50 dollars earned, apparently.

Remember back when I posted this journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/387379/

"First up, during my workshift, on Wednesday, I encontered something that really puzzled me at the time, and the more I reflected on it, the more it bothered me. I had just finished ringing up a small jar/bottle thing of fingernail polish for a young girl. She couldn't have been much older than 15 or 16. She paid me, I checked the register and got her change, which was 15 cents. As I held it out for her to take, she said "No, I don't want it.." This put me on my heels initially, simply because yeah, customers will turn down 2 or 3 cents, but fifteen? I told her that we can't put it back in the drawer because that throws off our balance at the end of the night, and she said "Well YOU keep it then." in decidedly hostile tones. I asked her, in honest curiosity, why she wouldn't take the 15 cents. She answered as though it should have been painfully obvious to everyone. "What am I going to do with 15 cents?" and then she stormed off."

Since I had posted that journal, I've been just tossing whatever spare change I have or come across into a small plastic bin, maybe 2 cups in volume. Just took it to the bank to get a little spare cash till I get paid tommorow, and when the teller comes back with 47 dollars and 80 some cents, it was really a good boost to my attitude. Yeah, sure, it took over 2 years of squirreling away change, but the fact that I was able to get almost 50 bucks out of it by simply setting it aside instead of wasting it on soda makes me feel great. Although now I'm wondering how much change I wasted on the 25 cent cans of soda over the summer when I worked for TDS's call center. Probably 30-40 dollars worth over the course of 16 weeks, at an estimate. Ah well.