A Missing Pennies Update #2

I don’t want to kick a dead horse regarding my silly battle with loose change but I felt it was only fair to South Korea that I post this one last update concerning the topic.  I recently went in to the Commissary to pick up an energy drink for the afternoon haul.  The total came to $1.52, displayed clearly on the LCD screen of the cash register.

“One dollar and fifty cents,” the cashier said.

I knew what I had heard but I simply assumed she misspoke and I handed her a crisp $1 dollar bill and 3 shiny quarters.  She tried handing one of the quarters back to me.

“No, one dollar and fifty cents,” she repeated.

I stared back, slightly confused, as I took my third quarter from the kind lady and watched as she rang up my total.  The display clearly read $1.52 as did the receipt I was given at the end of the transaction

And then it dawned on me.

Finally my day to be on the smiling side of this battle had come.

I left the Commissary sporting a grin that looked as if I’d just witnessed the birth of my first-born and imagining a bright halo of light engulfing me while Elton John’s “The Circle of Life” played in the background.

Editor’s Note: Yes, this charity is reflected in the overall total of lost income featured to my right, your left.