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Paying in Coins - Rude or not? - Page 16
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Yurie
12078 Posts
Small sums is always alright, but somewhere around 50 coins it gets rude... | ||
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
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Th0R
Canada359 Posts
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Sceptor87
Canada266 Posts
Firstly it's legal tender, so they have to honor it. And secondly a lot of places I go to are sometimes low on change, to the point of having to ask for it, so I'm sure you're doing them a service. Plus it isn't exactly needed to carry around 10 bucks worth of change in your pants, so you're helping yourself out as well. Now, going to Walmart and buying a TV with 100 dollars worth of loonies is a dick move, so don't do that. But anything around 10 bucks worth of change is fine. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On May 15 2011 03:00 blah_blah wrote: It's legal and common in many states in the US to pay restaurant servers less than minimum wage assuming that they will make it up in tips. This is also legal in Quebec and Ontario, but they can only pay 50c/hr less than minimum wage, whereas in some states you can legally pay waitstaff around $3 or $4/hr. in other words they don't make less than minimum wage. if they do (lack of tips), by law the employer's required to make up the difference. | ||
MasterOfChaos
Germany2896 Posts
On May 15 2011 04:34 rocky13 wrote: I'm so surprised at how many people think it is not rude to pay in coins. It is rude. I would be embarrassed if my friend paid his bill at a restaurant in coins. Put yourself in the waitress's shoes. Let's say your friend owes you 25$ and he pays you back in 100 quarters. I'd tell him to keep his quarters and pay me back when he has bills. Who wants to carry around 100 quarters! Unfortunately a restaurant doesnt have the advantage you do of telling your friend he is being a dick and so they have to take it. Definitely rude. Paying with 100 coins is rude. But if I pay about <15 euros with 5-10 so coins I see no reason why that should be considered rude. If I have enough change to make up the difference of what I pay to the next lower bill I have, I almost always pay the difference in coins. What else would I do? If I didn't I'd accumulate more and more coins. Counting a few coins doesn't take the cashier more time than searching for change. | ||
Myles
United States5162 Posts
On May 15 2011 05:58 Sceptor87 wrote: Nah. Firstly it's legal tender, so they have to honor it. And secondly a lot of places I go to are sometimes low on change, to the point of having to ask for it, so I'm sure you're doing them a service. Plus it isn't exactly needed to carry around 10 bucks worth of change in your pants, so you're helping yourself out as well. Now, going to Walmart and buying a TV with 100 dollars worth of loonies is a dick move, so don't do that. But anything around 10 bucks worth of change is fine. It's amazing how common a misconception is. They don't have to accept any form of payment that is 'legal tender', at least not here in the US unless it's debt incurred(they hand you a bill after the fact). In some countries(including Canada) they even have limits to the amount of change that can legally be used in one transaction. | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14910 Posts
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rXs
223 Posts
On May 13 2011 14:47 frodoguy wrote: 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. I did this once.. in a grocery store. It felt like the people at the back of the line wanted to stab me or something. lol. | ||
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amd098
Korea (North)1366 Posts
Everyone who saw her pay gave her a dirty look as well, as did my coworkers who were like 'wtf is he doing counting coins'. While I sat there counting it, my manager came up to her and told her 'We dont take more than $1 in coins' (we take any amount, just hate it), and so the lady then was given her pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters back, and she paid by credit card. However, the OP is nice enough to put them in batches so they equal a dollar, instead of dumping coins at me like an old British stripper (you feel sorry for her, but don't want to spend too much on her, so you toss the change at her). I wouldn't mind it if the coins are organized, but a random mess, no thank you. | ||
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HereBeDragons
1429 Posts
On May 15 2011 22:56 MasterOfChaos wrote: Paying with 100 coins is rude. But if I pay about <15 euros with 5-10 so coins I see no reason why that should be considered rude. If I have enough change to make up the difference of what I pay to the next lower bill I have, I almost always pay the difference in coins. What else would I do? If I didn't I'd accumulate more and more coins. Counting a few coins doesn't take the cashier more time than searching for change. I agree paying with coins are common practice in europe (I do currently live in europe). If you keep paying with bills, your coin stack will go up really fast. Some people even have a dedicated wallet for just coins (a coin bag basically). No, restaurants/shops shouldn't be able to complain. However, on the other hand, this largely depends on the currency value as well. Imagine if you pay, for example, Korean Won, in coins? That......could be considered quite rude. On the side note, supermarkets are a great place to dump coins, they circulate lots of coins and are not unhappy to see them. | ||
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Lori_ftw
Germany286 Posts
On May 13 2011 19:33 BlackJack wrote: Wrong. If you tried to pay a $30 bill with 3,000 unrolled pennies then it IS rude. .... /faceplam No one has 3000 unrolled pennies. In 99,9% cases it's max 10€ with coins (mostly 10c/50/1€). Its not rude, if you don't have excessive amounts of coins. | ||
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XDJuicebox
United States593 Posts
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insectoceanx
United States331 Posts
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bellweather
United States404 Posts
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Gaspa
Brazil109 Posts
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
On May 16 2011 14:07 InsideTheBox wrote: Paying for anything with more than 20 coins is dick move. I'm sure many people disagree with me, with good reason, but that's really just how I feel. Honestly, just take the 5% haircut from the coin machine and pay in bills. Coinstar is a practice of usury and it's 8.9% and that furnishes further grist for their mills. The less fortunate people who find 'spare change' to buy something lose even more than necessary. It's an extra usury charge on poor people. | ||
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Engore
United States1916 Posts
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zanzib
China152 Posts
It seems from my observations that its pretty shysty (in short, cheap) if people that pay with a lot of coins in a big/sizable social outing and seems to me to be a blunder to pay a sizable sum in coins in a dyadic social meeting (one on one eg: dates / meetings / etc). It could be from the culture I am from but that's how I see it. However, I think depending on the situation it's not a big deal but in certain situations I think it's unpleasant and reflects poorly on someone who pays in coins in situations where it is clearly cumbersome, why not go to a bank? I go to the supermarket or convenient stores, and sometimes pay with a lot of change, and probably a variety of food joints, so I suppose it depends on the situation. | ||
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