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I was working the register, and a man came up buying books. Everything was going along like a normal day, until I realized that I had no quarters in my till. The coinage I owed the man was fifty cents so I gave him 5 dimes.

The man became outraged! He literally shouted, "what's this? Dimes!?". I explained the coin shortage and the man roared that he didn't want dimes! I needed to call a manager to bring quarters so I told him I would do that.

"What?! No!" The man vehemently expressed that he didn't want to wait. He slammed his books on the counter and proclaimed that he would return them rather than take the dimes.

Only a manager can perform a "return" transaction, so I told the man that he would have to wait for me to call a manager either way.

I imagine that, if a hurricane were tackled, pinned, and stuffed into an airplane vodka bottle, it would bare a striking resemblence to this man.

He waited, fuming, as I served the next customer in line. The manager finally came. She carefully removed the quarters and counted them despite my urging. The man snatched his quarters and returned the foul dimes before storming out the doors.

submitted by: Natalie from California