A patron came in today and asked if it was okay that she pay her $10 fine in change. I said "Sure!" expecting to get a roll of quarters. She handed me a plastic grocery bag full of pennies. None of it rolled. I shit you not. There was about $2.00 in dimes and nickels, and the rest was in pennies. Loose pennies... with some sort of dead plant life mixed in. It was lovely.
So I had to go sit down and roll it all. Naturally, I let her go ahead and I cleared her fines. And of course, as it turns out, she shorted us twenty cents. Not that it's a big deal, but... well... I'm sure you see what I'm saying.
Chalk this one up to yet another good use of that Master's degree!
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You should have made her wait until you counted it then asked her for the remaining 20 cents.
Noooo.. you should have told her to go the nearest Coinstar (http://www.coinstar.com/us/html/a-home)
I can totally imagine the bewildered look on your face however. :-)
It took me thirty minutes to count it. Our customer-focused policies wouldn't have allowed me to keep her there. Although I wish I'd handed her the coin rolls and said, "Would you care to help me?"
*sigh*
Better yet, send her a notice for the 20 cents.
Yeah, I read the libraries in certain cities were reporting late fees to the credit companies. You should turn her in for her 20 cents!!!!
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