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Old Sep 16, 2021 | 5:08 am
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Originally Posted by DMSFCA
I carry an envelope with about $50 worth of $1 bills on each trip. It's used for things like in the Amex lounge and housekeeping.

In my work brief I keep maybe $200 in mixed bills that I'm starting to realize I never use. The $1 bills I happily carry, the weight of them is never to the point where I'd want to stiff the people who help me or ask them for their Venmo address, which feels really insensitive or tone-deaf.
I carry a wad of $2 bills for the same reason. Plus, people always get a kick out of the $2 bills, so they buy more "goodwill" than 2 one dollar bills. Frankly this type of ad-hoc (no credit card possible) tipping is the only reason I carry cash.
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