Well I'm following up to this thread after the events that happened today. I went to a culture fest at the county park, and this time, I took a different approach to trading my bills, and instead of hiding the fact that I marked them, I explained to everyone what I did and how you can track your money that way. That method worked like a charm, and here are the reactions I got:
"Wow, that's pretty cool."
Me: "I know, can we exchange like I give you 5 ones for a five or 10 for 10?"
Them: "Sure, I'll definitely give these bills out as change!"
One of the vendors said he was glad I had extra ones, so I doubled my offer to 20 ones and he gladly accepted. Everyone I did trade with received 5 or 10 marked bills in other cases.
However, there's always gonna be that ONE bad apple. I made sure to only go to the businesses without a line, and I engaged in conversation to gauge the mood of the person to see if they would be happy to trade. There was this one vendor and the guy running it seemed to be happy, so I did my usual explanation and asked to trade. His demeanor INSTANTLY changed and he said something like "NO, now get out of my line if you're not interested in anything!" That's definitely a way to guarantee that I won't be back!
I know you guys are gonna be saying stuff like "you're gonna find people like that" but I was well aware that I couldn't expect everyone to like the concept of my hobby before I arrived. I just didn't expect to get such a RUDE refusal there so I didn't even know what to say.
However, looking on the bright side, I only had 11 ones left upon getting home, and I received good reactions everywhere else, so today overall was very successful. I just wanted to post this to share my experience with non-Georger's views of my hobby and what you guys thought.