CmdrGraves3d ago

Will vendors in America still accept my tip even after paying them?

https://lemmy.world/post/44543883

Will vendors in America still accept my tip even after paying them? - Lemmy.World

Even before getting to the main point, brining that money into USA as a traveler / visitor will be a hurdle as a threshold exceeding $10,000 must be declared upon entry. Will they even allow the entire 5000 OMR stack in or would that be confiscated even when declared? Like this: after paying for the food in $, suddenly giving them more money but with a catch: I’m only a visitor (as I only have Omani Rial in cash for the most part) being like, “Here is 5000 OMR ($13,020) for your efforts” so despite that being a lot of money, will they take it?

Show threadRhynoplaz

If you’re giving out money, the server will take it.

If they don’t understand what OMR is, and nobody in the US does, they will have no idea how much you gave them. They don’t know if you made them rich or insulted them. So, don’t expect an appropriate reaction, and don’t expect anyone to be able to give you change.

Some people enjoy holding on to foreign currency, and if you threw in a small OMR bill with the rest of the money in US$, they might just keep it as a collectible and never exchange it at all.

Overall, I would avoid paying in ANY foreign currency in the US. Most vendors will refuse it.

Mar 21 at 12:54pmWeb
Show threadCmdrGraves3d ago

OMR bill The highest denomination is 50 OMR or $130.

Show threadRhynoplaz3d ago
Yeah, I don’t know anyone who would know what to do with that.