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Hello, fellow TeamLiquid posters!!!
So my friends and I regularly LAN Starcraft, and after online tournament matches, or when we just get bored, what we do is we all go out as a group and we eat.
Unfortunately, I ran my allowance dry a while ago, but I have 11 years of accumulated change saved up in my room.
So I started paying for my meals this way, in mainly Quarters and Dimes.
My friend told me that this was rude, even though I organized the dimes into piles of 10 and the Quarters into piles of 4. It was easily distinguishable. I even specifically told the waitress to be careful with that, and that I already counted it for her.
She laughed at me and winked. Lol.
Which brings up my question. Is it rude to pay in coins if I pre-stack it for them?
EDIT: I paid for the meal in coins. I actually only spent like 7.85, but it was paid in coins. The lady thought I was funny.
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I would think businesses would like the change. There is always Coin Star, or a bank...(I think =/ )
No it's not rude I think.
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Coin Star deducts like 5%, and I'm way too stingy to do that, especially since I'm using coins to begin with lol.
Theoretically, I could go to a bank, but I cannot drive, and thus I have to walk, which takes too much time and effort, and deducts valuable time away from my Starcraft playing pursuits :D
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I don't think it's ever rude to be giving someone money in any kind of denomination.
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Of course not, coins are money just as much as anything else. People get paid to accept your money and you shouldn't feel awkward paying in that way.
In fact the person receiving the money would probably appreciate the fact that you went to the trouble of pre-stacking it for them.
What I mean to say is that they might get annoyed by you paying in coins, and it could be understandable to get annoyed. but it's definitely not rude in my opinion.
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Worst case scenario it'll bother teh clerk if he/she is a dbag.
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On May 13 2011 14:45 prOxi.swAMi wrote:
I don't think it's ever rude to be giving someone money in any kind of denomination.
Hahaha 
Yeah, it's not rude at all if you organize it, etc. If you take a whole pile of change and shove it in front of the cashier/waitress, then I suppose it's rude because you're forcing him/her to count/organize/separate it.
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really depends. If ur paying for a $10 meal with only 5 cent coins, then yea that damn rude, but if u r like paying wit a variety of coins, then its understandable, albeit inconvenient.
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Why would they be annoyed? Lol.
And I'm paying for $20 meals with stacks of dimes and quarters
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Its not like you are doing this on purpose to make waitress jobs more miserable, if anything it would be rude for the her to decline such form of payment.
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Inconvenience perhaps, but not rude.
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It's not rude, but it can be a pain in the ass.
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I know for a fact that grocers LOVE coins. Yes, it takes a bit of time, but they usually run out of change, and buying coins from the bank costs money.
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Quarters and dimes are fine especially since you are a nice guy that organizes them in $1 piles.
Just don't pay in pennies and you'll be fine.
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Truthfully it depends on your purpose/intention. I have bought fast food with change before and see no problem with that. On the other hand, if you pay a $100+ parking ticket with unwrapped pennies, you are obviously taking this action to be a dick (even if it is completely legal) (and whether justified or not).
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I don't think its rude unless you take it too far. If you pay for a $12 meal in nickels and pennies, that is a bit mean, especially if it is a non-chain. But I think its incredibly shallow to be offended by being given pre-counted piles of money. Personally, whenever I have weird things with money I like to tip a bit more than usual, but since the waiter( or waitresses) don't know, I don't hink it makes any difference.
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Speaking of pennies, what should I do with all of mine?
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I think the only person who hates it are the people who have to wait behind you if you aren't prepared with the counted coins.
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On May 13 2011 14:49 BloodNinja wrote:
Truthfully it depends on your purpose/intention. I have bought fast food with change before and see no problem with that. On the other hand, if you pay a $100+ parking ticket with unwrapped pennies, you are obviously taking this action to be a dick (even if it is completely legal) (and whether justified or not).
yeah but parking officers can be somewhat of a dick too so it becomes an eye for an eye.
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On May 13 2011 14:49 BloodNinja wrote:
Truthfully it depends on your purpose/intention. I have bought fast food with change before and see no problem with that. On the other hand, if you pay a $100+ parking ticket with unwrapped pennies, you are obviously taking this action to be a dick (even if it is completely legal) (and whether justified or not).
I am so tempted to do that now
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