Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in
28.19:

> On Sat 22 Apr 2006 11:59:20a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Andy?
>
>> "DWACON" > wrote in
>> news:xMu2g.3805$9c6.3799@dukeread11:
>>
>>>
>>> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>A lot of the small markets and gas/7-11s have a take a penny/leave a
>>>>penny
>>>> dish, where if you're a cent or two short you can take a couple
>>>> cents out of the tray to meet the cost if you're a few cents shy.
>>>>
>>>> I use it and contribute to it all time.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody else familiar with this practice?
>>>
>>>
>>> I've seen people grab a hand full of coins out of it to pay for
>>> something. Typically, they are the psychotic looking whakos... and
>>> they get away with it.
>>
>> I don't suppose you've ever flipped a begger a quarter when asked? I
>> support them too, no questions asked. The ultimate public service!
>> Where it ends up, I don't care. Ever had a quarter that you seriously
>> couldn't part with?
>
> Uh, yeah. Sometimes I didn't even have a quarter and wondered where
> the next one was coming from.


Funny you should mention it. A begger asked me for a dime and I fished in
my pocket and didnt have one and declared "I don't have one."

He dug into his pocket and gave me a dime. I waved him off and gave him a
dollar.

Andy