Taka

Bangladesh's money is called Taka, and it's 75 taka to 1 US dollar.  It's been a challenge for me so far, as it takes me a bit of time to figure out how many dollars I am actually spending on things.  When I went to the grocery store the other day I spent 2,050 taka.  I couldn't help but feel like this was a huge amount of money, until I calculated it and realized it was only $27.25.  I pull out my wallet and realize all I have are increments of 1000 taka, so I hand the lady 3,000 taka.  The poor lady looks at me and asks if I have anything smaller than a 1,000 considering 50 taka is less than $1.  Unfortunately I didn't so she had to empty her whole cash register to give me change.  Boy did I feel bad.  Since then I have brought smaller bills with me.