Counting Change.
So over the past month I started working in the store as a cashier at my job at a gas station-call it a promotion from full surve-but I have realized a few things. The main thing I realized is that pennies have no monetary value. If you pump $19.97 or $20.03 worth of gas either way you are going to hand me a $20, and neither of us are going to ask for change.
So my suggestion? Drop the penny, and the nickel and dime while you're at it... but at least the penny. Rounding to the nearest $.05 wont make a difference, if $.02 is down and $.03 is up then I think we will have a lot less change weighing our pockets down. Personally I wouldnt mind going to just quarters [and in my country loonies and toonies ($1 and $2)]. Rounding up and down at $.12 and $.13 it will all even out in the end. Pennies nickels and dimes used to do a lot when a chocolate bar was $.10, but when it comes to $1.37 with tax i wouldn't mind just going to the nearest quarter, i usually just put the small change aside anyways.
So my suggestion? Drop the penny, and the nickel and dime while you're at it... but at least the penny. Rounding to the nearest $.05 wont make a difference, if $.02 is down and $.03 is up then I think we will have a lot less change weighing our pockets down. Personally I wouldnt mind going to just quarters [and in my country loonies and toonies ($1 and $2)]. Rounding up and down at $.12 and $.13 it will all even out in the end. Pennies nickels and dimes used to do a lot when a chocolate bar was $.10, but when it comes to $1.37 with tax i wouldn't mind just going to the nearest quarter, i usually just put the small change aside anyways.
posted by escalade328s at 1:13 AM
2 Comments:
i fully agree, those pennies are pesky.
however, i've heard of a bank somewhere in the states that -- when you use your debit card -- rounds up to the closest quarter, and then puts whatever change you should get into a small savings account. you don't feel shortchanged if you're losing 11 cents, but it adds up after a while.
wow, that bank idea is really sweet, i can see that adding up pretty fast, like over a year $100 should be pausable,
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