I want pennies!

[Anakah]

I wasn't the actual cashier for these people but my co-worker was and I was there to witness most of it.

I just got off my lunch break and I went out to the frontline and see that my co-worker (Let's call her A) A is telling the people in her window that she needs to get a supervisior. That's not really out of the ordinary, so I shrug it off.

SV=Supervisor
SC1=The husband
SC2=The wife

SV: I'm sorry but we don't have $143 in pennies available. And as the cashier has told you--our machines don't take coin.
I was like Why would they want pennies??

SC1: But I demand pennies. How is it you don't have pennies??

SV: Sir, we have pennies just not enough. Since our casino no longer has coin machines they've dropped how many we carry.

SC2: This is ridiculous! We'll wait.

SV: Well, we order money from the bank. You'll be waiting at least two days.
(She went into detail about the process of getting money from the bank)

SC1: Fine, we'll take nickles!

So, the SV left and A went to where we get the coin.

SC2: I'm so upset. I left my jacket and someone stole it. They stole my 1000! What a birthday for me!
Now, I'm thinking she's drunk or just crazy. She was swaying around and she just had that look.

Me: I'm sorry about that ma'am.

SC2: Please thank security for getting my coat back. But wouldn't you know I got the coat but no money!

By this time the husband is shaking his head and rolling his eyes.

SC1: Dear YOU lost the money!

They start to argue and the husband tells her in a very stern voice to get the F away from him. They yell for awhile and then kiss!

I'm praying for my co-worker to come back because the two were freaking me out. I was wondering why the hell security (who were like two feet away) didn't come over and ask what the hell these two were doing. They were LOUD and at some point the woman was on the ground!

I started counting my money in high hopes that they'd leave me alone. I was the only one up there and couldn't disappear into the back.

The woman suddenly appears again and is trying to get me to feel sympathy for her for leaving her crap somewhere and having it get stolen. Though after a minute she changed her story and said someone crashed into her and stole her wallet that way!

SC1: Leave her alone, she's trying to count!

The wife practically growls at her husband and turns to me as I stop counting.

SC2: She's can't. She's too upset.
I didn't have the foggiest as to what she was referring to. I was upset but it was because of them.
SC2: She's upset that I got mugged!

I inwardly rolled my eyes and prayed for A to return.

And yay! A returned with the help of another co-worker with the nickles. Now normally a nickle roll is $2. Ours are only $1. Imagine for the cameras laying out that many nickles one by one! It was horrible for A.

Eventually the wife disappeared and it was only the husband.

Now, understand we are the cage not a grocery store.

Sc1: I need a bag.

A and I are looking at each other wondering what the hell would hold that much weight and where to get one.

She comes up with the idea to use a nickle bag from the jetsort. That works.

SC1: Wow, these are heavy!

Nooo, really!?

A and I coudn't figure out what the hell he wanted with that many nickels. He should've gone to another casino. One that could've given him what he wanted. But yeah, crazy couple.

Turns out he was 86'd from the bar. After leaving the cage he walked over to the bar, waved the nickles at the bartender and went up to his room.

[Banrion]

And in the morning you will hear about the cleaning personnel who got $143.00 tip, but they had to dig each and every one of the 2860 nickles from the carpet, under the bed, in the dresser, maybe even a few in the sink and tub for good measure.

[rvdammit]

A and I coudn't figure out what the hell he wanted with that many nickels.

Cheapskates rolling in money?

[SuperB]

Oh yeah, sounds like alcohol was definitely involved.

[Gurndigarn]

Sc1: I need a bag.

A and I are looking at each other wondering what the hell would hold that much weight and where to get one.

She comes up with the idea to use a nickle bag from the jetsort. That works.

SC1: Wow, these are heavy!

Nooo, really!?

Reeeeeealy.

I work with tokens. A bucket of 5000 used to weigh about 20 kilos (it may still. We changed size and metal content, so I'm not positive any more.) All of you who play/played Dungeons & Dragons: that warrior who causally carried 5000 GP everywhere? Didn't happen. And I'm curious about how you balanced the load properly.

[Geek King]

Reeeeeealy.

I work with tokens. A bucket of 5000 used to weigh about 20 kilos (it may still. We changed size and metal content, so I'm not positive any more.) All of you who play/played Dungeons & Dragons: that warrior who causally carried 5000 GP everywhere? Didn't happen. And I'm curious about how you balanced the load properly.

If memory serves me right, $500 in US quarters wieghs 25lbs. I worked in the counting room of an amusement park, and we weighed them once. We did this because I ended up lugging $3300 in bagged loose quarters across half the park (Thanks Mr. Manager, a story for another time), and was curious.



On the D&D front, I had a GM who liked to hold what he called "Inventory audits." Fortunately I always cashed my coins into gems, keeping a couple hundred assorted coins for pocket change. Much easier to carry, as the old edition rules held that a 10,000 gp gem wieghed the same as 1 gold piece.

Of course, occasionally he would pull the old, "someone stole your pack" bit, but it was all in the name of fun.

[Becks]

I like pennies, don't get me wrong, but $143 worth?!?

[Primer]

If memory serves me right, $500 in US quarters wieghs 25lbs. I worked in the counting room of an amusement park, and we weighed them once. We did this because I ended up lugging $3300 in bagged loose quarters across half the park (Thanks Mr. Manager, a story for another time), and was curious.

That sounds about right... At the vending machine company, I used to bag quarters into $1000 bags. I got to where I could sling them one-handed.

[Becks]

Primer, I'm very impressed.

[Byronthebanker]

Being drunk aside - you would have to answer a couple of questions to get $143 in penies even from a bank that has them on hand.

It seems that the cost of production of a penny is actually more than 1 cent now. Also, although modern pennies are copper coated zinc, pennies pre- mid 1980s have a much higher copper content -- so much in fact that although highly illegal, one would actually be able to profit pound per pound to melt copper pennies down to scrap and recycle them. (reminder - highly illegal)

As to weight - $50 in loose pennies {=} about 35 pounds so she'd be looking at just over 100 pounds with that first request.