 m0xI love juice tooPremium
join:2002-11-04
San Francisco, CA | reply to Happyrat6
Re: Canadian Mint: Most Favour Getting Rid Of The Penny I don't really see the problem with the dollar coins. I mean, at worst, you have two 2 dollar coins in your pocket, or one of each.
I miss them, I hate the 1 dollar bills...
--
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you |
|
 Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
join:2005-03-12
kudos:4 | said by m0x:I don't really see the problem with the dollar coins. I mean, at worst, you have two 2 dollar coins in your pocket, or one of each. Sez who? I've had upwards of $12 or $15 worth of metal jangling in my pocket from time to time. Of course I always spend this crap first, but sometimes it just accumulates faster than I can spend it. And of course it's always when I'm buying something that costs say $5.64 or $10.06 that I reach into my pocket and realize I didn't bring my change, and once again arrive home jangling like the Bells of St. Mary's.
It's even more fun when the merchant is out of toonies and give you your $4 all in loonies. You can end up with twice as much metal as your "at worst..." in one single transaction!
--
"Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain" -- Friedrich Schiller
|
|
m0xI love juice tooPremium
join:2002-11-04
San Francisco, CA | Meh! I don't know, maybe it's because I worked as a cashier in high school, but I always know how much money I have on me. When waiting in line I always get all my change from my pocket and when I know exactly how much it's going to cost I just give the right amount to minimize the number of coins I'll receive.
The cashiers often look at me weirdly when I give them some combination of coins, punch it in and realize that it works out as a multiple of 25c or something like that. Say I need to pay 6.43$, I might give 11.18$ so that I'll get 4.75$ back. So I got rid of 1 1$, 1 10c, 1 5c, 3 1c (6 coins) and got back 2 2$, 3 25c (5 coins), so I have 1 less coin. If I had simply given a 10$, I would've received 3.57 so 1 2$, 1 1$, 2 25c, 1 5c and 2 1c (7 coins). Everyone's happier! Just make sure to pre-calculate it (takes like a second or two) so as not to waste people's time.
So the biggest amount of coin you can have on you is:
4 1c
2 10c
3 25c
2 2$
11 coins max. Of course if someone gives you 4$ of loonies that kinda breaks the algorithm but that doesn't happen very often and you'll get rid of them at your next transaction anyway.
--
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you |
|
Reviews:
 ·TekSavvy DSL
| said by m0x:11 coins max. Of course if someone gives you 4$ of loonies that kinda breaks the algorithm but that doesn't happen very often and you'll get rid of them at your next transaction anyway. Mox, I now know why your working for Google.
Your walking algorithm 
I've met many of your type, and at times I have been accused of being one.
Salut, you are a computer math nerd. |
|
|
|
Wolfie00My dog is an elitistPremium
join:2005-03-12
kudos:4 | said by Devanchya:said by m0x:11 coins max. Of course if someone gives you 4$ of loonies that kinda breaks the algorithm but that doesn't happen very often and you'll get rid of them at your next transaction anyway. Mox, I now know why your working for Google. Your walking algorithm I've met many of your type, and at times I have been accused of being one. Salut, you are a computer math nerd. My thoughts exactly! 
The real world: Wolfie00  wanders home from shopping, dumps an accumulated seven pounds of assorted loonies and toonies into a plastic dish. Next morning wanders out bleary-eyed to Timmy's for a fix, forgets the seven pounds of change, returns home with fix, adds two more toonies and a loonie and a few more quarters to the dish. Repeat as often as necessary until Wolfie00 's pockets rupture. This is the way it really works! 
--
"Against stupidity, the very gods themselves contend in vain" -- Friedrich Schiller
|
|
m0xI love juice tooPremium
join:2002-11-04
San Francisco, CA | said by Wolfie00:The real world: Wolfie00 wanders home from shopping, dumps an accumulated seven pounds of assorted loonies and toonies into a plastic dish. Next morning wanders out bleary-eyed to Timmy's for a fix, forgets the seven pounds of change, returns home with fix, adds two more toonies and a loonie and a few more quarters to the dish. Repeat as often as necessary until Wolfie00 's pockets rupture. This is the way it really works! But, but, you know exactly how much your coffee is going to cost you, you can even plan it a few days in advance! Ah, I give up, it's already getting a moot point anyway...
Pfff! You guys are lucky there are people like to me to organize the world's information! :-P
--
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you |
|
