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tomecatti May 2 2007, 20:42:04 UTC
Smeg-Head is right. That video is unnecessarily pissed. The guy goes to a convenience store and buys Tofu for $4.02. He hands her a 5, and she asks him if he has two pennies. According to his routine, he has them, knows he has nothing to do with them, but won't give them to the woman. Why? Because it's her job to make change.

What pisses me off the most is that I actually see some of the reasoning.

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BY WHICH I MEAN tomecatti May 2 2007, 20:42:50 UTC
that this is, while stupid, the least stupid thing he's done yet. Except for the whole, you know, "let my "friend" on Youtube tell you about it." thing.

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Re: BY WHICH I MEAN isthatmymoon May 2 2007, 20:44:56 UTC
I'm willing to bet "friend on Youtube" actually means "some random dude I stalk on Youtube."

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shotgundivorce May 2 2007, 21:08:56 UTC
But it isn't her job to make change. It's her job to make sure you pay for the damn stuff while maintaining an irritatingly sunny disposition even though she blatantly hates her job. She could have ignored the extra 2p and handed him back a shitload of coins, etc. thus annoying him even more. Then I would understand the reasoning, but I would also think him stupid for not offering that 2p to avoid all the damn change. I'd consider handing over that 2p a common courtesy, but whatever.

I apologise if that sounds overly irate, but this guy is making me want to stab him in the neck.

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tomecatti May 2 2007, 23:10:51 UTC
I didn't say I agreed with him, I said I saw his reasoning. He's incredibly wrong.

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shotgundivorce May 2 2007, 23:24:52 UTC
I know, sorry.

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tomecatti May 2 2007, 23:28:47 UTC
S'okay, I mis-spoke, and you had to say that somewhere.

Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that you have just contributed to a monster feeling of Deja Vu i've been having all day, and maybe all week.

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shotgundivorce May 2 2007, 23:52:44 UTC
In a good way or a bad way? O.o

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tomecatti May 2 2007, 23:54:24 UTC
I dunno... I just remembered getting the same reply in the same context. It was freaky, but not really bad. I enjoy Deja Vu, though its persistence is starting to freak me out.

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morpheus0013 May 2 2007, 21:21:37 UTC
When a clerk asks me if I have 2 cents or whatever it takes to round things up, I've always presumed that the clerk is trying to make MY life easier--so that I can carry around 50 cents or a dollar rather than a pocketful of change.

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shotgundivorce May 2 2007, 21:45:53 UTC
Exactly.

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ksej May 2 2007, 22:42:42 UTC
Yeah, I give the extra change if I have it whether they ask or not, because jingling as I walk isn't my idea of a good time. I've even been known to pull out a note and say, "Hang on, I think I can do the 2p."

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pernwebgoddess May 3 2007, 14:37:57 UTC
Generally, it is. For your average cashier monkey, it takes no extra time to count out .98 than it does to get a buck out... it really doesn't matter. The only exception to this is when your change is low, and you're trying to avoid opening a new roll of coins before you count your till. ;) Either way, it ain't about not wanting to count out the change to the customer.

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