My husband and I went through the McDonald’s drive-thru, and our total was $4.25.
I gave the cashier a $5 bill plus a quarter.
She looked at me, confused, and said, “You gave me too much.”
I said, “I know. This way, you can just give me a dollar back.”
She sighed and called the manager over. He asked me to explain what I was trying to do, so I told him the same thing.
He handed the quarter back and said, “Sorry, we can’t do that.”
Then the cashier gave me 75 cents in change.
Moral of the story: Never make the math too complicated at McDonald’s.