A guy comes in and goes over to the cashier window. There is a certain smirk on his face that does not seem to be related to the obvious effort he is making to carry three large, stuffed, canvas bags that appear to be about to burst from the volume and weight of whatever is within them.
He heaves them up onto the counter in front of the glass window, and announces that he is here to pay his fines. The cashier looks at the three bags, then calmly asks to see his identification and the case numbers of the fines he is here to pay. The guy smugly hands the cashier the paper work. The cashier looks up the cases. He owes close to seven hundred dollars for four tickets. The cashier asks how he intends to pay. He points to the three bags and gives a big, [stuff]-eating grin.
Yep. The bags contain nothing but pennies.
The cashier doesn't even bat an eye. All she does is call someone to come out and put the three bags on a cart to take back to the back area. She tells him it will be a few minutes, so he can step to the side while the pennies are counted.
The guy looks quite proud of himself and announces that he intends to wait at the window and watch the counting. The cashier says again that he may stand to the side while she waits on the next person in line.
As promised, within a few minutes the three empty bags are out to the cashier along with the total. She informs him that he is thirty-two cents short. His smile changes quickly to a snarl. He states that there is no way anyone could have counted all that, and claims she is lying to him.
She informs him that the office has a machine to count coins, and that it is very accurate and very fast. He demands to see that machine. She tells him that no unauthorized persons are allowed in the back offices, and that if he does not believe the count, the pennies will be returned to him and he will be allowed to count them out himself in front of a staff member who will document everything. She then repeats that he is thirty-two cents short and asks how he wishes to pay.
The guy finally realizes that the scene he was hoping to make simply is not going to happen. He throws a dollar on the counter, is handed his receipt and sixty-eight cents in change, and leaves frustrated. Everyone else feels much more sunny - especially since there is no such machine back there!
He heaves them up onto the counter in front of the glass window, and announces that he is here to pay his fines. The cashier looks at the three bags, then calmly asks to see his identification and the case numbers of the fines he is here to pay. The guy smugly hands the cashier the paper work. The cashier looks up the cases. He owes close to seven hundred dollars for four tickets. The cashier asks how he intends to pay. He points to the three bags and gives a big, [stuff]-eating grin.
Yep. The bags contain nothing but pennies.
The cashier doesn't even bat an eye. All she does is call someone to come out and put the three bags on a cart to take back to the back area. She tells him it will be a few minutes, so he can step to the side while the pennies are counted.
The guy looks quite proud of himself and announces that he intends to wait at the window and watch the counting. The cashier says again that he may stand to the side while she waits on the next person in line.
As promised, within a few minutes the three empty bags are out to the cashier along with the total. She informs him that he is thirty-two cents short. His smile changes quickly to a snarl. He states that there is no way anyone could have counted all that, and claims she is lying to him.
She informs him that the office has a machine to count coins, and that it is very accurate and very fast. He demands to see that machine. She tells him that no unauthorized persons are allowed in the back offices, and that if he does not believe the count, the pennies will be returned to him and he will be allowed to count them out himself in front of a staff member who will document everything. She then repeats that he is thirty-two cents short and asks how he wishes to pay.
The guy finally realizes that the scene he was hoping to make simply is not going to happen. He throws a dollar on the counter, is handed his receipt and sixty-eight cents in change, and leaves frustrated. Everyone else feels much more sunny - especially since there is no such machine back there!
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