Why did I pay more?

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Yesterday when I was ready to go back home from the office, I usually make sure I have exact change for the minibus fare. Why should it be exact? If the fare is not in the exact change, drivers usually give short change. I am the person who doesn't like to complain about being given a short change. So, here what happened yesterday, I had 4 coins each in 500 IDR, so I still needed 2,000 IDR to have an exact change of 3,000 IDR. That's the amount for the minibus fare to get home. After a quick search in my waist bag, I could get one 2,000 IDR banknote. I rushed out of the office for fear of rain and I could catch a minibus just as soon as I arrived where I usually wait for the bus. I got off giving the fare, which I clasped, to the driver. No sooner than the bus left me did I realized that it was 4,000 IDR not 3,000 IDR. Why didn't I count first before it was handed over to him. What a day!