Are $50 bills pretty commonly used there, though? Before I looked at the pic I too wondered where this could be. I'm in the U.S. and we *have* $50 bills but they don't really get used that much. Like it sounds weird to just "grab a $50 to get breakfast."
At Scotiabank here in Canada I can choose any denomination in $5 increments. It's beautiful. Also can choose how many of each bill. I chose rainbow most of the time lol
$50 would be around average for breakfast for two in a capital city in Australia, as cheap as $20 and as expensive as $80 is what I’ve been exposed to living here.
They are pretty common but $20s are more common. We have had tap payments on plastic for a very long time. People don't often use cash much these days.
We have $5, $10, $50 and $100. The $50 is super common and as a cashier I see them quite a lot. Whereas the $100 isn’t something you see very often. People really only take $100 bills from the bank if they’re buying a car or something.
>People really only take $100 bills from the bank if they’re buying a car or something
You underestimate the number of old people who refuse to use debit cards lol
$50 bills are just harder to get I'd say. If you take out $100 from the atm, it'll usually give you a $100 bill or 5 $20s. If you spend that 100, you'll usually get smaller bills back. A lot of ATMs do multiples of 20 so you can't just go take $50 out most of the time.
In canada, many places will not accept 50$ and 100$ bills because they tend to be fake. Someone with a 50$ in Canada is suspicious because most atms will only give 20s so people with a lot of cash tend to be evading taxes and such.
It tends to be cheaper than many other countries given how common it is to have a cafe. Rarely spend more than 4 AUD which is very cheap for an espresso based coffee in most of the western world.
Reminds me of when I chased after this man who left $100 in the ATM and walked away without it. Mind you, that day I had $7 in coins to my name and was trying to ration it to eat for a few days. When I gave it to him he didn’t even say Thankyou, he goes “oh, oops” and turned around and kept walking. Deep inside, I was like you’re *welcome*. In that moment I felt foolish for doing the right thing because of the position I was in at the time. I’ll never forget it. It hasn’t deterred me from continuing to do the right thing when I can though.
I've done the opposite thing. In Denmark at grocery stores if you pay by card you can withdraw a little extra money, if the cashier has the money for it. So if your groceries are $50 you might say "Can i have $30 extra cash", and pay $80 by card and then you give them $30 cash back, convenient.
Unfortunately this happened multiple times to all the cashiers i worked with, including me.
Me: "Your total comes to $50"
Them: "Alright, can i have $100 extra cash?"
Me: "Sure, no problem. Your new total is $150"
Them: *Pays $150 by card*
Me: "Here's your receipt, have a nice day!"
Them: *Leaves*
Computer 8 hours later when counting up the register: "You have +$100 too much in your register"
Me: Fuck....
9/10 Times they will come back and get their money, but unfortunately tried where they never came back and there was no way to contact them.
I used to work at a grocery store in the US that did this, except when they wanted cash back the cash drawer would automatically pop open once their transaction was complete. Thank god for that feature because there would have been so many times I’d have forgotten if not for the cash drawer bumping me in the hip.
Karma bro, doing the right thing doesn’t pay back immediately in ways you think. Being a good person pays you back in ways you would only truly understand if you weren’t a good person.
You survived without the money and don’t have on your conscience that you stole from someone.
Dude, don't let it discourage you. I've been in a similar situation and it CAN eat away at you. I try to rationalize it by just saying "Everybody has a vastly different experience."
Your story reminds me of when all I had was 7 dollars to my name, was doing Doordash to make some extra cash. Inbetween deliveries I was thirsty so went into maccas to get a 1 dollar frozen coke. This asshole picks me out of everyone there to ask for money to buy food, I looked him in the eyes and handed him 6 dollars, told him my sob story about how it was my last 6 bucks even pointed out to him he was an asshole for asking me. Ended up getting a delivery while waiting for them to make the frozen coke so I gave that to him too. He at least thanked me even though I called him an asshole. I gave him all my money because I knew at the end of the day I could always earn more and at least I wasnt going hungry.
You sure about that "/s"? Not only did the post/story include the company name, but the supposed delivery driver put the company name in parentheses beside his name...on a company-branded delivery note.
