Where do you keep your spare change?

IvanOpinion

annabanana82 said:

But, I did used to send my children to pick up all the loose change in the grass so they could fill their money boxes

That only reinforces my decision to throw unwanted loose change directly into the bin - to me it is demeaning to see anybody scrambling about in the dirt to pick up pennies.

IvanOpinion

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

General_Grant

IvanOpinion said:

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

Rising to the bait :

Why would you take 1p as change when this could be covered in layers of horrid germs which could transfer to you and your belongings before you found a suitable bin?

Brie

Shakin_Steve said:

Did anyone used to watch 'The Twilight Zone'?

which episode??

IvanOpinion

General_Grant said:

IvanOpinion said:

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

Rising to the bait :

Why would you take 1p as change when this could be covered in layers of horrid germs which could transfer to you and your belongings before you found a suitable bin?

Responding to the bait.
A very good question and if anybody ever says they have taken a penny you should ask them.

Tokmon

IvanOpinion said:

General_Grant said:

IvanOpinion said:

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

Rising to the bait :

Why would you take 1p as change when this could be covered in layers of horrid germs which could transfer to you and your belongings before you found a suitable bin?

Responding to the bait.
A very good question and if anybody ever says they have taken a penny you should ask them.

   If you thought it was illegal to let them keep the change in a shop then how have you never got 1p in change before?

IvanOpinion said:

RG2015 said:

IvanOpinion said:

Sea_Shell said:

IvanOpinion said:

Despite being something given to me by my grandmother some 50 years ago and innocently given a humerous name by her, that has stuck, it appears that people with delicate sensibilities don't like the name so I will not say where I put £1 and £2 coins (suffice to say they do not see much sunlight).

Anything less than a £1 coin gets thrown in the nearest bin - useless stuff.

I hate shrapnel and have long believed that we are long overdue getting rid of that dirty filthy unhygenic stuff we call cash.  it serves no purpose in the 21st century.

This might be the first time that someone on (primarily) a money saving site, actually admits to literally throwing money away!!!

Would you throw a £10 note in the bin?

Just because the throwing away is done by "1000 cuts" doesn't make it any less wasteful.

Your throwaway change could be a meal to someone else!!  At least have the decency to throw it in a homeless persons hat rather than an actual bin.  Assuming you meant literally, the bin!!

I do mean literally the bin - the first bin I come to on the street - I don't even want that dirty filthy stuff in my pocket.
I have already explained the reasons why I won't give shrapnel to charities (or dossers).

How did you get the coins in the first place? Did someone give them to you?

Perhaps you should have refused them in the first place and avoided touching them at all.

A well known phrase comes to mind.

"Keep the change"

I thought I had covered that?  I often do little jobs on the side that pays a little bit of under-the-counter cash.  I simply ask people to pay me what they think the job was worth.  I accept whatever I am given.  I then have to get rid of that money (always notes).  Sometimes it builds up enough that I would take it to the bank (if I was down the town) other times I shove a few notes into a charity tin, other times I just throw it in my pocket and end up spending it.  That is usually the point when I get the shrapnel back.

'Keep the change' is not an issue if I am in a restaurant or a bar - but I would not do that in a shop (would that even be legal?).  I used to tip well but ever since the introduction of a proper wage for serving staff I simply tell them to keep the change so the amount they would get depends on rounding up based on the smallest note I have (so if I have a fiver it won't be much but if all I have is a tenner then they could do well).

IvanOpinion

Tokmon said:

IvanOpinion said:

General_Grant said:

IvanOpinion said:

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

Rising to the bait :

Why would you take 1p as change when this could be covered in layers of horrid germs which could transfer to you and your belongings before you found a suitable bin?

Responding to the bait.
A very good question and if anybody ever says they have taken a penny you should ask them.

   If you thought it was illegal to let them keep the change in a shop then how have you never got 1p in change before?

Rising to more bait.
Already explained, can I politely suggest you re-read the context.

Tokmon

IvanOpinion said:

Tokmon said:

IvanOpinion said:

General_Grant said:

IvanOpinion said:

GaleSF63 said:

IvanOpinion said:

I don't know why it would be illegal.  There used to be  a habit of having a penny pot by the till so if someone was a little short on cash the amount payable could be made up out of the pot and those who didn't want the change could drop it in.  Perhaps it's not a big thing in the UK??  

I have seen that on my travels to America but only very occasionally in the UK (usually in places that don't deserve a tip.  When I worked for a super market (many years ago in my teens) we were not allowed to carry any money on us on the shop floor

Our Tesco Express used to do it for petrol - a little pool of pennies for those who didn't stop the pump in time and bought eg £30.01 worth of petrol. 
I expect most people use cards or pay at the pump now.
(They would also sometimes have coupons that people hadn't used and offered them to the next person to buy an appropriate item. )

I always thought those pennies were for change rather than to make up a penny e.g. if I only put in 29.99 then I could take a penny from the tray rather than expect change.  I never thought about it the other way around - it makes sense.

Rising to the bait :

Why would you take 1p as change when this could be covered in layers of horrid germs which could transfer to you and your belongings before you found a suitable bin?

Responding to the bait.
A very good question and if anybody ever says they have taken a penny you should ask them.

   If you thought it was illegal to let them keep the change in a shop then how have you never got 1p in change before?

Rising to more bait.
Already explained, can I politely suggest you re-read the context.

It doesn't matter if you take 1p change from a pot on the desk or 1p change from the person at the till there is still exactly the same chance of "layers of horrid germs". So even though it was in the context of the taking it from the pot you could have still answered the question and by saying they should ask someone else implies you have never taken a penny change...