In today’s Pocket Change, Dave takes you to a small town in Germany where a nursing home came up with one of the simplest and smartest ideas ever: a fake bus stop.

Designed to help protect residents with dementia, this imitation bus stop became an unexpected lifesaver, giving comfort, familiarity, and calm to people who needed it most. Other countries copied it, families loved it, and the story has since become a brilliant example of creativity and compassion in action.

It’s clever, it’s heartwarming, and it’s exactly the kind of story Money2Byrne loves:

a little bit of genius… hidden in plain sight.

Listen now to hear how a simple bench and a sign made a world of difference.

What would you do if a café charged you €2… just to cut your sandwich in half?

That’s exactly what happened at Bar Pace, a real café on Lake Como in Italy and when the receipt hit the internet, the story went global.

In this week’s Money2Byrne Pocket Change, David dives into the strangest “service fee” ever charged, the café’s unusual explanation, and how a simple knife movement turned into an international headline.

You’ll hear:

🥪 The true story behind the viral receipt

💶 Why Bar Pace defended the fee and why they’re still in business today

🌍 How the internet reacted (including the funniest comments)

💡 What this teaches us about pricing, customer psychology, and expectations

😂 Plus some top-tier slicing jokes at no extra charge

If you love quick, funny, true business stories, this one’s a must-listen.

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Black Friday might be the biggest shopping day of the year… but it didn’t start that way.

In fact, the real origin of Black Friday has nothing to do with bargain TVs or midnight queues it began decades earlier, in a way almost nobody knows.

In this Money2Byrne Pocket Change Special, David W Byrne breaks down the wild true story of how Black Friday got its name, why police invented the term, why retailers originally hated it, and how it somehow transformed into a global shopping event worth billions.

You’ll hear:

🕵️‍♂️ The forgotten 1950s story behind the name

🚗 How crowds, traffic, and football fans created the first Black Friday

💰 The moment retailers flipped it into a profit machine

🛍️ The strangest early Black Friday promotions

🌍 How it became a worldwide phenomenon (and kept getting bigger)

Whether you’re bargain-hunting, avoiding the shops, or just curious how Black Friday became what it is today this episode delivers a fast, funny, true story to kick off the weekend.

🎙️ Money2Byrne The Podcast That Looks at the Lighter Side of Business.