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 Registered Member #36 Joined: Fri May 16 2008, 09:15pmCity, State:: Bremerton, WA Posts: 51 | I brought my bag of coins that I haven gone through yet to work today. I ws sitting there sorting them by country and not very long after my whole desk was covered in stacks of coins. now this would be fine if I worked in any kind of a coin related industry but at a travel agency it looks a bit off :) but since most of my co workers are used to my quirks they just shake thier heads an go on about thier day. anyone else have stories about coins at work? | ||
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Deus Ex Machina   Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | I have an interesting one that I'll post in a sec. :) | ||
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| Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | A few years ago I was working at a hotel at the front desk. It was a slow day so I had brought a few thousand coins with me to bag up for the grab bags I sell. They were all foreign coins. The owner's father was from India and he would frequently come by doing small errands for his son. His English was not the best but he was a really nice guy. On this day when he saw that I had this huge pile of coins he inquired about them. So I told him what I was doing and I showed him some Rupee and Paise coins I had from India. He got excited and started inviting me to his home for food and to look at his money collection from India. So the next day I go to my boss's house where his dad lives and he shows me a bunch of different paper currency from India. As I'm admiring all of it, he is putting some aside. After I'm done looking at it all he gives me probably $30 or 40 USD worth of Rupees. I was hesitant to accept but I think he was happier to give them to me than I was to receive them. They are awesome and I still have them put away somewhere in my closet. I've looked at them a few times. Very cool. | ||
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| Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | You know, I was just thinking to myself that world coins make sense to have on the desk of a travel agent. I mean if I were planning a trip to Japan, and I saw a 10 yen coin on the desk I'd think "this guy knows what he's talking about!" | ||
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| Registered Member #36 Joined: Fri May 16 2008, 09:15pmCity, State:: Bremerton, WA Posts: 51 | Yeah it would but I work in a call center so the one people seeing the coins on my desk are co workers and supervisors lol | ||
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| Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | LOL yeah I guess the customers won't appreciate that too much then. I'm impressed your supervisors didn't mind you bringing them. Unless you were on a break at the time. I would think they'd expect you to sit there and twiddle your thumbs until the next call comes through. | ||
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  Registered Member #172 Joined: Mon Jul 06 2009, 08:54amPosts: 114 | Heh, not really..except being questioned by a stamp collector seeming mystified as to why one would want to collect coins..I mean..stamps..blurgh. | ||
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