Every now and then, something happens that prompts my mother to make the statement, “And that’s why my father always used to say, ‘You get what you pay for!’”

I have been whining about small change in supermarkets for months now, even going so far as creating a page on Facebook about it.

A close friend who is a retailer took great offence, and claimed he did all he could to help his customers out, including spending an inordinate amount of time in the banks chasing small change