Plus a Penny

I’ve bought a lot of Papa Murphies pizza over the last few years. I’m down there so often they know me by name. I almost always use a coupon, which brings the price to something like $7.99 or $9.99 or some such. This means if I give them a $10 bill, or $8.00, or whatever, they owe me a penny. Just a penny. I do this frequently.

What gets me is that they always ask me if I want the penny.

See, the thing is I’m a cheapskate. I want the stupid penny. Every time I have to tell them I want the penny, I feel like even more of a cheep skate. What I wish is that they wouldn’t ask, but would automatically give it to me. If I didn’t want it, I’d let them know.

Am I alone in this? Does no one else care about the penny? Should I make an effort to give them larger bills so they have to give me more than a penny? But wait, last time I did that they STILL asked. Sigh. What would you do?