An amusing interaction

[girlstyle]

I just went to the corner store to buy a six pack. I got to the register and checked to see if I had anything smaller than a $20 bill with which to pay, realized I didn't, and handed the cashier my $20. He asked if I could "spare any of those." Assuming he meant my beer (it's not a particularly busy corner mart, and the cashier is young), I smiled and responded "I can if it'll make your night easier." He nodded, and I pulled a beer out and pushed it across the counter toward him. He looked faintly horrified and said he meant the dollar bills I'd pulled out. I nodded with embarrassment, put the beer back, traded him five ones for a $5, and left.

Clearly I have been living on Capitol Hill far too long, where it is infinitely more likely someone will ask for a beer than change for a $5.