Would you pick up 5c off the street?

Generic Dreadhead

Basically this occurred to me the other day that different people will have different cut offs coin wise for what they would bother picking up off the street. Like for me it would have to be at least 20c but one person I asked said a Euro would be the smallest amount they'd bother picking up. They looked at me like I was filthy peasant for suggesting to pick up 20c. Same way I'd probably look at someone who said they would pick up 1c. Anyway.

Whats the smallest denomination of euro coins you would pick up off the street?

indigo twist

50c

Mech1

Depends on how many of them there are I suppose.

Big pile of 20's im in there.

Stheno

Where's all this money on the street?

The Backwards Man

No cut off for me. I be all delighted with myself if I find a 1c coin. It still surprises me how little value people place on money, sure, they complain about taxes and charges, but when it comes down to being frugal, careful, and generally not wasting it on crap, they are fcuking brutal.

Un Croissant

I wouldn't bend my knee for less than a wad of 50s.

cloud493

I never pick up money on the street, if I want to or its a large amount like a fiver or so.

Don't want people thinking I'm a povvo :cool:

Kenjataimu

Pick it up and spit on it for good luck :pac:

indigo twist

The Backwards Man wrote: »

No cut off for me. I be all delighted with myself if I find a 1c coin. It still surprises me how little value people place on money, sure, they complain about taxes and charges, but when it comes down to being frugal, careful, and generally not wasting it on crap, they are fcuking brutal.

Ah but it depends. I live in Dublin, there are homeless people everywhere. I couldn't justify bending over to pick up a 1c or 2c or 5c coin, because I have a steady income and it's not going to mean that much to me - not as much as it would mean to someone else.

I mean, I wouldn't dump coppers in the bin, or leave them behind as change in supermarkets (as I often see people doing.) But, if I saw coppers on the street, I wouldn't feel the need to take them for myself. I can manage without them.

On the other hand, if I saw 50c or €1 or €2, I'd feel OK about picking it up, because if I don't, someone else will very soon - and chances are it'll more likely be someone like me, rather than someone who really really needs it.

Gongoozler

Not a chance. If there was no mud, or visible dirt on or around it I would probably go for a euro. No less.

auldgranny

I wouldn't pick a 5c off my bedroom floor much less the street.

Micky Dolenz

No way.

I'd tell my personal assistant to pick it up for me.

MileyReilly

No

efb

I saw €2 on the street coming back from a night out- I put in a charity box

Talib Fiasco

A euro or two euro is all I'd pick up. I've seen people pick up copper coins and putting them in the bin :pac:

gramar

If the coin on the ground isn't worth picking up then take one out of your pocket and lob it down beside it. Dilemma solved.

DesperateDan

Wow look at all the 1-centers, you crazy cheap b*stards :pac:

There isn't a thing on this island you can buy for 1c, it's a totally unnecessary denomination and getting rid of it all together would most likely save the country a lot of money.

John Green on the US penny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77C47XYm_3c

shuffles88

Free money is free money, I remember once I picked up about €5 worth of coins in 2 weeks back when I was in school. Ah, the Celtic Tiger when lads would lob 20c coins at each other instead of wads of paper :rolleyes:

Rucking_Fetard

Bill Gates only bends the knee if he sees $30,000.

Fudge You

auldgranny wrote: »

I wouldn't pick a 5c off my bedroom floor much less the street.

I hate people with your attitude.

tim3000

Id pick up a 1c piece if I was walking on my own. I probably wouldn't spend the effort for less than 10 if I was with people. All my spare change goes into a jar which is counted every so often. It all adds up you would be very surprised.

JustAddWater

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Bill Gates only bends the knee if he sees $30,000.

That's some coin

auldgranny

Fudge You wrote: »

I hate people with your attitude.

I won't sleep tonight with the upset of that.

Fudge You

auldgranny wrote: »

I won't sleep tonight with the upset of that.

Hate you.

Shenshen

DesperateDan wrote: »

Wow look at all the 1-centers, you crazy cheap b*stards :pac:

There isn't a thing on this island you can buy for 1c, it's a totally unnecessary denomination and getting rid of it all together would most likely save the country a lot of money.

John Green on the US penny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77C47XYm_3c

That said, I was in town a while back looking to buy something. It turned out I was 5c short off the price, and I didn't have my card with me.

I thought about driving back home, getting the 5c and driving back and figured it was stupid. I walked around for a few minutes down the main street and found a total of 10c. Well enough to pay for what I wanted to buy.

