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Yishun coffee shop stall assistant pours coffee away after diner uses 2 5-cent coins for payment - Mothership.SG
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A patron at a coffee shop in Yishun has taken to Facebook on March 29 to complain about being shown attitude by the drinks stall assistant.
The short post claimed the drinks stall assistant was given a S$1 coin, a 10-cent coin and two five-cent coins as part of the S$1.20 payment for a cup of coffee.![]()
However, upon being paid with the coins, the drinks stall assistant allegedly responded by pouring away the coffee into the sink instead of serving it to the customer.
The drinks stall assistant allegedly said: "I do not accept five cents, go away. I am not selling to you."
The caption of the post added: "Five cents not money? That's the problem with hawkers nowadays not accepting five cents."
The drinks stall has a sign that said it does not accept five-cent coins as payment.
The sign is not new.
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Five-cent coin legal tender
The issue of vendors accepting or rejecting five-cent coins as payment is perennial, even though five-cent coins have always been legal tender.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has over the years issued its response regarding how customers and vendors can come to a consensus on accepting the coins for payment.
The MAS response has been consistent, as it advises vendors to put up a sign to clearly state its preferred method of payment to inform potential customers how they would like to be paid.
The official Currency Act of Singapore provides for a customer to make payment in all currency notes and coins, up to a limit of 20 coins per denomination for each transaction, MAS said in a 2020 response.
"However, the Currency Act also allows vendors to set a lower limit, or choose not to accept any denomination of currency coins or notes, provided that the vendor gives written notice to customers prior to a transaction," MAS added.
MAS views the payment for goods and services as essentially a contractual agreement between a willing buyer and willing seller.
As early as 2006, MAS had already said retailers can decline being paid in certain denominations as long as they are upfront about it by putting up signs on its premises.
Even though it may come as a surprise to some, the one-cent coins that remain in circulation in Singapore are still legal tender and can continue to be used as a means of payment for goods and services even after MAS stopped issuing them from April 1, 2022.
If it's legal tender....it's actually illegal not to accept themThe whole problem arises from the fucking MAS. Since there is no denial that 5-cent (and even 1-cent) coins are considered legal tender, they should have never allowed merchants to refuse to accept them. Fuck to MAS for not enforcing its own policies.
That is true. I would have given the Vietbu $50 and asked her keep the changeWho else besides losers and cheapskates would use 5 cent coins? The coffee lady did the right thing to pour the drink away.
vietbu will smile and show gratitude outside but inside will call you stupid and a retard.That is true. I would have given the Vietbu $50 and asked her keep the change
vietbus are petty arseholes. give an inch and they will want a yard. they sexhibit the same crass behavior in sillycon valley once they establish themselves with a home and bank account. they forget that 46.9 years ago they were refugees begging for their lives. when tipping vietbus must round up to the next dollar, not like the ccp moron here who will give away $48.80 for a $1.20 kopi. inside they will feel insulted and look down on showoff retards like him.Since when are Viet bu so arrogant? Knn it’s only two 5 cents, not as if the customer paid with one big bag of 5 cents.
Many believe that vietbus make good wives. They are now the inthing for kim chees...heaps of kim chees going to vietcong land to date vietbusvietbus are petty arseholes. give an inch and they will want a yard. they sexhibit the same crass behavior in sillycon valley once they establish themselves with a home and bank account. they forget that 46.9 years ago they were refugees begging for their lives. when tipping vietbus must round up to the next dollar, not like the ccp moron here who will give away $48.80 for a $1.20 kopi. inside they will feel insulted and look down on showoff retards like him.
It's legal tender, but the bloody MAS has also allowed merchants to reject if they will put up a written notice at their cashier's front to say that they won't accept the 5-cent coins. So, because of this clause, the merchants have done no wrong if they will comply.If it's legal tender....it's actually illegal not to accept them
That y pap always Jaga the businesses... consumers n workers are nothing to themIt's legal tender, but the bloody MAS has also allowed merchants to reject if they will put up a written notice at their cashier's front to say that they won't accept the 5-cent coins. So, because of this clause, the merchants have done no wrong if they will comply.
Yah her mom probably was one like the South Vietnam whore made famous in that Full Metal Jacket scene that says for $10 you get anything you want - and was walking like she had crabs in her pussyvietbus are petty arseholes. give an inch and they will want a yard. they sexhibit the same crass behavior in sillycon valley once they establish themselves with a home and bank account. they forget that 46.9 years ago they were refugees begging for their lives. when tipping vietbus must round up to the next dollar, not like the ccp moron here who will give away $48.80 for a $1.20 kopi. inside they will feel insulted and look down on showoff retards like him.