This is an absolutely true story. This happened to me in February.<\/p>\n
With a $20 bill clutched in my hand, I tried to enter the Muni station at Embarcadero. My money was no good.<\/p>\n
I asked the station agent behind the glass how I could catch a train. She told me to drop $1.50 in coins into the turnstile. I thought for a moment, searching my mind’s wallet. I dug through my leather wallet and pulled out a crisp ATM yuppie food stamp. A sullen expression fell across her face. She was obviously troubled by her predicament. And I could tell she knew it wouldn’t end well.<\/p>\n
She shook her head “No”, pointed and told me through the glass, “Go over there and press ‘H’ and you can change for a ONE dollar bill.” Go where? H? But I don’t have a… her eyes pierced me with sadness. She felt my pain. She knew.<\/p>\n
We broke eye contact and I turned to face my task.<\/p>\n
Ok let me just cut to the chase here. Muni has no way to make change. The BART machines she was pointing me to don’t let me make change for a $20 without me buying a BART ticket. So I ended up having to buy a $3.00 BART ticket to get change for the other machine, which could give me quarters for change.<\/p>\n
That’s dumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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