'Would you bend to pick up a penny?' poll discussion

susiejq

I used to work in a furniture shop and every evening, particularly Saturdays, we used to check the display sofas for loose change that had escaped from customers pockets. It always paid off. Now I work in a College and the students must drop change by the bucket load as I 'm always picking it up in and outside the building.
It all goes in my piggy bank.

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atwitsend_2

Being 34 weeks pregnant, I couldn't bend down to get it even if I wanted to....however my son is like a magpie, and will happily pockets coins he finds lying around :rolleyes:

Alison13

It would be interesting to see what difference would be made to the results of this poll if it wasn't an empty street.

bo_drinker

There is a bloke locally who goes around looking for cash on the ground all the time, he is not destitute lives in a det bungalow doesn't work dresses well etc. I see him more in the summer time he does the rounds a few times a day, his eyes are constantly on the ground. He has a circuit that covers car park meters etc anywhere he can find cash. When he has enough he goes and buys the discounted food at the supermarkets. Fair play to him.

Jennifer_Jane

Rob_Marx wrote: »

i drop pennies on the floor on purpose so i can laugh at the poor people who pick them up:rotfl:

Thank you so much, but could you increase it to 5p, please? You'll get more fun out of it and so will the people picking it up!

Jen

Coveredinbees!!!!

Alison13 wrote: »

It would be interesting to see what difference would be made to the results of this poll if it wasn't an empty street.

still 2p

luxor4t

DH & I found £25+ last year, but 'only' £16odd so far this year.

jamespir

i would especially when im skint

Navvie

I pick up anything from 1p and up.

In fact, I wish more people were ashamed of picking up coins from the street, there'd be more for me then. :-)

davidlizard

When I was young, we used to glue coins to manhole covers, then laugh at people when they tried to pick them up.

Almost inevitably someone would return with a spade/screwdriver to chip them off.

A bit like what these lads have done - I am surprised how easy people give up when its a whole £1 on offer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJlGBdck9gE