Posted on 12/23/2002 11:22:59 AM PST by Dallas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -
A downtown businessman has decided to share some of his good fortune with others a dollar at a time.
Mike Jeffcoat, 42, a corporate furnishings consultant, taped 300 $1 dollar bills to his office window Friday along with a note: "Please take only what you need. Remember others."
Many in the crowd took nothing, while some took a few bucks for a cup of coffee, Christmas presents or a bus ticket. It was all gone in 35 minutes.
Jeffcoat said he believed wallpapering the window would allow people to grab what they needed without much hassle.
As he hung money, Jeffcoat said one stranger gave him $20. The man didn't have singles and wanted to help. Others gave a few bucks.
Sharmel Shirley, 23, and Sadaka Kimble, 24, split the final $41. Shirley needed to pay a power bill. Kimble's daughter needed diapers. Both women said they've been out of work for four months.
"Money just flapping in the wind," Shirley said. "It was like, `Wow!'"
A friend and he were walking to go to dinner when Erdos was approached by a beggar. "How much will dinner be?" he asked his friend. "About $25, I think."
Erdos carefully peeled $25 from a thick wad of bills--around $5000 as I recall--and gave the rest to the beggar.
--Boris
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