"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:47:33 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:32:21 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:21:10 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > On 10/22/2014 3:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > >
> > > > I typically will not use cash but this morning I paid for some
> > > > coffee and bentos in cash because I happen to have a whole bunch
> > > > with me and for some reason, thought it would be faster. It came out
> > > > to $9.03. Unfortunately, I only had 2 pennies with me so he gave me
> > > > 97 cents plus some bills. For some reason, the guy hands me the
> > > > bills and then drops the 98 cents on the bills which immediately
> > > > caused the coins to slide off the bills like water off a duck.
> > > >
> > > > That's a total rookie mistake but I look forward to seeing the guy
> > > > get better day by day. Unfortunately the coffee, (Sam Choy's Volcano
> > > > Blend) was watered down all to hell so it'll be a long time before I
> > > > go there again. That's the 7-11 business for you: a lot of people go
> > > > there in the morning to get coffee. They won't go back for weak
> > > > coffee. I sure won't.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Most stores have a penny cup at the register. Take a penny/Give a
> > > penny. Handy in a situation like yours.
> >
> > Oh yeah, that would have been just spiffy but alas there were none. Damn
> > you 7-11!
> >
> > >
> > > I'm in favor of dropping pennies and rounding.
> >
> > That makes two of us. Pennies are sooooo Micky Mouse. :-)
>
> What use are they? There are no more penny candies. You can't even
> use them at parking meters. Get rid of them and stop all the silly 98
> and 99 endings on prices.
>

At my second job, there's a lot for tennats of the building to park. When I
started, I spotted a penny laying on the concrete floor. I wasn't about to
pick it up but it was reassuring to see that thing laying there every
morning I came to work. It stayed there for over 8 months. I even checked it
once to verify that it wasn't epoxied to the ground. It was not.

One day it was gone. I put another one as close to the spot as I can recall.
That one was gone after a few days. This means that somebody new is working
there that makes the effort to pick up a penny. It also means that the
management hardly ever cleans the parking lot.

Heh! I can't remember which parking lot it is in, but some place around
here where we no longer go... There is a penny embedded in the blacktop.