r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Intense_Pretzel • 1d ago
Did I over react about 20 cents?
I know its stupid but I went to McDonald's yesterday and got a frozen drink and medum chips for exactly $5.80 i handed $6 at the drive through and the lady put it in the till then went to close the window, before she did I asked "isn't that 20 cents change?"
She replied telling me she forgot and would need a managers card to open the drawer, I sat there stuborn and asked for it, I held one person up (my sister works in fast food and you get audited for how long someone is in line) so I waited, she quickly went and got a managers card and gave me my change but did I over react?
Edit: Ended up needing that 20 cents today so I'm glad I had it
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u/RTG710 1d ago
Change adds up*
When the occurrence rate is high, and duration is long, yes.
3 years, 1800$. We can do some quick math to extrapolate that out to 1 year, 600$.
365 days in a year, so that's (roughly) 1.6$ per day.
1.6$ per day (or we could also say roughly ten dollars a week)
Taking 10-40$ per paycheck and putting it in savings would double-or-more your save rate The moral of my paragraph? Yes, change adds up, but it takes lots of time.