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> Round everything up a nickel ($0.05) and call it a day. This already happens at convenience stores around the country, too. The "pennies for everybody" tray
by mechanicalpulse 8y ago
> Round everything up a nickel ($0.05) and call it a day.
This already happens at convenience stores around the country, too. The "pennies for everybody" trays are the physical manifestations of our collective irritation with the penny. I know I only ever get change back rounded to the nearest 0.05 because I always leave my pennies in the tray. And since I often never have pennies, I'm only prepared to make transactions to the nearest 0.05.
Many of us are already doing it, but just in a roundabout way that requires more effort for no reason.
- keeganpoppen 8y agoyep i mean not even just the trays but a good %age of small local businesses (ie basically everywhere where employees feel like they have the latitude) will chop the pennies off the price in the name of sanity. so literally everyone involved hates pennies so much that they will willingly give them away. better keep minting them at all cost (literally)? ahh maybe it’s just a way to keep prices “fair” for cash users, since businesses have to pay interchange on card transactions but charge everyone the same price? (/s)