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?

Andy

"Andy" <q> wrote in message
> I use it and contribute to it all time.
>
> Anybody else familiar with this practice?
>
> Andy

I've used it also. I think we'd be better off if everything was just
rounded to the nearest 5¢ and did away with pennies. I like Euros for that
reason, especially the E1 and E2 coins.

yes, we have those all over the place in the milwaukee area, and i
contribute if i have a penny!

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"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?
>
> Andy

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> 5¢ and did away with pennies.

I'm in favor of that too, but my guess is it will never go over. People tend
to think *each item* will be rounded to the nearest 5¢ rather than the
*total bill* being rounded. The financial impact to the consumer would be
minimal if the total bill was rounded, even if it were always rounded up for
each transaction.

The penny dishes are fairly common around here in small establishments, but
I rarely use them except in the "take a penny" mode, as I tend to empty my
pockets of pennies in particular when I come home, and I don't tend to hit
multiple establishments using cash on one outing. Technically, I'm not the
one doing the "take a penny" thing, it's the cashier who is doing it.

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wff_ng_7 wrote:

> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> > I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> > 5¢ and did away with pennies.
>
> I'm in favor of that too, but my guess is it will never go over. People tend
> to think *each item* will be rounded to the nearest 5¢ rather than the
> *total bill* being rounded. The financial impact to the consumer would be
> minimal if the total bill was rounded, even if it were always rounded up for
> each transaction.

I confess to having a problem with businesses/cashiers who insist on full
payment to the penny but when short on pennies will round off in their favour.
I really don't much about a few pennies but fair is fair. If my coffee and
donut is $1.71 then $1.70 should be close enough, but it isn't, so when my
purchase is $1.69, I want 30 cents change, not 30 cents.

> The penny dishes are fairly common around here in small establishments, but
> I rarely use them except in the "take a penny" mode, as I tend to empty my
> pockets of pennies in particular when I come home, and I don't tend to hit
> multiple establishments using cash on one outing. Technically, I'm not the
> one doing the "take a penny" thing, it's the cashier who is doing it.

I prefer the stores who round off in my favour. Why should we count on people
dumping their loose change to make things easier and faster for the store. Let
them put their own change in the take a penny tray when they could just round it
off in your favour?

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
om:

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>> I use it and contribute to it all time.
>>
>> Anybody else familiar with this practice?
>>
>> Andy
>
> I've used it also. I think we'd be better off if everything was just
> rounded to the nearest 5¢ and did away with pennies. I like Euros for
> that reason, especially the E1 and E2 coins.


Australia's smallest coin is the nickel. I think it's an excellent idea.

Andy

Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> I prefer the stores who round off in my favour. Why should we count
> on people dumping their loose change to make things easier and faster
> for the store. Let them put their own change in the take a penny tray
> when they could just round it off in your favour?


Computerized cash registers haven't evolved to round in your favor.
Asking the store to supply the take a penny service is asking for
embezzlement, albeit a penny at a time!

The take a penny, leave a penny is a true public service. We're not talking
Ben Franklins for Heaven's sake!!!

Andy

wff_ng_7 wrote:
> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> > I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> > 5¢ and did away with pennies.
>
> I'm in favor of that too.

Yes, prices should be to the nearest nickle... pricing at 99¢ is just
stupid... in my mind that's a dollar. Pricing gasolene needs to be at
nickle intervals... pricing at say $2.83.9 is done excusively for the
pin heads who are so easily psychologically led... I mean like who came
up with this pricing gasolene to the tenth of a cent. And do away with
the stupid trashy 99¢ stores, make it an even buck. There's really no
reason for the penny anymore... nothing costs a penny anymore. In fact
I don't think anything in the US is priced less than a quarter
anymore... and even two bit items are extremely rare... right now,
other than a local call from a pay phone, I can't think of a single
thing that costs 25¢... and very soon at the rate pay phones are
disappearing there won't be any in 2-3 years.

At today's prices the gas pump dial moves so fast it's near impossible
to stop on an even dollar anymore... most times when I try to stop on
the dollar it goes over a penny so I try to stop at a couple pennies
under the dollar amount, then I make the cashier give me my few pennies
change... most times they just give me a nickle... if everyone did that
maybe they'll learn. With many gas stations where you pay first the
cashier dials in the amount that will pump, all stations should have
that system. That penny dish is such a lame bandage on an F'd up
system it offends my sensibilities... I think anyone who participates
just encourages the stupid system to perpetuate, they are lamers too.

