Who was it?

January20

I was in Asda yesterday and a young woman in front of me at the till paid for £50 of her shopping in 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and a few £ coins.

I'm impressed that she wasn't afraid to get the wrath of the cashier and the customers behind her in the queue!

I was too busy thinking "she has to be an MSE" to even feel impatient as the cashier counted out all the change lol!

In_Search_Of_Me

Hard to know without knowing which Asda it was possibly? Glad I wasnt behind her though!! Happy Christmas!

buxtonrabbitgreen

Not me. I did pay for 2 stamps for christmas cards in 1p.s

kammyk

They have coin machine in a sainsburys near me. You just put in all the coins and it gives you a slip which you can use to pay for your shopping or you can get cash instead but they charge you a small percentage for this it think.

Brilliant little machine!

ZTD

kammyk wrote: »

They have coin machine in a sainsburys near me. You just put in all the coins and it gives you a slip which you can use to pay for your shopping or you can get cash instead but they charge you a small percentage for this it think.

Brilliant little machine!

The small percentage was about 8% IIRC. It would take over a year in a bank account to make that much.

Best tip I've seen is to use those self-service scan-and-pack-your-own machines and dump all your loose change into it. It's not going to pull a face at you...

elantan

girls got guts ..i remember last time i was in florida it was the day before we were due to fly home and i had loads of dross so i bought both mil and myself a large coffe and a hotdog each all with 1 cent pieces i played stupid tourist and said i dont understand how your money works sorry ...mil walked away in disgust i thought it funny ...wouldnt have the guts to do it on xmas eve in asda though and no way £50 worth of stuff ...i take my hat off to her

January20

elantan wrote: »

girls got guts ..i remember last time i was in florida it was the day before we were due to fly home and i had loads of dross so i bought both mil and myself a large coffe and a hotdog each all with 1 cent pieces i played stupid tourist and said i dont understand how your money works sorry ...mil walked away in disgust i thought it funny ...wouldnt have the guts to do it on xmas eve in asda though and no way £50 worth of stuff ...i take my hat off to her

Yeah, it what I thought: the girl's got guts! I love your story, not sure I would have had the guts either lol!

In Search of Me, it was Asda Benton in Newcastle but I don't expect the person to own up even if she is an MSE lol! Usually I hate that Asda as both shoppers and staff are rather unfriendly and rude. I think the Christmas spirit finally got to everybody!

Burlesque_Babe

I think she would be applauded if she owned up!!

jo1972

I went into my local CostCutter recently with £10's worth of 5 and 10p's to buy electric (I sat outside till I could see the shop was empty ), I apologised to the guy behind the counter and he said that it was just what he needed and to bring any change to him, he then gave me 10 plastic money bags to count it up in!! :beer:

barron_hard_up

Benton... Great Place!! Love Newcastle

elantan

i know if you take money to local shops they quite like it as they have to pay the banks to get change to use ...so jo you probably saved him money ...you got rid of your dross at the same time ...mututal benefit ...nice one..well done