"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> 5¢ and did away with pennies.

I'm in favor of that too, but my guess is it will never go over. People tend
to think *each item* will be rounded to the nearest 5¢ rather than the
*total bill* being rounded. The financial impact to the consumer would be
minimal if the total bill was rounded, even if it were always rounded up for
each transaction.

The penny dishes are fairly common around here in small establishments, but
I rarely use them except in the "take a penny" mode, as I tend to empty my
pockets of pennies in particular when I come home, and I don't tend to hit
multiple establishments using cash on one outing. Technically, I'm not the
one doing the "take a penny" thing, it's the cashier who is doing it.

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