Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies

yahoo ^ | Jeff Martin

[lee martell]

That was the best outcome given the circumstances.
Coinstar should make an advertisment from the story.
Imagine having a boss that childish and that petty.
“Well, he was paid in full, right?”

[LukeL]

His boss denied doing it, so I would demand a check for my back pay. If his boss admits to doing it, sue him for the cleanup costs of having oil and grease leak into your yard.

[Mean Daddy]

I guess people went to Google and Yelp and started leaving negative feedback.

[JennysCool]

Way cool Coinstar! A good deed AND a fantastic publicity stunt. Win-Win.

[real saxophonist]

At Domino's I would occasionally get a bunch of teenagers who thought they were being clever by giving me a Ziploc bag full of change.

I always made them count it out, and it was always at least a dollar short.

I told them their pizza would be at the store if they could come up with the rest of the money, but I'm not wasting my time coming back out here.

[a fool in paradise]

At what point was the oil and grease deliberately ruining the currency?

https://www.livescience.com/34286-legal-or-illegal-to-destroy-coins-paper-money.html

According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time.

[BipolarBob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSthDM7HpUc

[BipolarBob]

A OK Walker Autoworks got some publicity out of this. Not the good kind though.

[Ge0ffrey]

Coinstar got a mountain of publicity not to mention a lot of wheatbacks and other pure copper coins.

[Larry Lucido]

If an employer did it, then yeah, it was a d!ck move. That said, when folks to it to a utility or collection agent, other folks cheer it on. Maybe it’s a d!ck move all the time.

[nascarnation]

With all the electric cars, charging stations, and such that SlowJoe is pouring 100s of billions into, copper gotta be in demand, right?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The owner of the shop, Miles Walker, told WGCL-TV that he didn’t know if he did or didn’t drop the pennies off at Flaten’s house.
“I don’t really remember,” Walker said. “It doesn’t matter. He got paid, that’s all that matters.”

Either taking petty to a whole new level.

Or Walker does this routinely to former employees.

[real saxophonist]

Every year (except the last couple), the steam locomotive Union Pacific 844 comes through town, taking people up to Cheyenne Frontier Days.

Kids always put coins on the tracks.

[gundog]

By my count, about 1% wheatbacks, and 17% copper coins. It would be a chore going through them.

[Mears]

My kids did that back in the 70s in the Boston area.......needless to say I was not pleased.

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[henbane]

Andreas Flaten's worried about the hazardous stuff dumped in his driveway by A OK Walker Autoworks running-off into the creek.

He has fruit trees in his backyard and a freshwater creek just about 100 feet away. He said he was concerned the oil would slide down his driveway and make its way into the water.

If Flaten files a hazardous waste complaint with the Georgia EPA claiming his old boss authorized the dumping of the mess, it can result in costing A OK Walker Autoworks a helluva lot more than $915--and cost the dirt-bag manager of that shop his job.

[DesertRhino]

Well played, Coinstar.

[17th Miss Regt]

I don’t really remember,” Walker said. “It doesn’t matter. He got paid, that’s all that matters.”

Did he? How do you know? If you don't remember dropping them off then you probably did not do it. But that means you did not pay him and you still owe him a final paycheck for $915.

[Rebelbase]

I checked Yelp right after this was reported and the biz was getting hammered.