Sheldon

Sheldon wrote:

>
>
> Yes, prices should be to the nearest nickle... pricing at 99¢ is just
> stupid... in my mind that's a dollar.

Like $99.95 instead of $100?

One thing I was impressed with in Europe was the way menu prices were rounded
off, and they included tax and service. For instance in Germany, an item on the
menu would be listed for 10DM. It was 6.95 and then have close end up closer to
9 with the tax and then over 10 after leaving the expected tip. Similarly in our
hotel in Verdun there were three different fixed price dinner menus. We could
get the 80FF, 90FF or 100FF menus, and at the end of the meal, that is what you
were charged for them.

Sheldon wrote:
> wff_ng_7 wrote:
> > "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> > > I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> > > 5¢ and did away with pennies.
> >
> > I'm in favor of that too.
>
> Yes, prices should be to the nearest nickle... pricing at 99¢ is just
> stupid... in my mind that's a dollar. Pricing gasolene needs to be at
> nickle intervals... pricing at say $2.83.9 is done excusively for the
> pin heads who are so easily psychologically led... I mean like who came
> up with this pricing gasolene to the tenth of a cent. And do away with
> the stupid trashy 99¢ stores, make it an even buck.

It's also high time the Chinese shoe manufacturers start making nickel
loafers for us!

;-)

Rusty

Andy wrote:
> 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?
>
> Andy


With my luck, I'll end up with a Canadian penny.

;-)

Rusty

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:06:17 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>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?

Yup, they're a great way to get rid of that pocket full of change! And
they've saved our skins more than once.

Carol
--

Some people are like Slinkies... they don't really have a purpose but
they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

Stolen from "traid" on the IRC

"Sheldon" > wrote in news:1145725242.892765.20840
@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

> Pricing gasolene needs to be at
> nickle intervals... pricing at say $2.83.9 is done excusively for the
> pin heads who are so easily psychologically led... I mean like who came
> up with this pricing gasolene to the tenth of a cent.

Adding to that what sucker really believes that gas pumps can accurately
account to the .001th of a gallon? It's laughable, but good stock to own!

Andy

wff_ng_7 wrote:
> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
> > I think we'd be better off if everything was just rounded to the nearest
> > 5¢ and did away with pennies.
>
> I'm in favor of that too, but my guess is it will never go over. [snip]

I think it's already going over. My practice is to say to the cashier,
"You can keep the pennies," whenever there are any due in the change.
No one ever objects, hardly any ever act even a bit surprised. So I
have the impression this is not unusual. And I am noticing more and
more often that cashiers will say something like, "That's close
enough," when I get to within pennies of finding the right change to
pay.

I've heard that it costs the government more than a penny to make a
penny and keep it in circulation. Politicians probably assume that
people would object to its elimination, and those politicians are
probably wrong. -aem

"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.



--
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is now using antacid to deal with reality
http://www.dwacon.com

"Rusty" > wrote:
> With my luck, I'll end up with a Canadian penny.

I used to be pretty good about spotting foreign coins in my change, but it's
getting harder. With all the quarter variations and the new nickel, foreign
coins are no longer instantly recognizable. I recently got a dime in my
change and didn't spot that it was from some Carribean country until later.
It had Queen Elizabeth II on it rather than a president (a dead giveaway).
Luckily the newspaper vending machine wasn't too particular about taking it
the next day.

I also got confused recently on a trip to NYC. The subway fare vending
machine gave me my card, but instead of giving me change, it gave me a bunch
of gold colored things. I initially thought what's going on, I thought they
phased out tokens... but they were the (not so) new dollar coin. I had never
seen one before in real life.

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"Dave Smith" > wrote:
> I prefer the stores who round off in my favour. Why should we count on
> people
> dumping their loose change to make things easier and faster for the store.
> Let
> them put their own change in the take a penny tray when they could just
> round it
> off in your favour?

What really annoys the cashiers in supermarkets is paying exact change.
Because I don't have slots in my pockets to separate all the different coins
like they do in the registers, it invariably takes me longer to pay exact
change than to get change back. But I was getting overwhelmed with excess
change if I didn't do that. Now I'm buying my newspapers out of a street
box, and it's going the other way. I'm using more change there than I'm
getting elsewhere... excluding pennies, of course! ;-)

--
( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# )

"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?

Andy
"Work harder, there are millions on welfare depending on you" --Unknown

"Jesus is coming, look busy!"
--Unknown

aem wrote:

> I think it's already going over. My practice is to say to the cashier,
> "You can keep the pennies," whenever there are any due in the change.

I don't ever do that in places where I know they would insist on the price to
the penny. What's fair for them is fair for me.

