This system is called "barter", the oldest form of exchange of goods for services/goods.
IIRC, this system of giving back sweets and chocolates in lieu of change arose a couple of decades ago when there was shortage of coins, the same being apparently melted down by unscrupulous people as their melted value was a lot more than the value it represented. The system is very much in vogue with the smaller shops in Delhi (besides Goa), as I experienced it a couple of years ago whilst paying a visit to the Indian capital. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- > From: ignatius fernandes <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 11 February, 2010 6:27:22 AM > Subject: [Goanet] S. Korean asks for change, gets thrashed > > > when did this system come into being of giving chocolates > instead of change.Does any other country have this tradition? > I too was given chocolates in lieu of change in a restaurant > I did not know how o react to this it is not a done thing > in U.K. so I gave it to the waiter who served us.Later on my > resident Goan friend said they give the chocolate back to the > proprietor who gives them the money owed to the costumer. > What a silly system get rid of it immediately. > Ignatius Fernandes. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now > http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ __________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo!7: Catch-up on your favourite Channel 7 TV shows easily, legally, and for free at PLUS7. www.tv.yahoo.com.au/plus7
