Ode to a Bum Dime

Coinstar alert!

The tennis ball cannister filled with pocket change was high enough—and myself desperate enough—to pay a visit to the good ol' reliable cash-maker, COINSTAR. This one, at my local Duane Reade.

A fair yield, all things considered. Cost of a dinner-for-two.

I sadly, uselessly deposited a mysteriously bum dime into the machine several times before surrendering the effort.

And this is what I was left with. $61.13 for months of pocket change. Wasn't even enough to pay for the coffin.