Bank Teller Gets Stuck Counting $5 in Coins When a Clever PTA Mom Pulls an Uno-Reverse Card

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Feb 9, 2025 9:00 AM EST

In an increasingly cashless world, people are forgetting how to deal with money—even the bank tellers. 

You'd think that a person whose sole job description revolves around handling and counting cash would know how to at least count a few quarters. While it's baffling that people's IQs are seemingly taking a dip, in the case of the banking attendant in this next tale, perhaps we're dealing with a case that has less to do with inability to count and more with an unwillingness to do their job. But unfortunately for this service-less customer service employee, a PTA mom was ready to put them in their place.

When her son's school decided to do a fundraiser for a local food kitchen, this mom was thrilled to partake. The only caveat? The school thought it would be cute to handle all donations in the form of coins. So when Mom went to the bank to secure the coinage required for her donation, she was met with contempt and laziness from a bank teller who didn't want to do their job.

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    Back before tap credit cards and magnetic strips, cash was all the rage. Like a pirate scouring the Seven Seas for a chest of golden treasure, when I was a kid, collecting coins was more than just a hobby, it was a passion. Checking for loose change in jeans pockets and bending machines, it was always most exciting to come across a quarter. However, these days the only places you'll find a decent quarter collection are at the laundromat, the nostalgic arcade, or the bank. So perhaps this bank teller forgot that they were on the list of coin suppliers still in existence...

  • "You can't give me $5?"

    Nothing super special but gave me a laugh today. My sons school for the 100th day of school asked for the kids to bring in 100 of the same coin. They are going to be donating the money to the local food pantry so it is
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  • for a good cause and we are doing pretty good this month so I decided to give him 100 quarters ($25) to donate. So on lunch I head to my bank and go in. I'm directed to one of the windows and tell the nice lady I need to withdraw $25 in quarters.
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  • She says ok and goes to get my quarters. She comes back with 3 rolls of quarters. "I can only do $20 or $30. They only come in rolls of $10."
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  • I point out that she has a tray of change and ask "can you take $5 from the loose change?" "No. They only come in rolls of $10. Do you want $20 or $30?"
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  • Ok. I really need the $25 so I ask for the $30. She goes to process my request in the computer at another window and comes back with the 3 rolls of quarters. I then tell her "can I go ahead and make a deposit?"
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  • "Of course, how much were you wanting to deposit?" "$5 in quarters."
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  • The range of emotions that crossed her face as I broke open one of the rolls and began to count out my $5 in quarters was priceless. She then takes it and tells the guy at the other computer
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  • that we needed to deposit $5 in quarters back into the account. He asked her what happened and she told him I asked for $25 but rolls only came in $10. He then asked
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  • her why she didn't just count out $5 in quarters from the loose change that is on each desk. I just smiled as I waited for my deposit reciept.
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  • CatlessBoyMom I'm having flashbacks of training tellers like this. It's why I left banking. The absolute worst was the one who was confused that the customer had to pay for the total amount AND the fee for a cashier's check. She couldn't understand "guaranteed funds❞ to save her soul.
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  • Snoo Regrets1386 Working at 7/11 we often would run low on small bills, especially on Sunday mornings with people purchasing the Sunday paper. Had a guy hit the atm and then asked for change (no purchase) I told him I'm very low on cash, so
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  • this guy buys a pack of juicy fruit (25 cents). I went to the safe that would give me $10 in quarters, 1's, and 5's. Then proceeded to slowly count out 19 singles. He still called and complained
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  • JustHere4the5 In grad school, I had a friend from out of state whose bank had no branches or ATMs within an hour's drive. To get cash, he would go to Walmart, buy an single banana on his debit card, and get the max cash back. For the longest time, we just thought he really liked fresh bananas.
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  • mermaidlibrarian I used to work at a local credit union and when people would move away and there would be no ATM's for them to use they would complain about it. I told them to do the same thing. Just go to the dang grocery store and buy a pack of gum and get cash back.
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  • undergroundnoises I went into the bank to deposit a few hundred dollar bills, but needed a $10 back. Banker tells me he can't give cash back on deposits. I look him in his face and said, "Can you make change?" Lightbulb finally turns on, "Oh, yeah, we can do that."
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  • No-Assumption4265 Was she younger? 25 or less? I've been talking about this for a few years. Younger generations DO NOT understand how money works. They are good at math, they are good with numbers. But the correlation between math and money has been completely lost.
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  • Fig91 Sadly she was not. She looked to be in her late 30s to early 40s.
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  • nazuswahs Some people just can't think.
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