> I've heard that it costs the government more than a penny to make a
> penny and keep it in circulation. Politicians probably assume that
> people would object to its elimination, and those politicians are
> probably wrong. -aem

One thing that you can be sure of is that prices will rise. No more 97, 98 or
99 cents. It will be $1. Just look at the number of items you buy in the grocery
store that are priced a 1-3 cents below the next higher ten compared to those
that are a penny or two above it. For instance, a lot of things are 99cents, but
not 94 cents. They might be $1.49 but not $1.51.

DWACON wrote:

>
> > 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.

LOL I was thinking about that today when my little purchase at the fruit stand
came to $4.12 I had two toonies and was wondering if I could get away with
taking 12 pennies.

I probably could have. I had not realized how dumb the cashier in training
was. On the way out we spotted some herb plants. I grabbed some mint and some
parsley. This time the total was $4.58. I gave the girl two toonies and three
quarters. She had to ask the other girl how much change was due. Realizing
there was a problem I told them 17cents, a dime a nickel and two pennies, and
then I realized that what I had calculated instantly without figuring, the two
of them were having trouble together. My wife is not usually prone to making
catty remarks but when we got into the car she mentioned how good looking those
two girls were, and then said it was a shame they weren't hired for their
brains.

wff_ng_7 wrote:

>
> What really annoys the cashiers in supermarkets is paying exact change.
> Because I don't have slots in my pockets to separate all the different coins
> like they do in the registers, it invariably takes me longer to pay exact
> change than to get change back. But I was getting overwhelmed with excess
> change if I didn't do that. Now I'm buying my newspapers out of a street
> box, and it's going the other way. I'm using more change there than I'm
> getting elsewhere... excluding pennies, of course! ;-)

I suppose that it doesn't make any difference to the cashiers who get bills and
the machines calculate the change. It is a few more steps for them to key in the
extra change tendered. In grocery stores they have people to run change back
and forth if they run out.

We have one and dollar coins, and use them, since we no longer have the bills in
those denominations. So when you get a pocket full of change you can be
talking some real money. I am still surprised to find $12 or more in my change
purse without it even causing me to limp.

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:06:17 -0500, Andy wrote:

> 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?
>
> Andy

Do they have people take all the pennys?

Dave Smith wrote:
> aem wrote:
>
> > I think it's already going over. My practice is to say to the cashier,
> > "You can keep the pennies," whenever there are any due in the change.
>
> I don't ever do that in places where I know they would insist on the price to
> the penny. What's fair for them is fair for me.

That's not the issue for me. I just don't have any need for pennies in
my pocket.
>
> One thing that you can be sure of is that prices will rise. No more 97, 98 or
> 99 cents. It will be $1.

It's already $1 for me because I refuse the penny. It doesn't matter
to me. If it does to you, fine. -aem

On Sat 22 Apr 2006 10:56:45a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Rusty?

>
> Andy wrote:
>> 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?
>>
>> Andy
>
>
> With my luck, I'll end up with a Canadian penny.

Which works out just fine if you're in Canada. :-)


--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

On Sat 22 Apr 2006 11:15:17a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Damsel in
dis Dress?

> On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:06:17 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>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?
>
> Yup, they're a great way to get rid of that pocket full of change! And
> they've saved our skins more than once.
>
> Carol

We rarely carry cash, but when we do I usually toss any small change into
the dish. What I like even better is having those electronic change
counters in the stores where you dump in change and it gives you a voucher
that you can use at the register for purchase or redemption. We used to
accumulate large amounts of change and I refused to roll it, so I'm
willing to pay the percentage they charge for using the machine.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

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.

--
Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
_____________________

>>> 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.

Yep, this "whako" will pay with any type of money that is handy.

If I see a bunch of change laying around - who wants to roll it -- I'll pick
it up, put it in my pocket, and spend it just like it's real money.


Dee Dee

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

Andy wrote:
>
> 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


He's good.

Bob

zxcvbob > wrote in
:

> Andy wrote:
>>
>> 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
>
>
> He's good.
>
> Bob


Bob,

Perhaps, for a few more months by the looks of him.

Andy,

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message news:_Zp2g.25998
> I've used it also. I think we'd be better off if everything was just
> rounded to the nearest 5¢ and did away with pennies. I like Euros for
that
> reason, especially the E1 and E2 coins.
>

It happened here in Oz a few years ago, no more 1c and 2c coins, all cash
registers do rounding to the nearest 5c but bank and credt cards are exact.
Everybody said the sky would fall in. Didn't happen. Now we are used to it
nobody even gives it a moment of thought.

