RE: The Value Of One Cent! #storytelling

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.