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This goes out to almost every store in Halifax. For the love of God, stop giving change back that is not Canadian currency. I don’t care if it’s American quarters, Honduras dimes or British pence—they’re ALL wooden nickels to me, and they’re all worthless crap. And you’re all guilty. I’m tired of coming home and emptying my pockets, only to find that I’ve been defrauded of my hard-earned money by the store I just patronized. Here’s a word of advice, stores: stop accepting foreign change from shoppers, and stop fucking over your loyal customers by putting it back into circulation. The banks are the smartest ones: they won’t accept foreign coins (read: CRAP) for deposit, and it’s high time stores and shoppers stop taking crap as well. Try paying with Canadian coins in another country: they reject it. So why do we accept foreign coin here? I tell you what I do with it though: I pay bus fare with it. Let the city sort it out. Or better yet, dump it by the barrel full into the harbor. —Pissed off shopper
This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2015.
Sorry foreign change isn’t bitchworthy. You don’t get enough of them to make any kind of adverse financial impact. Besides it’s easy for stores to miss the difference, you didn’t notice the bogus coin OP until you emptied your pockets.
On a different note, nice to see that the Mod was able to dig out and post a couple of Bitches and Loves. Even the Love about butchering subordinates.
I think most people just pass the foreign change along and it continues to circulate sans probleme so this is a bitch without a cause.
I’ve got a cigar box full of foreign coin – British pence, Euros, multiple Caribbean denominations. All of it accumulated in ordinary business transactions. Not surprising when you consider how many different nation’s coins are struck by the Royal Canadian Mint.
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Some are bound to get mixed in with people’s pocket change and wind up in tip jars, or just passed on without being noticed by customers or businesses.
It ranks extremely low on my Great Big List of Things That Diminish My Quality of Life.
Somewhere between shredded cocoanut and Cirque de Soleil.
Harden the Fuck Up, OP.
Yeah, I find it very difficult to deal with the hundreds of Honduran Dimes and British Pence that I find in my pocket change at the end of every day (and don’t even get me started on all those shillings and thrupenny bits–why if I had a half-a-crown for every one of those . . . )
I’m thinking of having it all melted down so I can sell the resulting ingots on the commodities markets.
Or, I could just throw the occasional Polish Zloty or Flanian Pobble Bead into the nearest wishing well and not think of it again.
Jesus, OB, it’s like what? 25 cents?
And I don’t know where you shop, but the MOST I’ve ever gotten foreign change from a transaction is MAYBE once or twice a year. If that. And it’s usually an american quarter or whatever.
Chill the fuck out, dude.
American coin is a bonus again at this point especially if one is heading States side soon.
I’ve never had someone not accept american change, ever, We even take American money at my store… meh
man, op must be on a very tight budget if an American penny once a week creates such turmoil.
and what’s with the bleatings lately about being a ‘loyal customer’. are you that desperate for your place in society that visiting a store twice makes you claim some kind of relationship with the place?
BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS!
You should take up numismatics. In addition to being a fascinating hobby it adds immeasurably to one’s knowledge of, and appreciation for, foreign lands and cultures. You must broaden your horizons!
A pleasure s always!
Cheerio!
The american currency is actually worth more than its canadian equivalent…
so you’re bitching about getting back more money than you should???
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An excellent point, Willard.