Kids today are being ripped off.

Payton has been saving money for about a year now, she has three sections in her bank, one for Savings, Fun, and Mission. Well the bank was full so I thought it was finally time for her to learn the banking side of life. So we decided to make a big deal of it. The first time went I did not have her birth certificate so we could not do it. The next time we went the bank did not have a coin couting machine so we could not do it. Yes, the BANK did not have one! They were expecting us to take home these little paper coin holders and wrap it. I laughed. Then she suggested two other locations that had a coin counting machine. So we go to one of those locations and of course they do not have the machine either. Lucky for me Payton had two dollars in her bank so she was able to open the account with that. It was really cute. when we got there she signed in; waited to be called and took care of her business. I was really proud she did it all with little help from MOMMY. So a few days ago we are in the local Piblix grocery and hot diggity they have a coin couting machine. So Payton, Phoenix and I run back to the car to grab the loot. I get to the machine only to dicover that she would be charged 8% for the machine to count her money. YIKES! 8% percent I thought what a rip off. In that same thought I thought why didn't I think of that. Oh well. So I tell Payton to start dumping and she does, about half way through the machine stops and says "please see attendant". We call for an attendant, she comes and says the machine is full and they need to change the bags. Payton smiles, "I knew I had a lot of money" she says! The clerk opens up the machine to find that the pennies and nickels are full. As she grabs the nickels they all spill on to the floor. There was A LOT of nickels on the floor. Payton is laughing and I am standing there just waiting for Phoenix to wake up screaming to be nursed. I would have left but we were halfway vested in this venture so we waited. After all the nickels have made it safely back into the bag. The machine is ready to continue, when all is said and done Payton leaves with just under $72. Not bad. But I still don't think that 8% is fair!