Comments on: Hold On. I Have Change.

By: riopua

riopua — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:10:27 +0000

I think anyone saying that ‘its rude’ is missing the point – he said it in his post – it’s a challenge for himself to be uncomfortable knowing that he’s creating bad feelings around him, and that he is being judged negatively. Most of us are afraid of being looked down or in a not so good light, and thus shy away from this and similar type of offending behaviors. In life, there will be times where your actions, on purpose or not, will create such responses. When you’re aware that that will be the result, are you going to shy away and not do it, or plow through it as a necessary evil?

By: K

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:46:21 +0000

I think I would have been irritated if I was in a rush and this happened to me. But really, the clerk should have been more polite.

By: Vari8shun

Vari8shun — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:40:00 +0000

I think what would have annoyed the clerk the most is that it must have come off to her as some kind of joke you were playing. You planned to do this, and your friend giggling in the background would make me believe you were doing this so satisfy some childish sense of humor. I used to have to change peoples pennies for bills all day working at a hotel and that didn’t bother me, but if someone tried to pay their night’s stay in quarters i’d be irritated because common courtesy dictates that you have appropriate size bills

By: justin

justin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:27:22 +0000

I did this once before at a dunkin donuts. I bought two large coffees In all penny’s. They were pretty pissed off but I needed those coffees and money is money.

By: SirSlick

SirSlick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:20:10 +0000

I like the experiment and you did great. You were calm and did not rush anything to release the tension. Awesome!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:12:27 +0000

I like what you’re doing here, but I do think this was more rude than anything else. It also would not have made me uncomfortable. If I was in a hurry, I would have simply paid for your items with my debit card or cash.

By: Dburks

Dburks — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:37 +0000

Ya know it wouldn’t have really mattered that you were in the express lane. Most of the time the impatience is high for the slightest infraction of what is preceived as keeping the line moving (no matter which lane)and the smallest hiccup will get you stares, rolled eyes, whispers from behind and a cashier that is drumming their fingers.

By: Marie Anne

Marie Anne — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:49:16 +0000

I’m not sure I could have done something like that just for an experiment. If that’s what I had available to pay for the items needed, so be it! But to inconvenience and irritate others on purpose? Hmmm …

By: Emi

Emi — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:05:01 +0000

Haha wow. Sounds like a fun experiment to try, maybe i’ll give it a shot sometime.

By: C-Dub

C-Dub — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:05:45 +0000

Suzy – Where were you?!?! I needed someone like you at Ralphs to jack up the tension and voice your opinion!