A Tidbit

I'm in line at the C-store today, and the guy in front of me is paying for his items... the total was $3.97. Of course, he tells the clerk to hold on, he's got the change. So the guy digs through his pocket and lays a handful of mixed change down on the counter and slowly counts through it to get the correct amount, pockets the rest, then grabs his items and leaves.

Ok, I used to work in a C-store (the best job I ever had, mind you) and I'd see this occur daily. No big deal, I don't like a pocket full of change weighing me down either. Though I'm the type that just empties it into a jar at the end of each day, saying I'll cash it in at some point and buy something just for me, something I wouldn't normally spend money on. Anyway, working in the C-store, it was always the same people who did this everyday without exception. They were anal about it. They usually had some little type of coin purse, just bulging with the stuff. So I pose this question: If they always pay with exact change, where do they get all that change?

I know, one of the many conundrums facing us that will probably go unanswered.