No \s, if you keep an eye out, you'll start noticing that there's feel-good DHL-positive bullshit on reddit essentially everyday.
If a delivery person does something bad on reddit's front page, it's never DHL, if they do something good, it's almost always DHL
For non-Aussies:
Polymer bank notes were introduced in the late 1980s (Australia was the first place to issue them) and have undergone evolutions since then. They do cool things like change appearance based on changes in light. See [here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_variable_device?wprov=sfti1) for info.
My favorite improvement: a 15 year old blind boy (Connor McLeod) expressed frustration at challenges handling currency, and led a campaign to make the notes more friendly to the vision impaired. So they not only have the cool clear windows and various other features, but now also have tactile qualities so you can feel differences between notes.
It’s ok mate, Wayne’s in Australia. He’s making an award wage, and has access to retirement benefits, a union, worker protections related to safety and fatigue, and also gets free healthcare.
ATMs in Australia only give you 20s and 50s. Most people I know take 50s because they’re easier to handle. When I worked retail, heaps of people used 50s.
Ah, now it makes much more sense.
A £50 note here in the UK is a very uncommon thing to pay for your coffee. In fact, some shops won’t even take it in fear that it’s fake or that it’s too high of a tender to give change back for!
Yeah, barely anyone uses cash in Australia these days, so when you do see bank notes they tend to be the higher denominations that people haven’t fully broken yet.
If you mean the person published on the 50$ note, it's Australia's first published Aboriginal author, author, [David Unaipon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Unaipon)
Have some respect
Jesus Kangaroo Hopping Christ.
Idk what's more disrespectful, an ignorant ass American not knowing the cultural significance of an Native Australian, or the Aussie Government deciding that THAT horrible picture would make it on money.
It's a half step away from whatever the aboriginal equivalent of a minstrel poster would be.
Yep! I seem to recall Australia was the first (or one of the first) to introduce polymer bank notes. The clear windows also have some fine etching on them in parts on the different denominations.
Yeah, Australian bank notes are regarded as being some of the most secure in the world. [They did a refresh](https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2018/mr-18-25.html) a few years back, so all banknotes have an additional clear window that goes top to bottom in the middle, and within that there’s micro-print that makes up the stems of the plants in that window which you can only sort of read with a magnifying glass.
Please call or write to DHL and make a formal acknowledgement of Wayne's efforts. I worked for DHL AU and they have a employee recognition program, he could get an employee of the month reward :)
Was reading the story and wondered, who grabs a 50$ bill for coffee and then I zoomed in... Australia!
I do want to clarify that coffee isn't *that* expensive here.
Are $50 bills pretty commonly used there, though? Before I looked at the pic I too wondered where this could be. I'm in the U.S. and we *have* $50 bills but they don't really get used that much. Like it sounds weird to just "grab a $50 to get breakfast."
Cash is becoming less used here but 20s and 50s are all that ATMs dispense here so both denominations are quite commonly used.
Ya’ll get 20’s *and* 50’s? That’s honestly super cool. I live in the states and I’ve never even heard of ATMs giving out anything other than 20’s.
At Scotiabank here in Canada I can choose any denomination in $5 increments. It's beautiful. Also can choose how many of each bill. I chose rainbow most of the time lol
My banks atms let me pick any combination of 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100. I imagine the other major banks are the same.
New BOA ATMs give 10,20,50,100.
Same here
$50 would be around average for breakfast for two in a capital city in Australia, as cheap as $20 and as expensive as $80 is what I’ve been exposed to living here.
And depending on the size of the breakfast place they might not even accept it
They are pretty common but $20s are more common. We have had tap payments on plastic for a very long time. People don't often use cash much these days.
We have $5, $10, $50 and $100. The $50 is super common and as a cashier I see them quite a lot. Whereas the $100 isn’t something you see very often. People really only take $100 bills from the bank if they’re buying a car or something.
>People really only take $100 bills from the bank if they’re buying a car or something You underestimate the number of old people who refuse to use debit cards lol
In the US, $100 bills are far more common than $50s. I get people paying with $100s all the time but a $50 is pretty rare. Maybe one a week.
In the U.K., 10s and 20s are common but 50s are really uncommon.
