I grew up in the 90s and aughts. These containers were frequently around cash registers in convenience stores and perhaps other small businesses. I don’t remember them being so consistently branded, but my experience then would have been limited to going into a handful of stores in the same locale. Of course, Canada ditched pennies (1 cent pieces) from cash transactions just over 10 years ago (we now round for cash transactions).

A penny felt like a meaningful amount of money to me as a child. More than anything, when I look back at them, these little containers stimulated my understanding of karma and perhaps theory of mind (e.g., mentalizing a future customer helping themself to an available penny and how they’d feel as a result). Looking back, I think that’s pretty neat.

I don’t know why, but these things popped into my head as I was doing the dishes. I was assured that, thankfully, there’s a Lemmy community for this :D

  • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
    5•3 months ago

    If you bring home your change and dump it in a jar 4-5 years later you’ll make small bank.

    I think I’ve done maybe 10 cash transactions in that timeframe, not enough to make even the tiniest of bank.

      • @Bonesince1997English
        1•3 months ago

        Mine’s a medium sized mason jar, maybe taller. Holds about $80-$100 in change I think. It’s been a while since I cashed it out.