David

zxcvbob wrote:

> Andy wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
>
> He's good.
>
> Bob

Indeed. ;-)
I'd probably have given him a 20 if I had it.

I generally give panhandlers a 5 minimum. Depends on their vibes.
I'm a recieving empath so I can feel how desperate someone is.

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> 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?

Yes. I do. Its very common in the Philadelphia area.

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> "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?

You're doing those beggers no favor. A lot of them use their money to
buy cheap cigarettes or booze. If you want to help out the homeless,
donate to a soup kitchen. If you don't believe me, offer the next begger
you see the choice of buying him or her a cup of hot coffee and a donut
or to get the money directly. Guess which choice the person will make?

In article 9>,
Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We rarely carry cash, but when we do I usually toss any small change into
> the dish. What I like even better is having those electronic change
> counters in the stores where you dump in change and it gives you a voucher
> that you can use at the register for purchase or redemption. We used to
> accumulate large amounts of change and I refused to roll it, so I'm
> willing to pay the percentage they charge for using the machine.

I accumulate large amounts of coins too. Every night when I get home, I
dump my pocket change into a plastic container that I got from a casino
several years ago. This sometimes includes dollar coins that I get from
stamp machines and PATCO change machines. PATCO is the public rail
system that I sometimes use to commute between my home in Southern New
Jersey and Philadelphia.

Every few months, I deposit my change into a savings account at Commerce
Bank where they all have a free coin counting machine. I refuse to pay
to use an in-store coin counting machine. If Commerce Bank and its free
coin counting service was not available, I would simply spend my pocket
change and not accumulate enough to warrant paying someone else to count
it for me.

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in
om:

>
> "Andy" <q> wrote in message
>> I use it and contribute to it all time.
>>
>> Anybody else familiar with this practice?
>>
>> Andy
>
> I've used it also. I think we'd be better off if everything was just
> rounded to the nearest 5¢ and did away with pennies. I like Euros for
> that reason, especially the E1 and E2 coins.
>
>

We did away with one and two cent coins some years ago. The stores still
charge prices like $1.49, $3.99, $2.48 etc. When you get to the register
at the supermarket they round up or down if you are paying cash - if the
total ends in 1 or 2 cents they round down to the 0, if it ends in 3 or 4
they round to the next 5, if it ends in 6 or 7 they round down to the 5,
if it ends in 8 or 9 they round to the next 0. For example, $20.58 you
pay $20.60. $20.52 you pay $20.50, $20.53 you pay $20.55.

If you're paying by EFTPOS you are charged to the exact cent.

--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Stan Horwitz > wrote in
:

> You're doing those beggers no favor. A lot of them use their money
> to buy cheap cigarettes or booze.

And you want to control people vices, do you? Micromanage much?

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara

Stan Horwitz wrote:

> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>
>>"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?
>
>
> You're doing those beggers no favor. A lot of them use their money to
> buy cheap cigarettes or booze. If you want to help out the homeless,
> donate to a soup kitchen. If you don't believe me, offer the next begger
> you see the choice of buying him or her a cup of hot coffee and a donut
> or to get the money directly. Guess which choice the person will make?

Oh I dunno... I once saw a beggar holding a sign that said "dreaming of
a hamburger". I went to the McDonalds in the back of the Wal-mart and
bought a burger, fries and coke and gave those to him. The change (about
$3.00) was also in the bag. He seemed happy and was not there 15 minutes
later.

$3.00 might buy ciggies, but it won't buy booze.

Trust your feelings. If I get no "reading" from a panhandler, I won't
give them any money. If I feel real sadness/desperation from them, I'll
give them at least $5.00. More if I can afford it.


Om

"OmManiPadmiOmelet" > wrote in message
...
>
> $3.00 might buy ciggies, but it won't buy booze.
>
> Om
>

You haven't shopped the swill section of the liquor store. When I worked in
a liquor store you could buy a whole fifth of Thunderbird for 1.10. I'm
sure it's gone up some since then but I'll bet it's still under 3.00

Ms P

ms_peacock wrote:

> "OmManiPadmiOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>$3.00 might buy ciggies, but it won't buy booze.
>>
>>Om
>>
>
>
> You haven't shopped the swill section of the liquor store. When I worked in
> a liquor store you could buy a whole fifth of Thunderbird for 1.10. I'm
> sure it's gone up some since then but I'll bet it's still under 3.00
>
> Ms P
>
>

<shudder> Ok, I'll grant that.
I'd just never stoop to T-bird..... ;-p