Long story of stubborn coppery hell
Years of collecting coppers in a big jar until it finally reached the top. Conscientious as I am, I separate all the different denominations into different bags before toddling down to my local branch.

At the counter I pop down the first bag (full of 2 pences): "Could you change this for notes please?

"Sorry sir, you’ll have to put £1 of 2 pences into each of these little bags" - to which I am presented a handful of little plastic bags. A ball ache but fair enough. I take the time to count 50 two pences into a bag and hand it over before starting on the next one.

Whilst counting, I notice the clerk opens the first little bag and pours the contents into a counting machine which rattles through the lot in under a second, confirming I had counted correctly. Hmm, I spot a potential time saving solution:

"Can’t you use the counting machine to count the money and save me doing it ?"

"No sir, you have to put the money into the little bags".

"but you take it out the little bags and count it anyway."

"I’m sorry sir, you have to put the money into the little bags"

Pah ! Bollocks to this. I stick my hand into the big bag of 2ps, grab a handful and stick them in a plastic bag:

"There you go that’s a pound"

"No it isn’t. You didn’t count it"

"Yes I did. Why don’t you check with your machine."

To which the frowning clerk pours the contents into the machine and tells me its only 88p. I grab another random amount of 2 pences and add them to the little bag.

"Can you check again please ?"

"You didn’t count it"

"Yes I did. Why don’t you check ?"

And so I spent the best part of an hour in what became a war of attrition. Each time I grabbed a random amount of coinage - each time she would count it and tell me it was the incorrect amount, each time I would grab another random amount... She didn’t want to break procedure and I wanted to prove my point. Again. And Again. And Again.

Got there in the end but I cant help noticing some people are so stubborn.
(NickTervous, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 15:34, 14 replies)

I don't suppose
you managed to make 100p exactly at any point?
(Toucan - http://www.titmonday.com, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 15:52, closed)

A winner already?
Let's all do this... NOW
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 15:53, closed)

Well done.
That's worth a click.
( Moey, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 16:04, closed)

lolz
fucking bankers
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 16:07, closed)

Click
ETY

Click
(bad_advice QOTW survivor from the first trollocost!, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 16:12, closed)

This really is most excellent!
Have a click and consider this little gem taxed the next time I have a shitload of shrapnel to pay in at the bank.
( SpankyHanky, Thu 16 Jul 2009, 17:04, closed)

Haha! Again. And Again!
and Again!
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 5:09, closed)

Office giggle.
Glad it's too late for anyone else to be here
(Scritty Bakerman., Fri 17 Jul 2009, 8:06, closed)

A hearty laugh first thing on a Friday

How much did you make in the end?

Fucking hate jobsworths!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 9:12, closed)

Brilliant
Ive got £300 worth of 1p coins still at home. This could be fun...
*click*
( TheMagicDwarf is back like ballroom dancing, Fri 17 Jul 2009, 9:50, closed)

You have 30,000 1p coins?
If so, well, your spine's in for a treat when you return that lot.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 22 Jul 2009, 20:56, closed)

My boyfriend
does that when he needs to pay his credit card bill as he is a delivery driver he gets lots of change every day and every month goes in to the bank with bags of change.
(Soaps Roller derbying your way since, Sat 18 Jul 2009, 16:23, closed)

Ceerrrr-
lick
(pinacolada, Wed 22 Jul 2009, 16:23, closed)

A bit late in the day
but I'd like to offer a click to demonstrate my amusement at this.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 23 Jul 2009, 15:48, closed)