Do you pick up pennies?

@oscar6 (1938)
United States
September 21, 2010 2:08am CST
Mylotters, Many people when they see pennies lying on the street do not pick them up. However I always pick them up since 99 more would be a dollar. Do you pick pennies up off the ground? If you do why do you do it? Some people also do it because they think it will bring them luck. What do you do with the spare change that you find?
12 responses
• India
21 Sep 10
yes i definitely pick up the pennies and store it in box after collection of quite amount i give it to the person who needed it more. i have done this twice.
@nicregi (1934)
• Malaysia
22 Sep 10
Nice idea. I think I should do that too :) Can show off when I am old..hehe
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
21 Sep 10
of course,i do. but i find most people around our village don't do. i don't know.maybe they are rich enough that they don't like picking those pennies around,and i think they do have a thinking that those pennies nowadays have no worth anymore. but i still do,pick them up,even in my head i know if someone sees me do,they'd think i'm really poor.who cares,it's still money,and without it we can't make a dollar or a peso in our country.
@alphenor (686)
• Philippines
22 Sep 10
I think your neighbors are just ashamed to pick up things of very small value. But then again, everything big starts from something small, so let's just do what is right and give value to the basic unit of local money. :)
• Poland
22 Sep 10
When I was a child if I was out walking with my parents and they saw money on the ground they would always pick it up and sing a little rhyme. "See a penny pick it up, all day have good luck." This has stayed with me ever since and I always pick up coins if I find them as I believe it is a sign of good luck.
22 Sep 10
I agree with you. every penny is one hudredth of a pound and once i get a hundred they go in a little bank bag and get taken to the bank. of course there's also that old superstition, but that is certainly not the main reason why i pick up the money. I have so many friends who just throw away their pennies and two pennies and i always pick them up, it's become something of an inside joke between us :P Birdie -
• United States
23 Sep 10
I always pick up pennies if I see them because they're still money and a little bit of money can add up if you keep getting them.
• Canada
22 Sep 10
Since my husband and I trying so hard to put a little money away for out daughter's future, and not live paycheque to paycheque, I am obsessed with saving every little bit of money I can. I order and cut coupons, and I pick up every piece of change I see on the ground to add to the change jar. It doesn't seem like much, but when you roll up your change after a few months of collecting and saving instead of spending change on small things like candy, you can maybe take $100 to the bank! So it's worth it, for me.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
21 Sep 10
Yes, sure, why not? I don't really find them so often though...
@tkonlinevn (6447)
• Vietnam
21 Sep 10
I will do it. why not? Money is important and useful for us even they're little.
@nicregi (1934)
• Malaysia
22 Sep 10
Definitely! It's a chinese belief that if you see money, you gotto pick it up for good luck. Anyway, money is still money right? Haha
• United States
22 Sep 10
sometimes i do sometimes i don't
• Bulgaria
22 Sep 10
Always when i see them.They bring into being luck to me.
@Peykat (119)
• Philippines
21 Sep 10
I do pick pennies whenever I see one, because you'll never know when you need one, and beside it is still consider as money. And sometimes when I saw a penny and then saw a beggar I always gave them, because I know that a penny is already dollar for them and like you said it only 99 more before it will become a dollar.