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   Message 143,053 of 144,834   
   Beaver Fever to Questor   
   Re: Can anyone spare a quarter?   
   01 Oct 20 13:27:12   
   
   From: Beaver_Fever@live.com   
      
   On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 1:22:23 PM UTC-7, Questor wrote:   
   > On Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:30:51 GMT, hymie!  wrote:   
   > >Banks: Woe is me! There is a nationwide coin shortage, and there is nothing   
   > >I can do to resolve this issue.   
   > >   
   > >Me: I have a jar of coins. Can I come into your branch and use the   
   > >coin-couting machine to deposit them?   
   > >   
   > >Banks: No. Drive-thru only, no coins aloud. Oh, what will I do? There is   
   > >a coin shortage and I can't do anything about it.   
   > A supermarket near me has closed their self-check lanes, citing the coin   
   > shortage. So I stand in line and wait for one of the cashiers, giving them   
   the   
   > same bills I would have used at the self-checkout, and getting the same   
   coins in   
   > change.   
      
      
   If I go to the closest major supermarket chain early in the morning it seems   
   like only self checkout is available.   
      
   I hate self checkout. It's not like I ever applied for a job there.   
      
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