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Topic	C/D: Pennies are essentially worthless
WaterLink 12/13/18 1:36:57 PM #57:	Rikiaz posted... Then either the person or the place giving change are losing money. It'd be better to just give pennies back. NES4EVER posted... Really? Would you feel short changed if you spent $49.87 on something with a $50 bill and you received 10 cents change? Even though all non cash transactions are calculated to the cent You guys realize this already happens right? For instance: I go to the gas station and buy an Arizona Tea. The total is $1.03. But when I buy two of them, the total is $2.07. Any guesses as to why that is? Because the actual total of one tea ISN'T exactly $1.03. It is actually somewhere between $1.0325 and $1.0349. So you see, prices are already rounded up. You just don't know this because you didnt grow up in a world where "half pennies" were a thing, which they used to be until we discontinued them. And btw, when the half penny was discontinued, it had much more buying power than the current penny does now (it was worth about what a dime is worth now) https://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-killed-the-half-penny-when-it-was-worth-what-a-1639266183 It is high fucking time we discontinue pennies and just round up to the nearest $0.05 for cash transactions and call it a day. Sometimes you'll lose a couple of cents, sometimes you'll win a couple of cents. It's not that big of a deal. Or hell just go ahead and do it for noncash transactions too for uniformity --- https://i.imgtc.com/3qqvvSR.png <cite>WaterLink posted [p:914062175] in C/D: Penni... [t:77297329]...</cite> <quote><cite>Rikiaz posted...</cite> <quote> Then either the person or the place giving change are losing money. It'd be better to just give pennies back.</quote> <cite>NES4EVER posted...</cite> <quote> Really? Would you feel short changed if you spent $49.87 on something with a $50 bill and you received 10 cents change? Even though all non cash transactions are calculated to the cent</quote> You guys realize this already happens right? For instance: I go to the gas station and buy an Arizona Tea. The total is $1.03. But when I buy two of them, the total is $2.07. Any guesses as to why that is? Because the actual total of one tea ISN'T exactly $1.03. It is actually somewhere between $1.0325 and $1.0349. So you see, prices are already rounded up. You just don't know this because you didnt grow up in a world where "half pennies" were a thing, which they used to be until we discontinued them. And btw, when the half penny was discontinued, it had much more buying power than the current penny does now (it was worth about what a dime is worth now) https://gizmodo.com/the-u-s-killed-the-half-penny-when-it-was-worth-what-a-1639266183 It is high fucking time we discontinue pennies and just round up to the nearest $0.05 for cash transactions and call it a day. Sometimes you'll lose a couple of cents, sometimes you'll win a couple of cents. It's not that big of a deal. Or hell just go ahead and do it for noncash transactions too for uniformity --- https://i.imgtc.com/3qqvvSR.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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