Today, I went to a corner store to restock my chocolate stash. A guy from work walked in to see me and the cashier arguing about the amount of candy I was trying to buy with a jar of pennies. He took one look at me and said, "That time of the month, eh?" FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I work at a general store and a customer came in trying to bargain a set price of an item. The item? A 50 cent candy bar. He wanted it for 34 cents. This is not the first time he's done this. FML
Today, I went to the store to pick up some feminine products. As I was paying, the male cashier looked at me sympathetically and asked if it was my girlfriend's time of the month. I'm a girl and was buying them for myself. FML
Today, at my store, I had an old man violently accuse me of charging him for an extra pack of 99¢ Mounds candy yesterday. He held up my line for 10 minutes, fighting me about it. I didn't even work yesterday. FML
Today, I went to my local Walmart to grab a few groceries, and while at the checkout line I grabbed two chocolate bars for a snack. The cashier gave me a look and mumbled under her breath, "Surprise, surprise." I'm pregnant, asshole. FML
Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML
Today, my husband had a temper tantrum because I wouldn't get him a chocolate bar at the store register. FML
Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML
Today, while in the store with my kids, they wanted to buy tampons because I am "getting cranky, and it should be that time of the month." FML
Today, while working at a dollar store, I was clobbered by a woman because apparently, I was ripping her off by charging two dollars for two doughnuts. She didn't understand that she couldn't buy multiple items at once for one dollar. FML
Today, I had to sit patiently at the checkout at work, listening to my own father rant about how the twinkies he was buying were "twice the size back in my day", and how "you could buy a dozen of these suckers for just 10 cents." He didn't stop there. No, he tried to haggle over the price. FML
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blueandpurpleroc 4
A jar of pennies? If I was the cashier I'd want to kill you. Of course if it was that time of the month, I see your desperation.
SqueakyChipmunk 22
Pennies: every cashier's worst nightmare.
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nevershoutkendal_fml 11
Why wouldn't you take the pennies to a coin to cash machine?! I have a job as a cashier and I'd be beyond pissed of someone gave me a jar of pennies to pay for something.
mrsmo2 5
Those cost $ right?
starflyer59 17
You're 14 and live in the US. There's child labor laws here. Considering you have an FML account I'm going to assume you either have a cell phone or wifi. Which means you're able to afford it. So I doubt you have to work to support your family. Which means, you don't work.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
I don't work to support my family, but who the **** are you to tell me I don't work? I'll show you my W-40 and my I-9. I work at a burger shop my mom's old boss owns and I'm a cashier every Saturday or during the week. I have a work permit. I can work a certain number of hours. You obviously aren't as educated as you think you are. And I receive a paycheck. Excuse you.
wdfcrystal 6
Two words: working papers. Or maybe she or he works at his/her's parents store. Okay?
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
58- Exactly. My boss was my mom's boss in high school. He was also three of my aunts' and one of my uncles' boss. It's kind of a family thing. 54 shouldn't pass judgement if she doesn't know all the facts.
hahafylop 4
I've been working for my dad as a salesman since I was 9...
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
46- It depends where you go. I do it at a bank at the Air Force Base here, and it's free. CoinStar does have a fee, but the banks I've gone to don't charge me.
TheGothGamerGirl 20
I agree with 54's logic.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
108- Well, you're clearly wrong. Read the above comments.
unknown_user5566 27
Kendall- Way to stand up for yourself. I see people hating on your age quite often here, and more often than not you reply in a manner that shows you are more mature, and quite honestly, more educated than your attackers. So, kudos to you. :)
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
117- I know I'll sound pretty lame...but that made my day so far. Thank you so much! You're one of my favorite commenters for a reason.
unknown_user5566 27
131- No problem! I just hate when people choose something as irrelevant as age to base their arguments on. I'm glad I could make your day better, and thank you, I'm glad you enjoy my comments. :)
downtime 13
131, Yeah you go girl, or something equally affirmative that your generation will respond to. Now I'm one of your favourite commenters too, right? Right? Remember those good times we had? Like when I said you go girl, ah good times good times. 138 you've got some badass competition here.
unknown_user5566 27
Downtime, I used to enjoy your comments. Now you take every opportunity possible to be an ass. If you felt that our positive exchange was stupid, thumb us down, and move on.
downtime 13
Really? Here I thought I'd toned things down a bit...oh well.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
188- I liked KyleeKay's comments long before she even responded to this. So, no. You won't make my favorites list until you stop being such an ass for no reason.
rivaraven 35
At least he knows to stay away from you..
TBelle4Ever 15
Pennies... The spawn of Satan!
j_cat187 20
Pennies are fun if you have a carbon arc cutter.
loserman67 36
At that point you should have turned to him, with a wild look in your eye and said, "Yes, that time of month and this chocolate is the only thing that keeps me from beating your weenie ass!" Then throw down the jar and stomp out with your chocolate. You'll be revered and respected at work from that moment forward.
yuzuhere 21
Or you could just go to the bank.
laden_swallow09 35
OR be chased down by the police for third degree assault, petty theft, and disorderly conduct.
