How much is a dollar really worth?

[Spongebob]

This is only tangentially about me.

I was queued up at a market, one person ahead of me, five or six people behind me. The bloke in front was trying to use a coupon that was 1) expired 2) issued from a different store, and 3) worth a whopping 20c.

The girl explained that she could not accept the coupon and why, and this man got instantly loud, argumentative, and a little abusive. To speed things along, I dropped a 20c piece on the belt in front of him. He directed his ire at me instead of the poor shop girl (which I was hoping for) and continued  to rage and bloviate all the way out of the market.

Over 20c on a $150 bill. Which he took.

Boru

Are you sure you don't live in Florida?  Sounds like Florida to me.

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@Angrboda I have a story that sort of in the reverse. I once owned a near mint copy of The Incredible Hulk #181. For the non-comicbook fans, this book included the first appearance of Wolverine, who would go on to become an extremely popular character. I got the book in a bulk purchase so I paid maybe $1 for it in the late 80's. Around 1998 I decided to liquidate it and shopped it around local comic shops. At that time the going price was around $400 but no store would offer more than 50 or 60. This just made no sense to me. I eventually auctioned it online for about $250. Now, that book in that condition is worth more than $6000. What the hell was I thinking?