Ok, here is a new pet peeve, or maybe it's an old pet peeve, but it doesn't matter. Think about the penny. It's worthless, right? We can all agree on that. Clearly the penny should be scrapped, but then should the nickel, because it to is effectively worthless. Only the dime starts edging into real currency, but not by much. The quarter is where it starts to get interesting. But at the end of the day, only a dollar will start to buy something, and even then, not much.
So, why does this matter? Because people shouldn't be able to quibble with anything under $1 for any extended period of time while people are waiting. I was at the sandwhich shop with Megan yesterday when these three ladies, reasonably affluent looking women, haggled over the price of a bagel with cream cheese. A single freaking bagel in what must have been a $30 total order. Over a forty cent discrepency. All the while four of us waited in line while they berated the single cashier for what must have been ten minutes!
Grrr!!! There ought to be a law! Especially around lunch time in a business district. You request your food, you pay your money, you get your food, and you go eat it. Boom, boom, boom. Haggling over money so insignificant that it wouldn't pay for a portion of a crouton and holding everyone else up in the process... Mmmm... Why I oughta!
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