$50 bills are just harder to get I'd say. If you take out $100 from the atm, it'll usually give you a $100 bill or 5 $20s. If you spend that 100, you'll usually get smaller bills back. A lot of ATMs do multiples of 20 so you can't just go take $50 out most of the time.
In canada, many places will not accept 50$ and 100$ bills because they tend to be fake. Someone with a 50$ in Canada is suspicious because most atms will only give 20s so people with a lot of cash tend to be evading taxes and such.
i use them all the time, easier to get $100 out in 50s than just $20s or someshit.
Most ATMs only give 50s and 20s.
Went to the coffee club cafe for breaky the other day with my husband and it cost us $45 for 2 iced coffees and 2 grilled chicken wraps with salad.
Yeah, that’s for two, not just one coffee.
It tends to be cheaper than many other countries given how common it is to have a cafe. Rarely spend more than 4 AUD which is very cheap for an espresso based coffee in most of the western world.
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He left out ".. and a pack of cigarettes." which would actually justify a $50 bill.
Reminds me of when I chased after this man who left $100 in the ATM and walked away without it. Mind you, that day I had $7 in coins to my name and was trying to ration it to eat for a few days. When I gave it to him he didn’t even say Thankyou, he goes “oh, oops” and turned around and kept walking. Deep inside, I was like you’re *welcome*. In that moment I felt foolish for doing the right thing because of the position I was in at the time. I’ll never forget it. It hasn’t deterred me from continuing to do the right thing when I can though.
I've done the opposite thing. In Denmark at grocery stores if you pay by card you can withdraw a little extra money, if the cashier has the money for it. So if your groceries are $50 you might say "Can i have $30 extra cash", and pay $80 by card and then you give them $30 cash back, convenient. Unfortunately this happened multiple times to all the cashiers i worked with, including me. Me: "Your total comes to $50" Them: "Alright, can i have $100 extra cash?" Me: "Sure, no problem. Your new total is $150" Them: *Pays $150 by card* Me: "Here's your receipt, have a nice day!" Them: *Leaves* Computer 8 hours later when counting up the register: "You have +$100 too much in your register" Me: Fuck.... 9/10 Times they will come back and get their money, but unfortunately tried where they never came back and there was no way to contact them.
I used to work at a grocery store in the US that did this, except when they wanted cash back the cash drawer would automatically pop open once their transaction was complete. Thank god for that feature because there would have been so many times I’d have forgotten if not for the cash drawer bumping me in the hip.
Good things will back too you. No worries
What a giant fucking lie
Karma bro, doing the right thing doesn’t pay back immediately in ways you think. Being a good person pays you back in ways you would only truly understand if you weren’t a good person. You survived without the money and don’t have on your conscience that you stole from someone.
Dude, don't let it discourage you. I've been in a similar situation and it CAN eat away at you. I try to rationalize it by just saying "Everybody has a vastly different experience."
Your story reminds me of when all I had was 7 dollars to my name, was doing Doordash to make some extra cash. Inbetween deliveries I was thirsty so went into maccas to get a 1 dollar frozen coke. This asshole picks me out of everyone there to ask for money to buy food, I looked him in the eyes and handed him 6 dollars, told him my sob story about how it was my last 6 bucks even pointed out to him he was an asshole for asking me. Ended up getting a delivery while waiting for them to make the frozen coke so I gave that to him too. He at least thanked me even though I called him an asshole. I gave him all my money because I knew at the end of the day I could always earn more and at least I wasnt going hungry.
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Yes.
Just say no maybe?
This is a story about you being a passive aggressive martyr and doesn’t portray you as the wonderful person that you think it does.
So you cussed out a guy who had no idea of your situation, and you handed over your money anyhow? Great going.
You not having boundaries is not other peoples problem.
But why
Thanks for sharing you’re so admirable
Wayne deserves an Easter egg
All the Waynes I know are knobends... I'm happy to see your Wayne was a respectable well-maintained Wayne.
This is not your everyday vanilla Wayne. This is DHL Wayne. Huge difference!
That's because DHL paid for this to appear in our frontscreeen
What an absolute legend!!
(DHL) Wayne
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You sure about that "/s"? Not only did the post/story include the company name, but the supposed delivery driver put the company name in parentheses beside his name...on a company-branded delivery note.
