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

jodilye

Who r these crazy people who wouldn't pick up a two poundcoin?! As a child I got into the habit of walking with my head to the floor. I have found £20 notes in the dark,under leaves. I am a magpie.

Tulgey_Wood

During a particularly skint spell at the start of the year, I began to notice just how often often I actually saw a penny lying...which I always pick up for luck.
I made a bit of a joke of it with my kids...and we decided to start putting any found money in a box....to see just how much there was.
Don't get me wrong....we haven't become rich on it....but since March we have 'found' £6.71! Apart from one lucky pound coin, that's all made up of small coins....and about 90% of them come from the floor of Asda! We're going to keep collecting it until we have enough to pay for a treat...the cinema or bowling alley maybe...the sort of thing I can't normally afford to do....it will be a lovely present for my kids, courtesy of all the people who can't be bothered to pick up what they drop! :j

Grafton

I saved about £13 in 2009 from 1p, 2p and 5p coins many of which were just picked up in the street. Each year my family choose a local charity to donate it to.

mjm3346

Not sure about bending down to pick cash up---I found £200 left in a cash machine one christmas eve (I can understand leaving a receipt behind but how can anyone forget to take the cash?), and they never claimed it from the police.

kitschkitty

I'd pick up a 5p or more, but probably not bother with a 1p or 2p.

When I was at school it was "fashionable" with a lot of kids to throw away any coppers/small change they had in their pockets, especially after visiting the canteen. Odd way to seem cool if you ask me!

Agutka

I've only come across it twice, but I was horrified to see people throwing their small change on the ground. What ungrateful behaviour. Once I was walking behind a group of school girls in the park and I asked why they were doing it, as I hoovered up the coins and they laughed at me and said something so that pathetic people like me can have some cash Whatever, I always look on the ground and have been rewarded nicely in the past. Or rather rewarded often

stonio

Anything silver, gold or paper!
Leave the coppers for people who need them

5p and up!!!

MoMac_3

Interesting thread this - I used to think I was the only one to pick up money. Another good place to find money is near a bus stop.

Robert_Sterling

Option J should not be included as it is a subset of option A.

The poll is about what you would pick up and not about what you would do with what you pick up.

gjs1701

I work in a cinema, and I frequently find money at work, and you bet I pick it
up. Any notes get handed in to lost property but they seldom get claimed, so I get them after a month. :j