No, 1c will not buy you much. But it does add up.

auldgranny

Fudge You wrote: »

Hate you.

I think you need to calm down. Hating an attitude is one thing but hating a person based on a flippant post on a not-to-serious thread seems OTT to me.

SkyBlueClouds

Yes, i'd pick up coppers off the street.

I often save them, keep them aside and then bring them to the supermarket with me for when i'm buying something specific - lob them all into the self service machine and pay the remainder of the balance using the debit card. Handy way to get rid of them.

Turtyturd

I remember being stuck in my grannies bored for what seemed like an eternity when one of my cousins glued 50p to the path outside. Almost everyone passing by tried to pick it up and their attempts relieved the boredom.

Similarly when I was a teenager I worked in a bar and we had a 10 pound note which was ripped in half, which we'd leave half sticking out from under the payphone. Was funny to see people looking around to see who was watching and trying to sneak it into their pocket before realising what it was.

PizzamanIRL

If you pick up 100 1c coins, guess what you have? A euro and probably Ebola too. Moral of this quite short story is, it all adds up.

YellowFeather

Cormac... wrote: »

They looked at me like I was filthy peasant for suggesting to pick up 20c.

That made me laugh for some reason.

Probably a fiver. But I'd never notice it anyway as I tend to be totally oblivious of my surroundings.

gramar

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Bill Gates only bends the knee if he sees $30,000.

Does he ask for its hand in marriage?

Last_Minute

How do these coins get on the ground in the first place is the question?

I don't even wait for my change if it less than 5c, thats when someone is literally handing it to you. Forget picking something up off the dirty ground. Plebs.

bnagrrl

Yes I would pick up coins, copper and all.

Last year I saved all my change in two big jars. When I counted it up I had over €1000. Those pennies add up, people!

Summer wind

I'd pick up any coin. As they say every little helps:)

Kichote

I believe it to be bad luck to leave the poor 1 and 2c coins lying there to be trampled on

Tail Docker

Walking past money, even 1c, is bad luck. I pick em up, spit on them and throw them at homeless people. The look on their faces when they ping off their foreheads is priceless.











I don't, I put em in my pocket..walking past money is bad luck - treasure the little gifts, the biggies follow...

If you believe walking past coppers will have somehow have an impact on other parts your life, you are delusion

Lalealea

Find a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck! :-) That was the rhyme on my little saving coin box when I was little!

1 cent !

Sweet Rose

Lalealea wrote: »

Find a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck! :-) That was the rhyme on my little saving coin box when I was little!

1 cent !

Lol, I was just about to post that. My Granny used to say it to us all the time.

5 cent and 5 cent makes 10 cent etc etc. It's all money at the end of the day. Waste not, want not.

lopesc

3.50.

Tail Docker

lopesc wrote: »

3.50.

Do you pick it up to count and make sure, then throw away if less, or have you developed a gimlet eye for counting loose change?

The_Valeyard

I'd I've to check with my monacle first.

Areyouwell

indigo twist wrote: »

Would you pick up 5c off the street?

Feck no.




That's the manservant's job.

longhalloween

Sweet Rose wrote: »

Lol, I was just about to post that. My Granny used to say it to us all the time.

5 cent and 5 cent makes 10 cent etc etc. It's all money at the end of the day. Waste not, want not.

Pennies make the pound.

Paco Rodriguez

I never pick up money...not even notes. I consider it bad luck to spend money that someone who earned it lost.

moc moc a moc

Last_Minute wrote: »

How do these coins get on the ground in the first place is the question?

I throw fistfuls of them around on my day off. I like to bring a little joy to the underclasses!

Rucking_Fetard wrote: »

Bill Gates only bends the knee if he sees $30,000.

To be fair, Bill Gates makes $29,000 in the time it takes him to bend a knee, so the net profit is only $1k. Hardly seems worth it.

Enright

find a penny, pick it up, and all day it will bring you luck

Heisenberg88

Depends, if its coppers I usually pick up a nurse.

BarryD

Lalealea wrote: »

Find a penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck! :-) That was the rhyme on my little saving coin box when I was little!

1 cent !

How does the rest of it go?

'See a penny, leave it down and all that day you'll wear a frown'

Something like that anyway

Jagdtiger

I picked up a farthing from 1806 once. So to answer your question, I would pick up money of absolutely no monetary value what so ever...