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Pet Peeves v. u mad?

This is not a pet peeve of mine, in fact it's something I do almost everyday, but I'm curious if this is pet peeve of anyone's, or maybe not a peeve but if this just especially bothers anyone. I ask because a friend of mine recently yelled at me for doing this, and several other people I know also seem to think I shouldn't do this. I'm talking of course about pennies! I find them to be absolutely worthless. Whenever I am at a store/gas station/etc and I receieve change from the cashier, I immediately sort through it and put the silver in my pocket and toss the pennies on the ground outside after I exit, or if I'm still walking around in the store, I leave the penny/pennies on a shelf somewhere. I don't go so far as to toss them on the ground inside of any store as it creates a hazard (albeit minor) and generally makes too much noise. (People turn their heads when they hear change fall lol) Of course if the store/gas station(obviously much more common with gas stations) has one of the take a penny, leave a penny trays, I'll gladly toss them in their instead.

Only if I'm with another person do I even consider doing something else. That something else is to offer them the pennies to be polite. If they say no, then I toss them. (Believe it or not, I can't count the number of times I've been walking with someone and they said to me "hey man I would've taken those off your hands" or something similar. This is why I now offer them.)

Does this bother anyone here? If so I'm sorry, but I'm certianly not going to stop. As I said, pennies are simply not worth carrying around in my pocket.
 
^ that's disgusting and I find bordering on obscene.

I admit I've vacuumed up the odd penny out of laziness, or not picked one up I've accidentally dropped but very rarely.

You should go and spend some time with people who have nothing and learn the value of money.

What do you think money consists of, if not lots of pennies?

Take your pennies home, save them in a jar, cash them in and give them to a charity.

edit - but does suggest maybe the time has come where pennies are obsolete and should be phased out. We used to have a tiny half penny in the UK till 1984.
 
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Wow I definitely wasn't expecting that kind of response. While you're certainly entitled to your opinion I feel you're being a bit harsh. Obscene? Come now :\

give them to a charity
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Am I not doing some small form of this? Sure, I don't donate them to an actual "charity" per se, but as I said if I have the opportunity I will gladly put them in the take a penny tray, or give them to a friend. And certainly the ones I throw on the ground are eventually picked up by someone, no?
I am not equating this with donating to an actual legitimate charity however, I'm just saying. Am I grasping at a bit of a straw here? Perhaps, but surely some of those pennies go to good use?

Also, regading the other part of your post. While I've never been poor, I've also never had it made, and definitely have to work for the money I earn. I do realize how my post comes off though, so I am not upset or anything. But I wanted to be as straight forward as possible and not sugar coat it. I really don't think pennies are worth shit. Sorry but that's how I feel.
 
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^ The difference between giving them to a charity and throwing them on the ground is you're forcing people to make a decision that they need those pennies off the ground. In a way, you are subjecting them to stoop down to ground level to pick up a few pennies.

Moreover, I think it's similar to throwing trash on the ground. What a waste if no one picks them up! And, like trash, not many people WILL pick up pennies anymore. So you're throwing them on the ground and it's making our earth more dirty and cluttered.
 
delta_9 said:
Wow I definitely wasn't expecting that kind of response. While you're certainly entitled to your opinion I feel you're being a bit harsh. Obscene? Come now :\
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when you consider what some people have to do to earn the same amount of money that you throw on the floor like it was trash each month/year yes, I do find it obscene

ob·scene/əbˈsēn/
Adjective:
Offensive to moral principles; repugnant.


delta_9 said:
Also, regading the other part of your post. While I've never been poor, I've also never had it made, and definitely have to work for the money I earn.
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I respect your work ethic but it's not the same as spending time with people who have literally nothing. Yes you know the value of your money to you, but not in the bigger picture. It's like if you spend time somewhere where water is not freely available, you soon learn to stop leaving the water running while you brush your teeth.
 
When I'm reading a book and people assume I'm doing nothing and they try to have a conversation with me. Makes me want to scream.
 
badandwicked said:
when you consider what some people have to do to earn the same amount of money that you throw on the floor like it was trash each month/year yes, I do find it obscene

ob·scene/əbˈsēn/
Adjective:
Offensive to moral principles; repugnant.




I respect your work ethic but it's not the same as spending time with people who have literally nothing. Yes you know the value of your money to you, but not in the bigger picture. It's like if you spend time somewhere where water is not freely available, you soon learn to stop leaving the water running while you brush your teeth.
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oh get off your high horse dude. The world governments waste more pennies in a second than we could in a lifetime.

and its not like I was going to donate them to charity anyway. Unless you consider my cup holder a charity.

and Africa has resources, theyre just too busy killing each other to realize if they formed a Union they could actually become players in the global economy.
 
ok so lets say I dont throw them out. They would just sit in my cup holder until I moved them to my coin jar until I cashed the coin jar.

How does that change anything?
 
Around here they got rid of the 1 and 2 cents when it cost more to produce them than what they were actually worth. Now the lowest denomination is the 5c and even those piss me off. I am just not a fan of coins. The $1 and $2 just take up space in my pocket and I tend to have a large "blow jar"* or my car ashtray to store them in.

I refuse to get a coin purse.

* It is a large glass spaghetti jar that when full pays for more than a few grams of charlie
 
pet peeve - people who go to work when they're sick, spreading their disease to all and sunder. Note to arseholes - you're not that fucking important and the sky won't fall if you're not there.
 
I have a piggy bank (a green ceramic pig, it's very cute) I put all our spare change in. Every 4-5 months we take it to a bank which has one of those machines which counts coins and get $300 or so bucks out of it. It's actually a great way to save a bit of money.

I always leave change in our car but have had it stolen before so leave it to a minimum.
 
We too have a change container - it's a Chupa Chups paint tin :). We generally keep it for holidays and forms part of our spending money. My husband also collects special $1, $2 and 50c pieces for his dad who then pays him for them.
 
spork said:
When I'm reading a book and people assume I'm doing nothing and they try to have a conversation with me. Makes me want to scream.
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that drives me crazy. people do that to me all the time when i am reading at the beach.

my pet peeve is fireworks. i don't mind actual firework displays. or even individuals lighting fireworks off on the fourth AT NIGHT. by why in the world do you need to start lighting fireworks at 7am??

a similar annoyance is my neighbor's desire to display his massive fucking flag on the roof. he has been climbing around making a racket for the last hour.

i really don't like independence day.
 
When people (mainly guys) walking along the sidewalk turn their heads and spit or "hock up a loogie" (a term that I hate).What the fuck is wrong with these people? I've been literally 2 steps behind these types on a crowded sidewalk and have almost been hit.Seriously disgusting.

Oh and randoms on facebook going through and "liking" practically every photo I have,resulting in 50 or more notifications when I next log in.
 
some of these people are friends of mine

but i really hate being around anyone who loses control over their emotions

specially over, from my point of view, pretty minor shit
 
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