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>>Unlike a certain publicity hound-ette who shall be nameless, he actually did break the Internet (well, almost anyways :))
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>Time and inflation do weird things with limits.
>One of my clients supplies rolls of coins and straps of bills to stores who need them to make change.
>When I first wrote the system 15 years ago, the largest denomination bill they wanted was a ten.
>Then they wanted twenties, then fifties.
>Recently I changed the program to allow them to order hundreds.

Of course, that begs the question, why would they need hundreds - what would they be making change from?

I can guess the answer - people (hopefully) using the retailer to get cash withdrawals from their debit cards, or (hopefully not) getting cash advances on their credit cards. Buy a 99c pack of gum, ask the cashier to make it $100.99 on their card of choice.

Speaking of which, debit cards are used extensively up here but I've never seen the attraction. Assuming one is fiscally disciplined enough to responsibly use credit cards, why would anyone want one?