Currency Counter 2025-09-16T20:33:59Z
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Rain lashed against the bakery window as I stared at the disaster zone before me. Four hours into counting yesterday's cash drawer, my fingers were sticky with pastry residue, and coins had migrated into flour sacks. That familiar acid-burn panic crept up my throat - the community center fundraiser was in 48 hours, and I'd just contaminated $87 in quarters with croissant crumbs. My spreadsheet looked like a toddler's finger-painting project, columns bleeding into each other where butter smudged