3 ms·

In the US, $2 bills and 50 cent coins are uncommon so it feels more special when you get them.

ProllyInfamous 3y ago
From an autistic POV: it allows me to more-greatly acknowledge goodness, per dollar spent [because of perceived rarity — I get bills free from bank].
- kylebenzle 3y ago
  Ahhh. That makes sense :(
- sophacles 3y ago
  The fact that you have to go to the bank to get them (vs say from the ATM), also shows that you put thought and effort into the gift. So you way of saying "thank you for giving a shit" in itself rings more true, you gave a shit about thanking someone rather than an empty "hey thanks".
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  What's your bank? Mine always charges me $2 for mine
  - ProllyInfamous 3y ago
    Regional credit union. Whether I've been broke (or not), they've never charged for denominational straps. I do often have to "order" twos (returning a week later).
I_cape_runts 3y ago
Yep. I carry a few of them in my glove compartment and use them whenever I see lemonade stands in the summer. The kids go crazy when they see them
kylebenzle 3y ago
But why $2.50. Seems like an cheap tip. A $5 would be 2x better
- diarrhea 3y ago
  The math checks out.
- chefOrNot111 3y ago
  [flagged]
- Mtinie 3y ago
  It’s the recognition, not solely the value, which it is being conveyed. $2.50 is still worth more than $0.00. Does that distinction matters to the person who the $2.00 and $0.50 is handed to? That’s an exercise left up to the reader to try. Addendum: I interpreted the OPs comment to be regarding appreciation of people who work in roles not typically tipped in the course of their service.
- hotnfresh 3y ago
  Tipping with $2 bills was a "cool" thing oldsters would do, because the bills are a novelty but not actually that hard to get. They'd also give them for birthday money and such (I have a bunch in an envelope somewhere for that reason). You're right that at this point you'd need to be giving out a lot of them each time for it to count for much. Dollars are worth so little that we're beyond "let's get rid of pennies" and approaching "WTF is the point of coins smaller than the quarter?" [EDIT] That first bit comes off as harsher than I meant. I just mean that this was a more common thing years back, lots of folks of a certain generation (or couple of generations) did it, and at this point I can definitely see how giving out $2 bills, which was once novel (though when the eighth older person did it in a year, not so novel...) and also a decent amount of money, is getting into "yeah, thanks for the two whole quarters, grandpa, I'll be sure to buy a candy bar with them when I get several more" territory, thanks to inflation. [EDIT EDIT] I'm struggling with internalizing new prices, too, incidentally. I've finally learned that when my kids get $10 it is not worth getting them excited about going to get a toy with it. They'll need, bare minimum, double that amount, and even then there won't be a lot of options after tax. There's almost nothing they can get with $10 but candy or shitty collectible (ahem, kiddy gambling) card crap.
deleted 3y ago
[deleted]

From an autistic POV: it allows me to more-greatly acknowledge goodness, per dollar spent [because of perceived rarity — I get bills free from bank].

kylebenzle 3y ago
Ahhh. That makes sense :(
sophacles 3y ago
The fact that you have to go to the bank to get them (vs say from the ATM), also shows that you put thought and effort into the gift. So you way of saying "thank you for giving a shit" in itself rings more true, you gave a shit about thanking someone rather than an empty "hey thanks".
oh_sigh 3y ago
What's your bank? Mine always charges me $2 for mine
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago
  Regional credit union. Whether I've been broke (or not), they've never charged for denominational straps. I do often have to "order" twos (returning a week later).

I_cape_runts 3y ago

Yep. I carry a few of them in my glove compartment and use them whenever I see lemonade stands in the summer. The kids go crazy when they see them

kylebenzle 3y ago

But why $2.50. Seems like an cheap tip. A $5 would be 2x better

diarrhea 3y ago
The math checks out.
chefOrNot111 3y ago
[flagged]
Mtinie 3y ago
It’s the recognition, not solely the value, which it is being conveyed. $2.50 is still worth more than $0.00. Does that distinction matters to the person who the $2.00 and $0.50 is handed to? That’s an exercise left up to the reader to try. Addendum: I interpreted the OPs comment to be regarding appreciation of people who work in roles not typically tipped in the course of their service.
hotnfresh 3y ago
Tipping with $2 bills was a "cool" thing oldsters would do, because the bills are a novelty but not actually that hard to get. They'd also give them for birthday money and such (I have a bunch in an envelope somewhere for that reason). You're right that at this point you'd need to be giving out a lot of them each time for it to count for much. Dollars are worth so little that we're beyond "let's get rid of pennies" and approaching "WTF is the point of coins smaller than the quarter?" [EDIT] That first bit comes off as harsher than I meant. I just mean that this was a more common thing years back, lots of folks of a certain generation (or couple of generations) did it, and at this point I can definitely see how giving out $2 bills, which was once novel (though when the eighth older person did it in a year, not so novel...) and also a decent amount of money, is getting into "yeah, thanks for the two whole quarters, grandpa, I'll be sure to buy a candy bar with them when I get several more" territory, thanks to inflation. [EDIT EDIT] I'm struggling with internalizing new prices, too, incidentally. I've finally learned that when my kids get $10 it is not worth getting them excited about going to get a toy with it. They'll need, bare minimum, double that amount, and even then there won't be a lot of options after tax. There's almost nothing they can get with $10 but candy or shitty collectible (ahem, kiddy gambling) card crap.

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]