Doesn't anyone want dimes anymore? In two instances, I've tried to exchange dimes for quarters, but no one wants them. What's going on... does no one want my dimes?
Case 1 - I'm in the spooky Speedway car wash. There was some money already on the machine, and I put my $5.00 in. It's asking for another 42 cents so I can do the car wash. Even though the cheapy car wash is $6.00, it's asking for $0.42. Go figure. So I try to put dimes in, but it will only take quarters as change. Ugh. At this time, a car pulls up behind me, so I ask if he could exchange 5 dimes for 2 quarters... he says no, don't worry about it, and gives me the quarters. With my thanks, I squeeze back into the car, and put in the 2 quarters. The machine accepts it, but now says I owe another 17 cents. This machine does crazy math, considering it won't take pennies. So I mange to scrounge out another quarter, and put it in the machine. It now speaks to me in a southern accent -- Welcome to the Speedway car WaRsh. (Yes, it actually says WARSH!) My car starts to pull forward, and I'm left wondering two things:
1) I only paid 5.75, for the car wash (Well 5 and a quarter) and I still owed 17 cents.
2) Why wouldn't the guy take the dimes?
Case 2 - I needed air in my bike tire. I pull up to the air machine at the gas station, only to find they are charging for AIR -- what a rip off. Well, this being the day after the car wash, I still had no quarters, but I did have the dimes. I walk up to the attendant and ask if I could exchange my 5 dimes for 2 quarters, and he just says he'll turn on the machine. First of all, why are they charging for air? And secondly, what's wrong with my DIMES???
Ugh!
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Two eighties children who grew up and had a child of their own. (Formerly known as Life on Delaware)
4 comments:
Maybe dimes are going the way of the pennies???
I would take your dimes if you offered them to me! Send 'em my way and in exchange I'll send you 50 pennies!!! :D
Yeah I know how you feel!! I have plenty of dimes too and I can't get rid of them over here either!! *wink*
UGH! Oh the joy of not having the correct change when needed. I feel for you, I really do. I can't believe that they charge for Air?? WTHeck!! Sounds like a liberal out there wanting to make a DIME!!! ROFL
Um...lots of places charge for air nowadays. God bless the almighty doll...uh dime! :D
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