How much cash do you usually carry with you?

[oscar]

My wife just carries her $2 bill collection.

Okay, you'll have to explain this one. Why $2, and how many?

If it's to mess with clueless cashiers, I can get behind that. 

She likes $2 bills for some reason.  When she was working as a cashier a little while ago, if someone paid with one, she'd take it and replace it with two dollars in another form.  They've come in handy in a few emergency situations over the years.

I try to carry one $2 bill in my wallet, just for luck.

Once I routinely used $2 bills for tips to hotel housekeepers. Now my standard housekeeping tip is higher, so $2 bills are less useful for that purpose.

[jeffandnicole]

I've heard people say when they go on vacations they'll bring $2 bills for the bartenders because it brings them good luck.

They're right.  They got $1 more than the standard $1 they normally would've gotten for a drink.

[Rothman]

My wife just carries her $2 bill collection.

Okay, you'll have to explain this one. Why $2, and how many?

If it's to mess with clueless cashiers, I can get behind that. 

She likes $2 bills for some reason.  When she was working as a cashier a little while ago, if someone paid with one, she'd take it and replace it with two dollars in another form.  They've come in handy in a few emergency situations over the years.

<snarky hat on>If a few toonies can resolve a situation, I can't imagine it was that much of emergency.<snarky hat off>

 

Most of the time, they've accompanied whatever cash I have in my wallet.

Emergency candy bars?

How does she collect them?

[gonealookin]

How does she collect them?

I thought all $2 bills had migrated to and found permanent residence at horse race tracks.

[JayhawkCO]

I've heard people say when they go on vacations they'll bring $2 bills for the bartenders because it brings them good luck.

They're right.  They got $1 more than the standard $1 they normally would've gotten for a drink.

I wouldn't call $1 the standard tip for drinks anymore. Maybe when they were all $5-$6 drinks.

[jeffandnicole]

I've heard people say when they go on vacations they'll bring $2 bills for the bartenders because it brings them good luck.

They're right.  They got $1 more than the standard $1 they normally would've gotten for a drink.

I wouldn't call $1 the standard tip for drinks anymore. Maybe when they were all $5-$6 drinks.

If they're beers at a bar - $1.  Yeah, maybe if you're getting bigger drinks it's more, but they're probably putting them on a tab anyway.

[1995hoo]

I remember 20 years ago tipping a bartender in Honolulu with a $2 bill and you would have thought it was the greatest moment of her life based on her reaction—she got super-excited and ran around showing it to everyone at the bar.