

I had a simular experience spending halves at a Burger King a few years ago. After three times trying to get the correct chagne, I gave up. The kid was clueless on what I gave her even when I told her I gave her $2.50 in 50 cent coins for a $2.12 bill.

lordmarcovan · March 29, 2008 2:35PM

I had a similar experience at a convenience store when I tried to spend a $2 bill the other day.

The young fella at the counter scrutinized it very carefully and scribbled it up with one of those counterfeit detector pens before I took it back and said, "here, man, I've got two ones if you don't want that".

You never can tell with $2 bills or halves or dollar coins. Sometimes the recipient is thrilled, and says, "wow, I'm gonna buy that outta the till", and other times, they're all like, "is that REAL?", and frowning.

Blackborder · March 29, 2008 2:40PM

In a reversal of that story, I decided to mess with a cashier the other day. A teenaged cashier at Target handed me an old (pre 1996) type $10 in change. (and keep in mind, I'm old enough to be this kid's father). I looked at it and asked him, "are you sure this is real?". He said "oh sure, they used to make them that way." I looked it over like I wasn't sure and hestiantly said, "well, ok then".

Colquhoun · March 29, 2008 2:43PM

My oldest is only interested in 2 dollar bills.. last time he went to the bank with me, he asked if they had any.. and the teller said.. hold on let me look, no one ever asks for those.. she came out of the vault with 5 - 1953A Two Dollar bills, that looked like they had been in the vault since back in the day.

sumnom · March 29, 2008 3:43PM

I spend dollar coins here in Seattle on a regular basis and no one looks twice.

TrustNo1 · March 29, 2008 4:14PM

last time I got my truck washed I checked the register when the girl opened it and saw the slot full of $1 coins....I told her I'd take whatever she was willing to part with...she asked which I wanted and then she rattled off the names of the different coins...I was impressed she knew the diff between the Sacs the SBA's and President's..

lordmarcovan · March 29, 2008 4:16PM

<< My oldest is only interested in 2 dollar bills.. last time he went to the bank with me, he asked if they had any.. and the teller said.. hold on let me look, no one ever asks for those.. she came out of the vault with 5 - 1953A Two Dollar bills, that looked like they had been in the vault since back in the day. >>

Now that's cool- you seldom see the Monticello-reverse $2 bills- it's always the bicentennial ones with the Declaration of Indepence on the back of 'em.

TrustNo1 · March 29, 2008 4:24PM

<< 

<< My oldest is only interested in 2 dollar bills.. last time he went to the bank with me, he asked if they had any.. and the teller said.. hold on let me look, no one ever asks for those.. she came out of the vault with 5 - 1953A Two Dollar bills, that looked like they had been in the vault since back in the day. >>

Now that's cool- you seldom see the Monticello-reverse $2 bills- it's always the bicentennial ones with the Declaration of Indepence on the back of 'em. >>

makes you wish those designs were back !

astrorat · March 30, 2008 12:00AM

Several years ago when I was teaching at UT-Austin, the on campus post office just started using the "new" golden dollars for change. I would buy a single stamp with a $20 note and then go to one of the campus restaurants for a soda. The young girls behind the counter would giggle with glee when I made a purchase. I later came to learn that they thought the coin's gold color was from...you guessed it...real gold.

Lane

astrorat · March 30, 2008 12:10AM

<< This is typical these days. Service? What the heck is that? None of these "empoyees" cares if the business they work for goes out of business that day. Not my fault. I only "kinda" work there. Besides, I can get a job at Fred's burger palace for a nickel more an hour across the street. Do you want a laugh next time? Ask them ANY history question. When did the War of 1812 start and then watch these IPod wizards tell you they can't answer it without Google. >>

Sad, but so very true. When I was at the ANA I wrote a grant for the National Endowment for the Humanities to develp a course for educating teachers about the role of money in history [it was like the "Coins in the Classroom" course I developed, but more intense and over 2 weeks - but I digress]. One of the studies I came across described the results of testing that was done on recent (within a year) high school graduates regarding their knowledge of history. In one sad results I do recall was when these graduates were asked about in which century (yes, which century) the Civil War was fought, greater than 60% of those questioned got it wrong...>60%! I weep for the future.

Lane

Walmann · March 30, 2008 12:34AM

<< If mass circulation of these coins were to ever succeed, maybe some enterprising person/business could make a killing selling till drawers with extra compartments... >>

If they get rid of the penny eventually, that will open space for the halves. Now those $1 coins....

ricko · March 30, 2008 2:57AM

As Sumnom indicated, the dollar coins are now regularly accepted here in Seattle... I see them in the cash registers and the tellers always have a stack in their coin trays. Seems the coins have taken hold in commerce in the NorthWest... Cheers, RickO

AJ2525 · March 30, 2008 10:04AM

Not quite off topic, I am happy to report the Self checkout at my local commissary accepts dollar coins. I find it interesting the cartoon by the slot shows a coin with 20 on it. I assume this implies twenty cent coins.

Anyway, yes I live on an Air Force Base.

renman95 · March 30, 2008 10:18AM

<< Opps.. big typo.. thanks

as for cute, not bad >>

That's the only reason you had patience for her.

I've been droppin' Sac and Prez dollars for a while but in the last six months I've been tipping with half dollars. The're big, sound loud when you drop them into the persons hand and the look is priceless. I feel like a big tipper.

