
Creative currency – the gum replaces the nickel
Today, I bought two waters at the mini market in Oloncito and received back creative change. I gave her $1.00 for the $.70 purchase. The cashier was out of nickels so she gave me one stick of gum and one quarter (pennies are not used very often so she also did not have those). I am pretty sure that this only works one way – I can’t pay for my groceries using gum.
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My $.30 in change |

