Sometimes the change machine at the subway terminal drives me crazy.<\/p>\n
This was one of those days.<\/p>\n
About once a week I’ll use a twenty dollar bill in the machine. The change comes back as dollar coins. Then, I use the dollar coins to pay my fare the following few days.<\/p>\n
I put in the twenty.<\/p>\n
The fare card spit out.<\/p>\n
Coins began to fall.<\/p>\n
Quietly. Slowly. With a metallic tinkling sound.<\/p>\n
Dimes.<\/p>\n
My change came back as dimes.<\/p>\n
They fell, one at a time. I could hear them inside the machine. One by one they fell, rattling inside the bin.<\/p>\n
The machine must have run out of dimes; it began to spit out quarters after a few moments.<\/p>\n
The quarters fell faster. They made more noise.<\/p>\n
It took four tries to scoop all of my change out of the bin.<\/p>\n
I’m unsure of what to do with the change. It weighs my pockets down. And, as I discovered, the fare machines balk at fares being paid in dimes and quarters.<\/p>\n
All I wanted was dollar coins. Not this mass of metal.<\/p>\n
Life goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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