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Old 08-03-2021, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
One Sunday morning, I was picking up my mail. A woman was having trouble getting a newspaper from the machine, so I asked if I could help. She said she had only brought 3 quarters and a nickel. But, when I said that I would be happy to give her a quarter, she replied, "Oh no, I'll walk home and get my own quarter". I thought that was pretty rude.
She was probably worried that your quarter had Covid on it. Probably washes her coins. You should have dropped a quarter on the concrete and walked off.