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I wouldn't require someone to be able to provide change, but "accepting the currency of the nation you live in" seems like it should be one of the basic requirements of civilization.


I bought a house and was required to wire transfer the down payment. Would it have been reasonable for me to drop off a briefcase of cash? Was this transaction somehow unreasonable?


Yes, that would've been reasonable, and it wouldn't have been a briefcase. Fifty thousand dollars in hundreds is a stack less than three inches thick.




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