Wednesday 28 March 2007
A very serious issue today - the Buenos Aires coin shortage. Signs like this (No Coins, Cooperate) are up everywhere, begging customers to pay with change. Every cashier asks for change before doing any transaction. People give you dirty looks at the sight of paper money, and some places will even refuse to sell to you if you don't have coins for them. There simply aren't enough coins to go around.
I'm not sure if this stems from, or is simply exacerbated by the fact that all city buses, the major form of transportation here, run solely on coins. But I know that it's enough to drive you crazy. I myself have taken to hoarding coins and almost never paying with exact change.
A very serious issue today - the Buenos Aires coin shortage. Signs like this (No Coins, Cooperate) are up everywhere, begging customers to pay with change. Every cashier asks for change before doing any transaction. People give you dirty looks at the sight of paper money, and some places will even refuse to sell to you if you don't have coins for them. There simply aren't enough coins to go around.
I'm not sure if this stems from, or is simply exacerbated by the fact that all city buses, the major form of transportation here, run solely on coins. But I know that it's enough to drive you crazy. I myself have taken to hoarding coins and almost never paying with exact change.
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