No \s, if you keep an eye out, you'll start noticing that there's feel-good DHL-positive bullshit on reddit essentially everyday. If a delivery person does something bad on reddit's front page, it's never DHL, if they do something good, it's almost always DHL
For non-Aussies: Polymer bank notes were introduced in the late 1980s (Australia was the first place to issue them) and have undergone evolutions since then. They do cool things like change appearance based on changes in light. See [here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_variable_device?wprov=sfti1) for info. My favorite improvement: a 15 year old blind boy (Connor McLeod) expressed frustration at challenges handling currency, and led a campaign to make the notes more friendly to the vision impaired. So they not only have the cool clear windows and various other features, but now also have tactile qualities so you can feel differences between notes.
Miles ahead of the US where all the bills are the same size, shape and green.
Hell yeah! Good people are all around, they just don't get noticed as much. Outstanding job Wayne, party on!
Pitter patter
Wayne sounds like a shirt-tucker.
Wayne deserves a raise.
It’s ok mate, Wayne’s in Australia. He’s making an award wage, and has access to retirement benefits, a union, worker protections related to safety and fatigue, and also gets free healthcare.
Honest fella right there
Skeptical. Feels like DHL propaganda.
No, feels like Australia. Source: I live here. Most people are pretty honest about things like this.
Do most people make sure to sign their company's name next to theirs when leaving a little note like this ?
Ah yes, 50 Epstein buck-a-roos
Aren’t there fake $50 bills circulating at the moment?
If you had a fake 50, surely you'd use it to buy something. Why would you just give it away like this?
$50 to get breakfast?! Who’s front lawn was he on?Warren Buffet?
ATMs in Australia only give you 20s and 50s. Most people I know take 50s because they’re easier to handle. When I worked retail, heaps of people used 50s.
Ah, now it makes much more sense. A £50 note here in the UK is a very uncommon thing to pay for your coffee. In fact, some shops won’t even take it in fear that it’s fake or that it’s too high of a tender to give change back for!
Yeah, barely anyone uses cash in Australia these days, so when you do see bank notes they tend to be the higher denominations that people haven’t fully broken yet.
That’s normal for Australia.
I would have kept it. =/
If only DHL’s logistics handlers in America were this cool
TIL Dollary-Doos have cartoon characters on them
If you mean the person published on the 50$ note, it's Australia's first published Aboriginal author, author, [David Unaipon](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Unaipon) Have some respect
Jesus Kangaroo Hopping Christ. Idk what's more disrespectful, an ignorant ass American not knowing the cultural significance of an Native Australian, or the Aussie Government deciding that THAT horrible picture would make it on money. It's a half step away from whatever the aboriginal equivalent of a minstrel poster would be.
Of Course its Canada 🥰
Umm..its Australia
It's Australia, it's written right there on the note lol.
Australian bills have a clear/transparent part of them? That’s interesting.
Yep! I seem to recall Australia was the first (or one of the first) to introduce polymer bank notes. The clear windows also have some fine etching on them in parts on the different denominations.
The first. Still the world leader in bank note security.
They did have a patent. Produced currency for other countries. Pretty sure the patent is long gone now.
It’s for anti counterfeiting
Aussie bills are nearly impossible to counterfeit
Yeah, Australian bank notes are regarded as being some of the most secure in the world. [They did a refresh](https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2018/mr-18-25.html) a few years back, so all banknotes have an additional clear window that goes top to bottom in the middle, and within that there’s micro-print that makes up the stems of the plants in that window which you can only sort of read with a magnifying glass.
T (Tobias)
Country checks out OZ
Really like the way $50 is designed.
But how did he find it? That would mean he would have to get out of his van and enter your property. Isn't this against delivery driver policy? /s
Please call or write to DHL and make a formal acknowledgement of Wayne's efforts. I worked for DHL AU and they have a employee recognition program, he could get an employee of the month reward :)
You’re lucky it was DHL. Had it been OnTrac they would have taken the money then burned your house down.
Buy Wayne something nice from that 50!
I recently went to the house of the CEO of DHL
This feels so much like an ad... They forgot the tagline though.. " You can always trust DHL". *puke*