Comments on: You know you’ve been here too long…

By: Still Life in South America

Still Life in South America — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:43:46 +0000

I find myself feeling absurdly grateful to receive change now that I’m visiting the U.S.

Thank you–you don’t know how much this means!

By: Nancy Ingle

Nancy Ingle — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:31:07 +0000

And in the US I dump coins every month so they do not weigh on my shoulder. Since the toll roads now have epass transponders and I no longer go to laundromats, don’t have much use for the coins. We even have coin sorting machines in the supermarkets so we can get paper money in exchange. Most bus and subway systems have pass cards purchased with credit cards, too.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:31:00 +0000

Katie, does that include your citizenship too?

I should point out to non-BA folks that the reason I posted this is because here in Argentina there is a coin shortage, so we’ve all gotten into the habit of hoarding all the coins, because buses only take coins. So I was looking at the price and even though it’s not Buenos Aies, I thought “Oh, goody, I’ll get change back!”

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:25:54 +0000

Much less than purchasing a UK passport.

That equals $190.00.

By: tangocherie

tangocherie — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:47:48 +0000

Tina, yesterday we were at the Retiro station, and there was a huge, huge long line of patient people, wrapping around forever. I had to know what it was for, and was shocked that it was to get coins!! It was an instant polaroid of how bad the situation is here.