Good Things Come in Plain Brown Paper

[Dips]

A couple of quickies from Mr. Dips' coin shop:

X-ray Goggles Not Included

A customer called the shop to complain about how her rolls of quarters were packed. The problem? They were wrapped in brown paper. How was she supposed to see them?

Instructions are Hard

A man bought a book with all but one of the state quarters pre-mounted. When the last quarter (Hawaii) came out, the shop sent it to him with directions for mounting it. Since the book was a do-it-yourself designed for children, it shouldn't have been a problem.

But it was. He called the shop and one of Mr. Dips' coworkers tried to talk him though it. No dice. After 30 minutes the man asked if he could send the book back so the co-worker could mount the quarter for him. She told him he'd have to pay shipping both ways. He was fine with that, so that's what they did.

[Amina516]

Im assuming all he had to do to mount the quarter was push it into some slot or something similar?? Did this man not have hands? Thats the only thing that mightve explained why he couldnt do it.

[Lingering Grin]

Im assuming all he had to do to mount the quarter was push it into some slot or something similar?? Did this man not have hands? Thats the only thing that mightve explained why he couldnt do it.

Nah, that's no excuse, I'm pretty sure that if you smacked it against your face hard enough you could mount it

[Bella_Vixen]

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A customer called the shop to complain about how her rolls of quarters were packed. The problem? They were wrapped in brown paper. How was she supposed to see them?

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

[Dips]

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

I agree, but she wasn't complaining about paper rolls vs. plastic rolls. That might make sense, after all.

She was complaining about the paper that was used as packing material to cushion the rolls during shipping.

Apologies for the confusion.

[Lingering Grin]

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

Hold with your thumb and index finger, with your index finger stretched along the length of it.

Then crack them in half on the side of the register, and then fold inward.

Causes all of the coins to law flat and fall out of the hole in the center

[Bella_Vixen]

Apologies for the confusion.

All is forgiven.

[Fenrus]

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

I've always had luck with just holding the roll between my thumb and first finger between the first and second knuckle, then pushing the end coins through the hole. Causes the rest of the coins to lay flat and come out in turn. ^_^

I, personally, don't like the paper rolls. They always seemed to fall apart when I'd slam them against the counter to open em. Or, when they'd open, I couldn't get the ends out easily.

[RetailWorkhorse]

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

Whack and unwrap?

[Becks]

RW, wrong thread.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I, personally, HATE when coins are in the clear plastic rolls. Major pain to open, especially as a cashier with a line of cranky customer in front of me.

I don't like the plastic either. It's much more difficult to tear open than the paper.

At least with the paper wrapper, I can slide a fingernail underneath the crease and open it.