Ren

CaptHenway · March 30, 2008 11:03AM

I like to spend "The Trifecta," an Ike, a Kennedy half and a Presidential dollar stacked in order of size.
TD

nicetoning42107 · March 30, 2008 1:50PM

<< 

<< This is typical these days. Service? What the heck is that? None of these "empoyees" cares if the business they work for goes out of business that day. Not my fault. I only "kinda" work there. Besides, I can get a job at Fred's burger palace for a nickel more an hour across the street. Do you want a laugh next time? Ask them ANY history question. When did the War of 1812 start and then watch these IPod wizards tell you they can't answer it without Google. >>

Sad, but so very true. When I was at the ANA I wrote a grant for the National Endowment for the Humanities to develp a course for educating teachers about the role of money in history [it was like the "Coins in the Classroom" course I developed, but more intense and over 2 weeks - but I digress]. One of the studies I came across described the results of testing that was done on recent (within a year) high school graduates regarding their knowledge of history. In one sad results I do recall was when these graduates were asked about in which century (yes, which century) the Civil War was fought, greater than 60% of those questioned got it wrong...>60%! I weep for the future.

Lane >>

History is one of the most, if not the most, inadequately taught subjects these days in classrooms. At least in my school district it is. It is sad.

MajorDuty · March 30, 2008 2:27PM

<< Griv,
your above post is one of the few that I actually AGREE with. The service these days and the general attitude of the younger generation is lacking greatly, IMHO. >>

Old folks said the same thing about us when we were youngins, you know.

fishcooker · March 30, 2008 4:13PM

History is one of the most, if not the most, inadequately taught subjects these days in classrooms.

In high school my American history textbook had an entire paragraph on WWII in the Pacific. Europe had two.

direwolf1972 · March 30, 2008 4:38PM

<< First time I spent a presidental dollar it took a cashier, and two managers to figure out what to do.

>>

Decided to drop a few prez bucks myself this last weekend. Went in to pay for gas with 20 of them and the cashier said "what are these" I said they are the new presidential dollars. She ended up having to call the manager to figure out if she could really take them for payment.

Deadhorse · March 30, 2008 5:12PM

<< 

<< My oldest is only interested in 2 dollar bills.. last time he went to the bank with me, he asked if they had any.. and the teller said.. hold on let me look, no one ever asks for those.. she came out of the vault with 5 - 1953A Two Dollar bills, that looked like they had been in the vault since back in the day. >>

Now that's cool- you seldom see the Monticello-reverse $2 bills- it's always the bicentennial ones with the Declaration of Indepence on the back of 'em. >>

You mean the famous portrait and important part of our nation's history that Jimma Carta decided to deface?

Take a much closer look and see how he decided to integrate it.

Yeah, old Jimma was was quite the insightful man, he was the one who told us the Ayatollah was a "Holy Man". The Shah doesn't quite look so bad now now, does he?

We have old Jimma to thank for the radical Islam movement that has blossomed into the mess we have today.

The man was a disaster as CINC, he remains an embarrassment today.

lope208 · March 30, 2008 6:24PM

<< I like to spend "The Trifecta," an Ike, a Kennedy half and a Presidential dollar stacked in order of size.
TD >>

Don't confuse them too much

I have been spending prez bucks here in Philadelphia quite a bit recently and most people just take a second to process what i handed them, but they know what it is. Or at least they see the big "$1" on it.

Interesting though...for a while in the last few months I would go buy the Sunday paper with a new Prez dollar and a half dollar. The paper was $1.50. Cashier never had a problem. One week I happen to notice the paper now says $1.75 on it. No idea how long that change had been in place, but no one ever claimed I wasn't paying enough

mcmxi · March 30, 2008 8:14PM

<< At least you got service. I called a pizza place today while I was in town to place an order. After burning enough minutes on hold, I hung up. After finishing my in-town biz, I drove over to a Chinese food place to pick up some take out. I was asking the teenager about what came with different plates and the dude suddenly developed an attitude. I looked at him, sat the menu down and said, "You know... never mind," then walked out. Then I drove over to Jason's deli to get some sandwiches. There was another teen ager standing behind the to-go counter. He was talking a girl customer that eventually decided not to place an order. So I step up to the counter... I was the only other person in the take-out area... to place my order. The guy doesnt say a thing to me. He just turned and walked away. So I'm standing there at the cash register with a "I cant believe this" look on my face. No one acknowledged my existence or anything. I wait about two minutes, then set the menu down and walk out the door. So I look across the way, Whatabuger. This time, I go through the drive through.... success at last.

-David >>

You in Baton Rouge??

WinPitcher · March 30, 2008 10:22PM

You mean the famous portrait and important part of our nation's history that Jimma Carta decided to deface?

Wasn't Ford in office when the 2.00 bill was changed?

Steve

CaptHenway · March 30, 2008 10:33PM

Yep. The new deuces came out April 13, 1976. Carter was inaugurated Jan. 20, 1977.

amiller · March 31, 2008 1:29AM

I am making an effort to circulate the prezzies. Every time I ask for a few rolls at the bank they make me wait while they retrieve them from the vault, then when I spend a few at a time the cashiers usually ask if I've been to the post office. I still tell them 'yes' even though all our stamp machines are credit card only now, seems to save stretching their minds around the idea that I asked my bank for them.

Why would anyone do THAT?!?

The Girl's head in Hardee's Drive-thru nearly exploded yesterday

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