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Originally posted by richierich931
Originally posted by fooks
nice and rolled and with a smile, should have been the transaction.
That would have defeated the purpose of his gesture if they were already counted and he was polite. So he should have strewn the pennies about with a smile then?
I'm guessing he was probably (duh) trying to show his discontent, not just wanting to get rid of some pennies...
nice and rolled with smile would have started with bent over and ready to go...
Originally posted by Greenize
What the crap!
I work in the banking industry, pennies are money! If someone comes to my window with 20000 or whatever in rolled pennies, I have to take it... it is legal tender! This truly is stupid!
Money is money... on a side note, there was girl in the county several years ago named Penny, her parents saved pennies for her and when she got old enough she saved them herself until she had saved 1 million pennies! They then brought the pennies by wheelbarrow to the local car lot and she bought a car with said pennies... nobody friggin' called 911 on her!
Originally posted by theRhenn
You're being missled by the media again. It's not because he paid with pennies...
"Campbell says the incident upset staff because pennies were strewn about the counter and floor, and West's action served "no legitimate purpose.""
He was an ass and slammed pennies on the counter, tossed them on the floor and demanded they count them.
The media has a way of leading you to see the wrong side of reports for their own purpose.. They know their catchy title will make you read them with sympathy for the old guy when it was just him really being a jerk.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
Sure he was rude about it and probably made a huge scene dumping all those pennies on the ground, but calling the cops over that just shows how weak and pathetic people are becoming.
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by jaydeePNW
I had no idea that people pay their medical bills in the same room that people who are near the brink of death are waiting in to see a doctor, thanks for clearing that up for me.
Originally posted by Partygirl
Yay Utah! My home state...
This story illustrates the madness of modern economy and politics. For the obvious reasons already pointed out, but also, check it: the price of the actual metal making up a penny today is worth more than a penny itself. Yet at the same time, its illegal to melt a penny down into its metal. Yet at the same time, it seems like the government doesn't want pennies.
So let me get this straight: We have a government creating a penny with lower face value than it is actually worth. So you think rationally they'd want to collect as many pennies as possible and maybe melt them themselves. In fact, maybe its time to take pennies out of circulation anyway. But that issue aside, we got pennies worth more than a penny...but the government won't take them, making them actually worth less than a penny?
That's all kinds of messed up.
edit on 6-6-2011 by Partygirl because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TupacShakur
reply to post by jaydeePNW
Yeah I guess you're right, I just liked the idea of him sticking it to the man like that.
Originally posted by SonicInfinity
People really need to read this part:
West dumped 2,500 pennies on the counter and demanded that staff count them.
Campbell says the incident upset staff because pennies were strewn about the counter and floor...
What people need to stop overlooking is not what it was paid in, but how. You don't just dump your change on the counter to the point where pennies are rolling on the ground. It's getting irritating how the mindset on ATS has become "it's always the government/big pharma's fault" when there are actually times (albeit rare) that the person in question is the stupid one.