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I was in our local shopping centre at Lunchtime queuing to pay for something. The 20 something girl with a baby in a buggy dropped her purse spilling a load of change on the floor. She picked up the higher value coins but left 54p in silver and copper. Just walked off!
I picked it up and gave it to the army chap who was collecting.
How much would you consider not picking up?
I picked it up and gave it to the army chap who was collecting.
How much would you consider not picking up?
I picked up a penny I dropped a few weeks ago. I fumbled it through the fingers of my crippled hand - it happens annoyingly frequently and my response has more to do with how I feel about the dropping than it does the value of the coin.
Also a tiny polite part of me is worried that it's littering.
Also a tiny polite part of me is worried that it's littering.
I always pick up coins I've dropped. Why wouldn't you? If you don't it's sheer laziness, unless you've got a disability. And, as has been said, technically it's dropping litter, and punishable with a fine, which would be more than you've dropped.
I walk looking down all the time, it's amazing how much you can pick up. Found a tenner once. And as for people who pay by card for everything - think of the retailer. They have to pay a charge to their business bankers for every card transaction, whether it's a debit card or a credit card. Even for small amounts, it all adds up - the shop I work for pays charges of about £2/300 per month because people can't be bothered to get cash out of an ATM.
I walk looking down all the time, it's amazing how much you can pick up. Found a tenner once. And as for people who pay by card for everything - think of the retailer. They have to pay a charge to their business bankers for every card transaction, whether it's a debit card or a credit card. Even for small amounts, it all adds up - the shop I work for pays charges of about £2/300 per month because people can't be bothered to get cash out of an ATM.
If I drop a penny and it lands heads up, I will leave it for someone to pick up and have some good luck. If it's tails up, I will pick it up myself and spare a stranger any bad luck. Bare in mind I have massive ocd and more than a touch of superstition, which is totally harmless (touch wood).
Apologies for the wail link...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246662/St...
Local to me, fined for dropping a tenner!
And as for that sneezing at the wheel!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246662/St...
Local to me, fined for dropping a tenner!
And as for that sneezing at the wheel!
I was in a German market at the weekend and dropped a coin onto the cobbles, what with having no glasses on and being unfamiliar with Euro coins I thought it was something small and just walked on. I think it must have been a 2 Euro coin though judging by the fact that 3 people almost knocked each other out diving for it from 3 different directions!
750turbo said:
Apologies for the wail link...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246662/St...
Local to me, fined for dropping a tenner!
And as for that sneezing at the wheel!
I can't see how dropping a tenner in the street can be deemed as littering - nobody would do it deliberately, unlike chucking away a few coppers because you can't be bothered to carry them. That's one weird piece of reasoning.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246662/St...
Local to me, fined for dropping a tenner!
And as for that sneezing at the wheel!
Like several posters, I keep all the loose change I find or get fed up with carrying, bag it up, and shove it in the bank. Why drop it if there's a charity tin on the shop counter?
Like I said, folks paying for small purchases by card are causing unnecessary costs to small businesses, who can ill afford them in the economic climate. Please be reasonable.
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