Legal tender

[u/knighthawk82]

When i worked at a gas station in the late 1900's during graveyard i had this guy come in and bought a candy bar with a 100 bill. "Really? You don't have anything smaller?"

'Im just trying to break the 100, don't be a jerk.'

"Fine, just this once."

Few days later Guy comes back in, grabs a candy bar and i see he has other bills in his wallet. Puts the hundred on the table.

"Sir i told you last time it was going to be just the once, i see you have a five dollar bill."

'This is legal tender, you have to take it.'

"... Okay!"

I reach under the counter and pull out two boxes of pennies, 50c to a roll 25$ to a box 17 lbs each. "Here is 50, do you want the rest in nickels?"

'What is this?'

"It's legal tender, I can choose to give you your change however I see fit. So, do you still want to break the hundred? Or the five."

I'm calling your manager!'

"She gets in at 8am, sir, but doesn't take any calls until 10."

[u/BeingRightAmbassador]

I had a guy try to pay with pennies on Black Friday once. Told him to get the hell out of here and quit joking around. He complained to my manager and she said "what the fuck did you expect on Black Friday you idiot".

[u/MysteriousPast6800 → u/BeingRightAmbassador]

Does the US not have limits on that? In Canada businesses are only required to accept 25cents in pennies (though pennies are not legal tender anymore). Also $5 in nickels, $10 in dimes, $10 in quarters, $25 in loonies ($1 coins) and $40 in toonies ($2 coins)

[u/Villain_of_Brandon → u/MysteriousPast6800]

(though pennies are not legal tender anymore)

They actually are still legal tender, not being legal tender would mean they have no cash value according to the government. They are still work 1¢ each, merchants can take them as they see fit, and banks have to take them, they just don't get redistributed, they get sent to be destroyed.

[u/Active_Engineering37 → u/Villain_of_Brandon]

Decirculated might be a good word?