It's considered rude if you don't place them neatly or it's more than $3-4 give or take. Basically at the point where the waiter/waitress can't pick them up in one go imho is where it crosses the line.

Back in high school a couple of guys paid with pennies as a "protest" against the food in the cafeteria getting healthier. It's funny, but it's also a douchey thing to do to the cashiers and everyone behind you. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

Hans-Titan

Denmark1711 Posts

May 13 2011 19:50 GMT

#222

As I guy who's been working behind the cashier for quite a while let me tell you this:
We don't care. I've had schoolchildren who bought a gift on behalf of the class - each classmate had pitched in 20kr or so, in very small coins. It didn't take more than a minute to count; it's not a hassle.
I've never had a guy bring me only pennies tho - danish law forbids that - but that would suck, agreed. But really, I don't care, I'm paid the same either way - some of the other customers might think it sucks tho.

XDJuicebox

United States593 Posts

May 13 2011 23:40 GMT

#223

Well the thing is, all of the stacks are the exact same height, so they really only need to count one to know...

Mithriel

Netherlands2969 Posts

May 13 2011 23:47 GMT

#224

Money is money and from.experience I know most bussineses are happy with change. So its definatly not rude

Charger

United States2405 Posts

May 13 2011 23:56 GMT

#225

I say it's perfectly fine if you have it organized or otherwise clearly and easily accepted (as the OP did). Icing on the cake if you count it out for the waiter/waitress as well - normally if it looks close enough they probably won't even bother to check to make sure. Although that probably depends on where they work since if the boss pitches a fit over being a penny or nickel short at the end of the day they probably have to count it out twice :p

Soviet_Birthday

United States48 Posts

May 13 2011 23:56 GMT

#226

Coin is legal tender so its not really fair for people to complain about being paid. Its their fault for being lazy and I say go for it! My family paid for a meal for 4 with all quarters and dimes and the cashier got mad at us, but in the end we still got to eat and he had to count it all.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

CookieMaker

Canada880 Posts

May 14 2011 00:02 GMT

#227

As long as you're not throwing the coins out of your car window and yelling obscenities at the same time, paying in coins is perfectly acceptable

Termit

Sweden3466 Posts

May 14 2011 00:06 GMT

#228

In Sweden the grocery stores have these kind of machines where you put all your coins if you pay with em. Really easy and fast solution actually. But yeah, I remember before the machines when you where scraping together coins to buy something and you gave the cashier a bunch of coins and had him or her count all of them... I felt like a dick sometimes. :p

Zerokaiser

Canada885 Posts

May 14 2011 00:11 GMT

#229

Dumping a bag of change on the counter during rush hour to pre-pay for gas, without telling me how much it's even close to, then walking out and picking up the nozzle so that I can't authorize the pump after I count all of it is pretty fucking rude.

People like that, I just put the change aside and deal with other customers until I'm not busy. Let them stand outside in the cold with a dry pump for all I care.

catleaves

United States506 Posts

May 14 2011 00:12 GMT

#230

coins equal money. it is not rude to pay for what you buy.

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

May 14 2011 00:13 GMT

#231

Even though it's certainly allowable to pay in change, for the sake of convenience I'd just take it to a bank.

LarJarsE

United States1378 Posts

May 14 2011 00:37 GMT

#232

In my opinion, it is not rude at all. In America, it's the law, companies must accept legal currency for service or goods.

KiF1rE

United States964 Posts

May 14 2011 00:40 GMT

#233

My problem with coins, is that every place seems to charge to count them and give bills. Including the banks and credit unions around me...

i have a lot of coins, i need to get rid of... =/

when i was younger i used to buy games with all pennies and nickels i picked up off the ground... =D the store refused to sell to me =/ My mom forced them to bring over the manager, as i was like 10 using my own money lol. took the cashier almost 30 minutes to count to the 40 dollars, which is quite funny, as i kept causing them to lose count etc, by repeatedly complaining it was taking to long.

proxY_

United States1561 Posts

May 14 2011 00:46 GMT

#234

When I was in college I had a part time job working as a cashier at Sam's Club. Once I had a woman pay for a $1000+ order with over 500 $1 dollar bills and a variety of 20s 10s and 5s. It's definitely rude to pay in small denominations in a checkout line situation because you're stalling the line and putting the cashier in a high pressure situation to quickly count this fairly large sum of money up so they can move on. There are situations where it's not a huge deal, like if the order is small and no one else is waiting on this getting resolved but generally you should avoid it. Honestly cash in general is probably something to be avoided as cards are so much more convenient.

fiskrens

Sweden196 Posts

May 14 2011 00:51 GMT

#235

On May 14 2011 09:37 LarJarsE wrote:
In my opinion, it is not rude at all. In America, it's the law, companies must accept legal currency for service or goods.

I don't even live in America but I'm pretty sure this is not the case. The whole "It's legal tender!!!" only means that the money is a valid payment for debts. That does not mean any company(a grocer for example) has to accept everything you offer. They have legal rights to deny payment in pennies if they feel like it. In almost all cases, a company which provides non-mandatory services can completely deny service to a customer with or without a reason.

MetalLobster

Canada532 Posts

May 14 2011 01:08 GMT

#236

On May 13 2011 14:53 BloodNinja wrote:

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Yes, I recognize that. Hence the "(and whether justified or not)". Last time I have heard of this done (aka on the internets), someone paid a tow truck company in pennies. Which is a much more passive aggressive move than the last in person confrontation I saw (the kid slashed the tow-trucks tires).

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Be prepared to call the cops when thy don't accept it and have to sit around for a few hours.

Coming from the Canadian Currency Act

"A payment in coins is legal tender for no more than the following amounts for the following denominations of coins:

-forty dollars if the denomination is two dollars or greater but does not exceed ten dollars;
-twenty-five dollars if the denomination is one dollar;
-ten dollars if the denomination is ten cents or greater but less than one dollar;
-five dollars if the denomination is five cents; and
-twenty-five cents if the denomination is one cent."

Looks like the Canadian gov. saw the video lol

Legend`

Canada381 Posts

May 14 2011 01:09 GMT

#237

Personally I think it's actually great to pay in coins because most small stores/shops (7/11s, small grocery stores etc) lack them, and it actually helps them out.

shadowboxer

United States224 Posts

May 14 2011 01:11 GMT

#238

If you hand someone a nasty handful of coins that you scraped off the bottom of your car mat, yeah its rude as hell. I don't mind taking people's change at all if it's not fucking nasty like it normally is when people give you change.

Getting rolls of coins is like a godsend because you know the person thought of how shitty they were being for paying you in coins in the first place.

So ultimately, if you're giving change that doesn't have some sort of shit caked onto half of it, no it's not rude.

Deadlift

United States358 Posts

May 14 2011 01:12 GMT

#239

Look at it this way.

If you gave a cashier a $20 bill for a $6 item and he gave you your $14 back in all coins, would you be mad? The answer is yes.

bigjenk

United States1543 Posts

May 14 2011 01:12 GMT

#240

Having worked retail and resteraunt when i was young i wouldn't say it is rude per se but it is definitely annoying. If you offer a brief explanation out of courtesy i can't imagine most rational people being that upset though. However paying something that costs a lot(over 20$) in coins is a bit over the top. Also having done a bit of illegal entrepreneurial work in high school and college i would slap the shit out of someone coming to me with coins

so coinstar to buy some weed.