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RE: The Value Of One Cent! #storytelling
Your and me have 100% same thoughts. There were not ALOT different in any in my opinion. As English is my second language, my approach was some what stingy but you changed it from
"What is a robber take your one penny
......", My thoughts and ideologies were same but you crafted them better in your words. Making me realize, I tried to be better but there was a need for improvement. I wrote after half or full month. I think my writing skills gets in the way along with being not a native English speaker person.
Although we have different view points on either it's worth it to defend what is mine just cause it's a small amount. I don't fight for my penny, I fight against this ideology or culture of stealing alot of pennies one by one from all customers and the culture of requesting your penny back as something wrong. Usually I like bringing justice no matter how many boats I have to burn so yes it's worth my time to bring justice against this culture or other taboos in society.
There are any injustices to fight against in today's society. In Canada we have a round up / round down system. If an item is 7.57 we pay $7.55 (round down). If it is $7.58 we pay $7.60 (round up). In the Philippines they round to the nearest peso (2 cents) even though they have coin as low as 10 centavos (0.2 cents or about 1/15th of a rupee). In practice only grocery stores get the very small denomination coins--the regular stores can't give them out. Not because they are stingy but because getting small coin is hard and only done at major banks which aren't always nearby.
So, in Canada or Philippines it is not an issue.
However, there are many many other issues to fight for. I applaud anyone who fights for what is right!
As a side note.... Maybe make a joke next time someone tries to charge you 100 rupee's for a 99 rupee item. I was thinking how I'd handle it in Canada:
Shopkeeper "That will be 99 rupee's"
Me "Here is 100"
When I don't get my change....
Ahh, I noticed I didn't get my change. Guess inflation is going up and the price is now 100. Are you going to change your signs anytime soon? If its too expensive to change your signs I have a cousin who do it for you for cheap :)
Then I smile knowing I've shamed him for being too cheap to change the signs while not arguing about paying the higher price so I'm not cheap myself.
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Words are fun sometimes.
Have a great day
And I really enjoyed your post.
Hope you don't mind that I put my response as a new post.
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