BracU goes Paper-free in Payment
Multiple sources confirm that carts full of coins have been seen moving in and out of the campus in wee hours of the night as BracU students boldly declared coins as the finance of the future.
One coin rejected? The only logical way is to finally make use of the mysterious drawer of coins parents hoarded since 2006 and bring thousands. In fact, this should be a festival, Coinfest. Afterall, it is the only currency other than attendance that is strong in BracU, no? They say, love makes the world go round. But at BracU it’s coins. Little did the canteen staff know, one simple ‘no’ said to avoid touching metal would make them sit cross-legged on the floor and count twenty 2 taka coins and two 5 taka coins when it could have been wrapped in an orange note.
The protest was slow in the mornings. “I thought it was fake,” a sophomore said, sipping tea. “Then out of nowhere a guy showed up with coins in a Pran chips packet. I knew it was rea-.” Before he could finish his pocket tore from the weight of 480 coins (no, we did not count, we just know he brought 500 coins and gave 20 to a random Mofiz who wanted to celebrate the fest in return of a 100 taka note).
Near the pocket gate, there was a huge crowd near Ching Ching Coin Exchange Ltd. Some student walked past, swapping his semester’s gradesheet for 300 shiny coins, saying “Finally, some value for it” while another held out her water bottle to collect 500 coins in exchange for her iPad. Abul Malek, proprietor, said, “Best business model since Uber. I am getting food, stationery and what not so easily by selling them coins.”
You could hear the groans of the cashier from the rooftop as ching-ching sounds haunted their ears and will most definitely make into their dreams later that night. Coinfest turned into Why-My-Shoulders-Hurt-Fest as they pulled sacks of coins later that evening from their workstations.
