coin allocation
Oct. 4th, 2023 04:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spacefemI used to keep a coin sorter at my desk and use it for exact change at the company cafeteria, but the cafeteria stopped taking cash this year! They used to give a discount FOR cash, but no more.
So I moved the coins to my car. I still like to have some cash around and use it for small things. Sometimes I run into places that don't take cards. Life is complicated.
Here are my uses for coins:
1) Pennies and nickels - these go into the coin well at Exploration Place. I'll bring a pocket full of coins, give my kids a bunch, have some for any other kid that passes by. It's one of those big circular funnels where the coins roll around and around and around in a show that is worth a LOT more than 5 cents of enjoyment. When I put nickels in that thing people thing I am RICH. I even put a quarter in once. I felt like Elvis.
2) Quarters - there's a car wash on west street that still takes quarters! One of those "wash the car yourself" things, with the special foamy brush and dial to turn the sprayer from soap to water? The others are all $5 swipe a card, but the west street one I can get my car washed for $2.
3) Other use for quarters - the ski ball game at Skate South. I don't know what's more fun, roller skating or 25 cent ski ball. We get free roller skating once a month through the company, so I kind of feel obligated to give them a few cents for ski ball.
4) Dimes - I decided that since dimes are the smallest, lightest coin, they can stay in my bag or wallet and be used to make change on the rare occasions that I'm using cash. Usually at the boba tea place that gives me a discount for cash, or charges a fee for cards, whatever your perspective. I get a half-sweet matcha latte with boba. I got crystal boba once and that was a real mistake because it blends in with the ice and when I thought I was done I dumped it out, and there was still boba left, I was sad about that. Black boba is easier to hunt down and spot.
I have 3D printed coin organizers, one in my car and one in my office, to help me channel all the coins towards their designated purposes.
So I moved the coins to my car. I still like to have some cash around and use it for small things. Sometimes I run into places that don't take cards. Life is complicated.
Here are my uses for coins:
1) Pennies and nickels - these go into the coin well at Exploration Place. I'll bring a pocket full of coins, give my kids a bunch, have some for any other kid that passes by. It's one of those big circular funnels where the coins roll around and around and around in a show that is worth a LOT more than 5 cents of enjoyment. When I put nickels in that thing people thing I am RICH. I even put a quarter in once. I felt like Elvis.
2) Quarters - there's a car wash on west street that still takes quarters! One of those "wash the car yourself" things, with the special foamy brush and dial to turn the sprayer from soap to water? The others are all $5 swipe a card, but the west street one I can get my car washed for $2.
3) Other use for quarters - the ski ball game at Skate South. I don't know what's more fun, roller skating or 25 cent ski ball. We get free roller skating once a month through the company, so I kind of feel obligated to give them a few cents for ski ball.
4) Dimes - I decided that since dimes are the smallest, lightest coin, they can stay in my bag or wallet and be used to make change on the rare occasions that I'm using cash. Usually at the boba tea place that gives me a discount for cash, or charges a fee for cards, whatever your perspective. I get a half-sweet matcha latte with boba. I got crystal boba once and that was a real mistake because it blends in with the ice and when I thought I was done I dumped it out, and there was still boba left, I was sad about that. Black boba is easier to hunt down and spot.
I have 3D printed coin organizers, one in my car and one in my office, to help me channel all the coins towards their designated purposes.
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Date: 2023-10-04 09:27 pm (UTC)Good to know it is still out there...
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Date: 2023-10-04 09:33 pm (UTC)my kid tries to hit the top corners every time... that might be the way! she misses a lot but when she gets one, damn that score!
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Date: 2023-10-04 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-04 10:52 pm (UTC)I still pick up pennies when I see them on the ground - I found a couple of quarters a month ago, and felt EXTRA rich!
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Date: 2023-10-05 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-05 08:52 am (UTC)I started a long time ago throwing the coinage accumulatig in my purse into a gift box I'd been given (except for the odd ones I keep in a coin purse for raffle tickets, gold coin entry and the line) and then hauling it down to the bank where they have a machine to count and credit it. I still do that but these days it fills veeeeeerrrrry slowly.
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Date: 2023-10-05 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-06 08:11 am (UTC)