You're in the shop buying some bread and milk, and you hand over your money, and you're due 6p in change. Then the till does something wrong, and the woman sighs, do you just stand there and wait for your change? Do you ever get the feeling that the people behind you are looking at you as if that 6p is all you have to live on for the next week? Like it's that important that you have to stand there and wait? Maybe I'm just a bit neurotic.

Perhaps there is a formula though for how long you should wait based on the amount of money you're waiting for, I think a second for every penny probably works, or maybe a bit less than a second.

Becky EnVérité:

Well, time is money... and money is power... and knowlege is power... so money is knowlege... and money is the root of all evil...

So yeah, er, about a penny a second. 

April Angell:

sounds like an opportunity to strike up a conversation... 

Rachel Williams:

"and money is the root of all evil..." - er, no Becky. Love of money is the root of all evil...