TheJester12 15
Better than him coming to your rescue and yelling at the cashier to leave the poor pregnant girl alone.
Enslaved 38
Even my bank won't accept pennies unless it's all coin wrapped and has my account written on it. You expect that cashier to count a jar full? **** that! You're a living nightmare!
downtime 13
I can honestly say I never ever have paid anyone in a jar of pennies or any small denomination of coins...And I'm left wondering why the **** you have...
perdix 31
What he meant by "time of the month" was "just before our monthly payday." Those last few days can be awfully short on cash, forcing you to spend loose change. I once read that sellers can refuse pennies for any amount over a quarter.
Vivera2 6
legally, merchants can refuse any method of payment at the point of sale without much reason.
olpally 33
Really??? What happened to all your regular cash op?? Lmao... Go to a bank and get cash for the pennies... I know it's rare, but they can count it for you.
evilplatypus 39
My bank has a sign up out front that says "no coins or coin rolls". I personally don't get it, but whatever.
Vivera2 6
also, reminds me of the one time i paid for a $120 walmart purchase in $2 bills. cashier was furious at me,
mrsmo2 5
Don't see much of those anymore
twisted_cherub 14
We got them all the time at the store. They're still in print and you can ask the bank for them when they ask how you want your check cashed.
TheIchiban 11
They should just get rid of pennies. They are superfluous in any type currency. There is no point having them. Not one item in this world is worth one cent anyway.
TheDrifter 24
Canada has stopped making them, we're just waiting for the penny to die a slow death.
raraisbang 12
Some people like to pay in exact change. If an item rings up go be 2.98 for example, I would like the opportunity to pay with exact change. Not to mention that without pennies I wouldn't be able to get all my change back if I didn't pay in exact change! Pennies are kind of a necessary evil.
Vivera2 6
59, you dont complain about not paying exact change on gas or purchases where tax doesnt perfectly equal a multiple of a cent. do you think we should re-intoduce half-cents just for those reasons?
raraisbang 12
Because when I put gas in my car I don't pay the amount per gallon. I pay however much it costs to fill up my tank - last time it was 77.82, and I paid that exact change. When you are rung up for gas they don't say "You owe 77.82 and 9/10 of a cent.". It's already rounded out for you. Therefor, you are able to pay exact change.
AznSamoan52 10
42)But then there wouldn't be the saying, " a penny earned is a penny saved".
Vivera2 6
and why shouldnt the same be done with pennies? both mills and cents have no use, other than placeholders for parts of the next highest denomination. pennies can be easily eliminated if rounding is extended from the nearest cent to the nearest nickel
raraisbang 12
It would still be a slow transition, as merchants all over the country would have to edit their prices - not a small feat, especially since the pricing has to be changed for one item in more than one location. Also, so many pennies are in circulation - they would have to be either spent and taken out of circulation or people would have to be given an exchange to other tender (nickels, dimes, quarters) because you can't just tell millions of people that their money is worthless simply because the government has decided to do away with it. THAT would be an uprising. If pennies do see a cease in production, they will still be around for quite awhile before fully disappearing. Kind of like the dollar coin. I have quite a few of those myself still.
pink_raindrops 26
The stores still have to accept them when they get them. What they do is either round the price up or down if the costumer doesn't have any. If they do, they must take them. They will eventually be out of circulation the way that our two dollar bill was when the toonie came out. They finally decided to get rid of them because they cost more to make then they are worth.
RedPillSucks 33
@59, I'm assuming Vivera2 is talking about the fact that the actual price listed in most gas stations is in hundreths of cents (3.34 & 99/100) which the gas pumps dutifully round up and slowly rip you off. No one complains cause no one notices/cares about the .01 cent. The gas companies make billions that way.
raraisbang 12
I knew what they were referring to, but nobody really goes to the gas station saying they want 3.19 and 99/100 in gas (here, that's a gallon.) Generally people either fill up the tank, put a few gallons in, or scrape as much gas money as they can find lol. People don't care about that 99/100, but they do care about pennies at the gas pump. Hell, I do a happy dance if gas goes down 2 cents, as bad as that sounds.
twisted_cherub 14
Actually, the 9/10 of a cent at the gas pumps is a tax. That's why, when you pump $40, you pay $40, not $40 plus tax. Yes, it is rounded up, as is any tax. The sales tax here is 8.4%. So if I buy something for $5.30, the tax is $.4452. I can't pay $5.7452, so the amount is rounded to $5.75. But sometimes the tax is rounded down. Interest gained on investments or taken on loans is rounded to the nearest penny. Otherwise we'd have to have thousands of types of currency to represent fractions of cents so all interest and tax could be paid exactly.
Vivera2 6
74 - Only the final total of a purchase immediately will change. and when a denomination/variant of US currency is discontinued, it is still and always be (unless a law states otherwise) legal tender at its face value, but any specimens of the discontinued currency will be removed as time progresses
downtime 13
74, It has been done in many countries successfully without any uprising or mass panic. I'm sure the USA would be capable of coming up with a solution that works just as well...