Some dude really handed me a $10 tip in straight quarters and acted like that was completely normal. I had just wrapped up a DoorDash delivery, and he goes, “Oh yeah, I forgot to tip in the app.” Annoying, sure, but whatever — it happens. Then he reaches into his pocket and pulls out an actual roll of quarters like he’s doing me a solid.
He looks me dead in the face and says, “Sorry, bro. This is all I have.” Now I’m just standing there holding a stack of coins like we’re living in the late ’90s. I don’t carry change. I’m not a vending machine. I shouldn’t have to haul around a pocketful of metal or dump it into a Coinstar just to use money I already earned.
I took it because I’m not about to argue on someone’s doorstep, but that doesn’t make it reasonable. A tip shouldn’t feel like extra labor. Use the app. Hand me bills. Send it digitally. Do literally anything that doesn’t turn me into a walking piggy bank.
Acting like a fistful of quarters is a normal tip is wild. It’s 2026 — we have options.
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