I’ll probably get some crap for this but I just toss my pennies in the trash or out on the street when I get them as change. If there’s a penny jar at the counter, I’ll put them there but otherwise, they are out on the street or in the trash before I get to my car.
Throwing money in the trash? On the street?
that’s tacky
In high school there was a kid who chased pennies and was not embarrassed about it at all.
I use my pennies to light cigars. The secret is you put 50 of them in a paper roll.
I actually save mine. I didn’t start intentionally. I just always toss my extra change at the end of the day on the dresser, and take the same combination with me in the morning. I end up getting a glut of pennies using that system, and I can’t be bothered to take them to the bank for 5 or 10 bucks. So, when the dresser gets too cluttered, I find something to stash them in. Often there are some dimes, nickels and quarters mixed in too, but mostly pennies.
I have no clue how much I have stashed away at this point, but I would imagine there is at least 100 pounds of loose change in various bags and cans around my house. I keep telling myself: “hey if I go broke, this is cigarette money for a few weeks”.
That’s why we eliminated the penny a couple of years ago. Stores round up/down, nobody cares.
Me too. I won’t take any pennies in change. Nickels, dimes and quarters go in a change bowl, but I never leave the house with any change in my pockets.
Ate a restaurant in Denver last week with my daughter. Everything on the menu was in even dollar amounts. No dimes. No quarters. Just single numbers like 4, 7, and 12. They must have saved a barrel of ink.
Our currency is LONG OVERDUE for a devaluation of 100.
“I’ll probably get some crap for this but I just toss my pennies in the trash or out on the street when I get them as change.”
There’s an awesome book titled, “The Millionaire Next Door.”
The authors interviewed (as I recall) about a 1,000 millionaires looking for common traits. One was that they always picked up pennies. The reason wasn’t that pennies had value, but that picking them up represented a mental attitude of not leaving money lying around. I’ve been buying repossessed houses. I have a total of four including the one I’m living in. Two of them and several others I went into to inspect for purchase were scattered with coins, mostly pennies. But in the one I’m living in, the former owner left about $20 in coins inside and I found another couple of dollars in the sand driveway exposed by the rains over the years.
Other traits included, the average car was bought used and was now 10 years old. They owned outright modest homes in modest middle class neighborhoods. They generally owned their own small business. (I can’t recall the others off hand.)
But, because of that all-important attitude, I always pick up pennies.
So you’re the one throwing out the pennies I pick up. Thanks!!
Pretty well describes our “disposal, throwaway” culture.
Some things are dumb no natter the scale, to broadcast it is stupid.
Send them to me.