A funny thing happened at work tonight.Follow

Ok, first off, I have nothing against smokers. I have nothing against white trash either. However, I do have a problem with white trash smokers after tonight.

So, I'm working the register at the gas station (my third part time job, to help me pay for a house next year). Its normally a nice, calm job where I can get a lot of studying done, etc. So, then a customer comes in, I smile and greet him. He asks if we have any coin wrappers. I say no, check walmart, or the pharmacy down the road.

He suddenly pulls out a sack. He says "You really might want to find some coin wrappers. My wife and I are having a nic fit, and all we have are pennies."

The a[/i]sshole bought 2 packs of marlboros, with pennies. That's 940 pennies (470 a pack). So, he says that there are a thousand pennies in the sack. He shows me, and I just see a crapload of pennies.

At this point, I tell him that if he wants to do that, he's going to have to split them into piles of 100 for me. After that I would make the sale. But that still didn't change the fact that i had to recount them afterwards, making me about an hour late at leaving work. Then after that I had to wrap them, because you can't fit that any pennies in a drawer. My hands are so cramped that it hurts to freaking type.

Just a gentle request guys... if you smoke... NEVER FU[i]CKING PAY FOR IT WITH PENNIES! Seriously. I will hunt you down and kill you. And, if you're so pathetic that you must pay in pennies, please have the kindness to wrap the coins beforehand, or at least show up more than an hour before closing time.

Called her about it.. she said they technically can't refuse to take them as payment without risking legal trouble... that stupid thing on money that says "for all debts private and public" means that we have to take the pennies. Plus, the guy is a regular customer, but now I'm gonna make sure to spit in his coffee from now on.

Like a guy with 940 pennies is going to get a decent lawyer...

Tell him to go buy his smokes somewhere else.

Huh? They asked you for coin wrappers, a polite and generous white trash thing to do. Then you lied and said you had none. Then you ***** and whine about having to wrap and count all the coins? When you could have simply given them the wrappers and they obviously would've done it? Yeesh, quite some melodrama here!

hmmm...

I guess even if the money is legal tender for all debts public and private, you can't have a debt to pay if your refused service.

That makes sense I guess. Me, I love wrapping coins, it's quick and fun, just like everything I do. I got me a half a 2-liter bottle of coins all sitting ready to be sorted. All I do is look at my beautiful bottle and dream of sorting and stuffing. I think I'll wait until it gets to the top though, then have a kind of weekend party surrouding the sorting. I might do a little dance too. I hope there are a lot of quarters there! I like quarters. And four of them equal a dollar, meaning 100 of them equals 25 dollar bills. I can buy a lot of gum with that. Or maybe a copy of Everquest and I can play a ranger and kill people with my Trueshot ability. That would be fun.

If i was in that situation i would have made tower of pennies, a nice tall one that wont fall over, count those, then making more towers of the exact same height, then you will know how much is in each one. :)

I would have bought a pack for him, taken the sack o pennies, and started a penny collection. No prob.

That's a sad situation. he should have at least had the decency to bring nickels instead of pennies.

don't you reserve the right to refuse service to any you so choose

damn mcdnonalds