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stella41b -> RE: Change? (3/10/2008 11:20:38 AM)
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Maybe we've all misunderstood... so just in case.. In Britain change is a hard word and many people are frightened of change. Why? Well it's not just all those 1p and 2p coins you acquire (I mean why bother? The cheapest thing you can buy now is a box of matches made in Slovakia for 20p) but other coins. Take £1 coins for instance. You're there, on your way to work, going to buy the Guardian or the Telegraph newspaper, and you get in the queue at Mr Patel's newsagent, and just as you're second in line, you realise you've only got a £20 note. What now? Do you stick your hand out for a Twix or a Mars bar, buy 20 cigarettes, or do the pervy thing of a rapid side-step for Razzle, Fiesta or Miss Sadie Stern's Monthly from the top shelf? You decide not to bother, just get the newspaper and leave. Mr Patel takes the £20 note, opens the till, and says ..."Sorry mate/darling [bruv in West London] I've got no banknotes. Will pound coins do?" Oh sure, all 19 of them plus the 20p coin change. Change is a hard word for some bus companies 'EXACT FARE ONLY' Then you get beggars in Central London, "Spare some loose change please?" And then you have the following situation: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr3o3OmUTVY
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