I shoulda foreseen this.
Ever since Trump stopped / cancelled the penny, it feels like I don't see random discarded pennies on the ground anymore. Confession: no lie, no jokes, this was my happy place hobby. Picking up loose change on the ground. I've been doing this for years. I'm not trolling, I'm not joking.
Every day, I used to find at least ONE penny on the ground randomly. Or More. Dimes, Nickels, Quarters. Every day. It made my day. Free money on the street.
Since Trump canceled the penny, nothing. No pennies on the ground, no nickels, no dimes. Nothing.
And it gets worse. I like using cash. Since this second term and the demise if the penny, I CANNOT trust any change a cashier gives me, now that they claim they don't have pennies. Tonight, drive thru Taco Bell, dude short changed me like 95 cents. This is a common thing now. Any change I get from cashier is wildly suspect. They're not short changing me a nickel or a dime. They're short changing me like 55 cents, 74 cents, 27 cents, just odd numbers. Anywhere I go. I'm so sick of it.
I've never experienced this before.
I didn't forsee that loose pennies, nickels and dimes would disappear from the ground. I didn't forsee cashiers everywhere would start short changing me wild amounts. Not just a nickel or a dime but like a whole 41 cents for no reason, a whole 66 cents for no reason. They'll just give me a couple of coins back that when I double check I'm like dude why you owe me like 67 cents, what gives, bro? It's so bizarre.


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I noticed a receipt the other day has a “rounding” item now, where the total bill might either go up or down by 2-3 cents. Who knows, maybe the penny will have nostalgia resale value one day just like records or something. And other coins too.
Also, I’m definitely no fan of Trump (especially because of how much he targeted Massie), but I think a lot of this was a long time coming. I remember reading something I think between 2005-2010 about how pennies costed more to make than their value represented.
Canada got rid of the penny many years ago. They won't mind, when Trump invades them, as long as they're not forced to have pennies again. Remember, he only seems stupid to lesser people who can't understand his 4-D Chess.
I'm still traumatized by when they suddenly started putting extreme closeups of the Presidents on the paper bills.
More currency changes coming soon...
Hey maybe since inflation won’t go away you’ll soon see dollars on the ground instead of a penny.
I rarely carry cash anymore, it’s like they encourage me to use my credit card with cash back and other rewards.
Trump is absolutely the greatest president America has ever had. Pennies cost more than 3 cents each to produce. Socialists don't understand why there's a need to stop making them.
I agree. I pay with cash frequently, and have had to begin arguing with cashiers. It began with me just continuing to hold my hand out before they relented and gave me the pennies. Now I have begun demanding refunds. However, it's not Donald Trump's fault. It's a significant cost-saving measure, with painfully inconvenient effects.
Just remember: the store or restaurant's inability to make change is their problem, not yours.
@pussylicker2 nonsense, theres probably 10, 15, even 20+ presidents who were better.
By default, any of the earlier presidents would have been less corrupt than the later ones, whether they owned slaves or not.
Yeah, the penny costs about 3-1/2 cents to make, very impractical. What I don't like is the rounding measures some businesses are doing.
A handful are still using pennies, and most are rounding to the nearest nickel correctly -- one or two cents rounds down, three or four cents rounds up; things even out eventually.
It's the businesses that drop those coppers completely that annoy the shit out of me. Four cents and they can't round up to the nearest nickel? They just drop it and pocket it? Yeah -- no.
Wow. Weird topic. We're at war and here we are quibbling about pennies. Makes a guy wonder just where our priorities are at.
The value of commemorative state quarters from blue states has been reduced to 10 cents. If a store suspects that any of your currency has been touched by a Mexican, they are no longer required to accept it as legal tender.
Stock market is at record highs!
@nicespice is it a bigger negative to you what Trump did to Massie, versus what a jury determined Trump probably did to E. Jean Carroll? Not that I'd bet more than $20 on most major politicians not having raped somebody. But, giving them a pass when their caught helps perpetuate Epstein-style impunity.
@ ibbanicni, "more currency changes..."
Please, man, don't give Trump any more ideas.
@ibbanicni, you see what you started, man. This is your fault! ; )
He is the best!
Really they're gonna use his mugshot? I avoid bills larger than a 20 anyway. If I get one, I'll draw jail bars in front of him.
Well, that's probably the best picture he's ever taken.
But since there's a law that prohibits any living person from being pictured on currency... well, he'll probably do enough whining and pouting and sulking that all of his yes people will cave.
Makes a person wonder just how Melania puts up with it.
All reminds me a lot of that old kid's story, "The Emperor's New Clothes." When oh when will someone tell Trump that he isn't wearing any clothes?
Maybe Don Jr. is Barron's actual dad. Totally makes sense, for the nominal son of the reality TV President to be born as a result of a Reality Kings plot line.
I seem to remember Trump Sr commenting that Barron had good genes, which made me think the kid is in no way, shape, or form part of the Trump bloodline. And considering how often Sr's reputed to have stepped out on Melania, I can't help but think she probably had some revenge flings along the way.
There may be allegations from Jean, but there’s totally convincing evidence to the contrary! m.youtube.com
What exactly is the totally convincing evidence? The President No More Stupid Laws would never lie?
lol, drink some coffee this morning and maybe your sarcasm detector can wake up.
Since being a parody of yourself is big on TUSCL, actual sarcasm is easy to miss.
Lack of coffee caused me to write Laws instead of Wars.
Douchebag
Trump is winning!
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