Keep the change?

So I was at the coffee shop that has that bird on the building.  I got a coffee and a muffin.  $2.96.  The girl behind the counter mumbles, “I’m two cents short”, and hands me 2 pennies change for my $3.  Hunh?  The bird owes me 4 cents and she offers me two and tells me she has no more.  Was she out of nickels too?  I didn’t bother asking, I just left.  Y’know the guy behind me in line would have thought I was just being a jerk and it’s not like I really need the 2 pennies, but come on.  If you can’t make change, take the penny away from the till, not from me.  It’s not really about the 2 pennies, but isn’t this stealing?  Man, how do I even explain this to someone who had a debit card before she ever owned a penny?

Maybe I’ll make my own coffee tomorrow morning.

August 7, 2007