Three of the kids of Mumoffive went to the US to attend their cousin's wedding last month. When they returned, among the stories one of the kids had was how frustrated she was with paying for things. Adult issues? Not quite.
She wasn't used to the US dollar notes, taxes and tips. She was accustomed to paying the tag price and not having to calculate extra to cover for taxes when paying for purchases or extra to cover tips. She said it wouldn't have been so bad if the tax was a round number but there were states that the tax was an odd 6.875%. She said she ended up with so much coins because she couldn't figure out exactly how much to pay.
The other thing that bugged her was the fact that all the US notes were the same size and the same colour. It's true. Australian dollars are great in that each denomination has a different colour and a different size (nearly according to a logarithmic scale). They being waterproof is great, too.
Here is a video about the Aussie dollars. Perhaps you'd be impressed too.
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