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AIBU?

To expect my 2p change

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jakeinabox · 26/09/2017 19:01

Me and dd went to the annual book fair at school today and brought 2 books totalling £10.98. I handed over £11 and waited for my 2p but the lady just served the next person. It was only when that person questioned her for her change that she told her they had no 2p or 1p. Should she at least told me they had no change rather than just taking my money? I know it’s only 2p but ‘look after the pennies’ and all that...

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bottlesandcans · 26/09/2017 19:02

Rude to not even tell you and just start serving someone else

Peachyking000 · 26/09/2017 19:03

At my local garage if my diesel comes to eg £50.02 they just ask for £50 so I am happy for it to go both ways. YABU - sorry!

existentialmoment · 26/09/2017 19:04

You bought two books. And 2p? YABU. She probably didn't imagine anyone could possibly care about 2p.
in shops where I live prices are rounded up or down to the nearest 5c, nobody deals in coppers, they are worthless.

glitterlips1 · 26/09/2017 19:04

Hmm yes it is rude but it wouldn't bother me if it was the school. If I were in a shop it would because i know they wouldn't let me off 2p therefore, I'd want the change.

notacooldad · 26/09/2017 19:06

It wouldn't take occur to me to hang around for 2p!

Aeroflotgirl · 26/09/2017 19:06

It is rude, she should have told you, if she did and said that she had no 2 or 1p and she will give it in half an hour once she has some more change, you would have told her to forget it, I hope.

Glumglowworm · 26/09/2017 19:06

It's rude not to tell you but I really couldn't get worked up over 2p

Papafran · 26/09/2017 19:08

they need to abolish 1p and 2p coins

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/09/2017 19:08

YANBU. 2p is 2p. That could be the difference as to whether you can buy a loaf of bread of not. Also would you have been able to hand over £10.96 and walk away with the books

MuttsNutts · 26/09/2017 19:09

It's the school so I really wouldn't have given a monkey's about 2p but I suppose that yes, it would have been polite to tell you they had no change

What I find more extraordinary is that it has played on your mind sufficiently to come home and start a thread on the internet about it!

Do you work?

AfunaMbatata · 26/09/2017 19:09

YANBU! It's your money! Some days coppers make all the difference to if you can eat or not.

kissmethere · 26/09/2017 19:10

This is happening a lot now it I think it's really rude to presume the customer doesn't want their 1 or 2 p change. "Pennies make Pounds" why should your pennies build up another businesses pounds?
However at the book fayre I'd let it go.

existentialmoment · 26/09/2017 19:11

Some days coppers make all the difference to if you can eat or not

A 2p coin hasn't fed a person in a hundred years.

TashaRomanoff · 26/09/2017 19:12

It's 2p not the end of the world YABU

Viviennemary · 26/09/2017 19:13

Yes she was cheeky. This happened to us in a café a while ago and to the people on the next table too. They took an embarrassingly long time to bring our change. We usually leave a tip but didn't because of their attitude. Not on.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/09/2017 19:14

"They need to abolish 1p and 2p coins".

I wouldn't mind a skipful of them

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stitchglitched · 26/09/2017 19:16

YANBU. They should stop pricing things at .99 if they don't want to bother having to give coppers as change.

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WishingCarrot · 26/09/2017 19:17

existential course it does!

What if you wanted to buy a tin of soup for 40p but only had 38p???

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jakeinabox · 26/09/2017 19:18

Obviously I wouldn’t have minded if she told me before I paid. What annoys me is that I couldn’t purchase something if I was 1p short! To the poster who asked if I worked, yes I do , why?

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existentialmoment · 26/09/2017 19:20

What if you wanted to buy a tin of soup for 40p but only had 38p???

If I was down to my last 38p in life I think I'd have bigger problems to be honest, and I wouldn't be buying a tin of soup. i certainly wouldn't have spent my other last 10 quid odd on books at the school book fair, would I?

Earlyriser84 · 26/09/2017 19:22

YANBU

It's the presumption that's rude, it's polite to say there is no change sorry. I put all my coppers in the children's money boxes which go into their savings account when full. So yes, i want my change back please even if it is coppers !

ourkidmolly · 26/09/2017 19:25

Honestly there's a big difference between the school books fair and a commercial business. I suppose they're making the assumption that you are happy for your change to be pushed into the money raised.
I really wouldn't sweat it.

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