#45: Challenging Change
This person is still haunted by a blunder they committed over 25 years ago. Yes, it truly was that embarrassing for them. They were visiting Germany way back when, and tried to complete a payment with some change from what they thought was the “take a penny, leave a penny” jar. They soon learned that they were very, very wrong about the jar.
The cashier behind the counter abruptly grabbed their hand to stop them from taking change out of the jar, and for good reason. It wasn’t a spare change jar at all. Unintentionally, they were trying to steal money out of the tip jar. The cashier evidently wasn’t sympathetic to the fact that this person was a foreigner and wasn’t aware of the jar’s true purpose. There are no excuses when it comes to stealing tips.