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   Questor to hymie@nasalinux.net   
   Re: Can anyone spare a quarter?   
   01 Oct 20 20:21:34   
   
   From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   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.   
      
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