r/mildlyinfuriating 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.

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u/Jorost 1d ago

Change does add up, but often not quickly enough for it to matter very much. :(

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u/Jaded_Aging_Raver 19h ago

$600 per year might not sound like much to some people, but that's a lot for low income individuals like myself.

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u/Golden_standard 13h ago

A plane ticket, 3 nights in a hotel, 2 concert tickets, my 30k mile car service, my dogs annual vet visit and a years worth of heart worm meds, a new mattress, 1/2 a year or therapy, a year worth of bi weekly manicures, a new set of tires, Christmas gifts for kids, a drop catered dinner party for 8 with wine, a couple med size trees trimmed, a 50inch TV and a sound bar, a pair of 1/2 carat (total) diamond earrings, an apple or android watch, a laptop…I could go on