It's one of those sometimes-funny, sometimes-slightly-frustrating parts of everyday life here: the relative scarcity of small change.
Give the girl at the checkout the exact change? She'll be noticeably happy.
Pay with a slightly-too-large bill at the produce stand? The vendor will often hunt around, sometimes even going to neighboring stalls and asking if they have the change he needs.
Forget that you don't have small change until you go to pay the taxi driver? He'll usually be...not impressed.
You may even find yourself hoarding your small bills and coins at home so that when you go to the supermarket and they ask, "Do you have the change?", you can truthfully say no. (Supermarkets are more likely to have change, so I prefer to keep mine for situations where I really need it, like taking the bus or buying something at the produce stand.)
...And those of us from the U.S. are used to trying to get rid of our extra coins. :)
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