Qualified Perceptions

Having laundry machines that require quarters has not taught me that change is for spending. It has taught me that quarters are not money at all, but are useful items for operating laundry machines, and can be purchased for $.25 a piece. I know that they are only laundry tokens, because I can purchase them along with T tokens at any token booth.

The drink machine at work does give me two quarters after I put in a dollar and get a drink, but I know that these are only markers indicating that it owes me another drink, not money. Sometimes I take a miss on the drink to do laundry instead.