I have a jar of quarters I used to keep in the motorhome for doing laundry at various campgrounds while traveling. Now that the motorhome is history and has been checked off my bucket list, I have all these quarters to cash in. We do NOT carry cash and use credit cards for virtually everything (love the flyer miles). Our bank (Chase) has shut down the local branch that was 2 blocks from my house which had easy ingress/egress. The next closest branch is about a 10-15 min. drive and is in the most asinine location you could think of. I asked the teller once why the f... they closed the other location and funneled everyone to this particular hellhole and was told everyone banks on-line now (as I do also) and the other branch was leased, while this one is company owned. It makes sense, except for the fact this current branch is a cluster-fuck due to the lot lay-out and a Chick-fil-a next door that always has a backed up drive-thru lane. The bank actually had to close it's drive-thru service because it caused total gridlock ... IF you could even get to the drive-thru lane, you couldn't get back out and anyone behind you was caught in the middle. It's the dumbest lot lay-out I've ever seen and must have been designed by a 6th grade flunky.
But I digress .... I decided to roll a few of the quarters and take them to the grocery store (smaller National chain) with Lynn yesterday. I had some $10 paper sleeves and rolled $10 worth, then stuck them in my pocket. I'm sure I counted and recounted them as I laid them out to roll, then counted them as I prepared to actually place them into the sleeve and seal it up. We went through check-out and I asked the cashier if I could exchange the coins for a $10 bill and she said sure. She then left the register and went into the office area of the store. She returned and handed me $9.25 and informed me the roll was $0.75 short! Ok, although I was 99.99999% sure I counted accurately and the roll LOOKED complete, I'll admit there "might" be a possibility I could have unknowingly dropped a quarter while rolling them ... but THREE? Anyway, what could I do? She left with the roll, disappeared into the office (out of sight), then returned. I wasn't going to make a scene over $0.75, but I did question her. TBH, I was a bit embarrassed ... like I'd been caught trying to pull a fast one. When I questioned the count, she informed me they don't count the rolls, they weigh them ... and mine was short by $0.75!
I just shook my head, apologized for the unintentional "mistake" and left the store. What'cha think? Any idea if this is the norm these days (weighing)? I assumed they'd have a coin counting machine. It's been bugging me only due to the principle of the situation. If it came up short, wouldn't you think someone would have done a physical count to verify? (40 quarters is an easy count) I don't know, it's just a bit irritating for some reason, but I'm moving on.
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