Do you see a penny and pick it up?

Yes I pick up pennies whenever I see them. It might not be big but if they are accumulated, it can be helpful to someone in need! A happy day to you!

Oh I pick up those pennies. My kids probably don't even though when they were little, it was a big deal. My change goes right into a little jar and then to the grocery store to the change exchange machines. Of course, using those machines loses a little bit of my money for costs, so maybe the pennies I pick up pay for the transaction. And of course, I'd feel a little twinge of supersitition if I walked right by that little coin on the ground.

Always stoop for coins. If I were to add up all the coins I've found in 2007, it adds up to around $40. Free money is free money, and if I'm on here posting for pennies, why wouldn't I go for free money right in front of me?

i always pick up a penny if i see it laying in the street or sidewalk. i once got a bunch of dirty looks because i stopped in the middle of the road to pick one up!

Depends on how dirty it is.. I do collect change here and there and let our little one put in her piggy bank. We are trying to teach her about responsibility and the value of money early. It does drive me completely insane to walk past a fountain and see ALL the change laying there at the bottom of the water doing nothing. Not earning interest, not being used to stimulate the economy. And really do you think a penny in a fountain is going to make your wishes come true???

I will only pick up a penny if it's heads up as I believe in good luck/bad luck. If a penny is heads up it will bring you good luck. If it's tails up it will bring you bad luck. That's what my parents always taught me and I have done the same with my children. At times they will even find change roaming around the vehicle and say Mom can I keep this. I tell them yes. Makes it interesting and keeps them busy whenever we go somewhere.

I use to do that w/ my great-grandmother when I was a little girl. I didn't do it much after growing up until just recently. My Great-grandmother just passed away in the summer, so now I find myself picking up more pennies all the time. You know, there have been instances when people have found pennies that were worth more than a penny. Old coins have value. Now, if i drop a penny, I'll leave it for someone else to find. My kids light up when they find pennies, so I know that my dropped penny will make another kids day, too. i'm funny like that. And, I'm not really superstitious, but if i see the tail, i have to turn it over and walk away. not all the time, but I can be like that sometimes. i guess i'm more wierd than funny. lol.

We no longer use one or two cent pieces. However, people tend to throw away handfuls of five cent pieces. I picked up 65 cents one time. It's getting much harder for me to pick them up as well with my bad knees, sore back and extra weight but I just can't leave them there. People don't have the respect for money they should. Remember the old adage...If you look after your pennies, the pounds take care of themselves...so, ok, that was pre decimal but it stuck with me and it's very true. I've always been careful with money.

I sure do! Pennies add up! I have six in my pocket right now..two of which I found cleaning my kids room.

I pick up any form of change. Yes, even pennies. As long as the object has monetary value of some sort, I will pick it up, no matter what. One time I spotted a penny in the middle of the road, but I was not going to go until I picked up that penny. So I waited almost five minutes for all of the cars to go, then I proceeded to pick it up and added it up to my penny collection. My penny collection comes in handy at the end of the year when I exchange it for gift cards at Coinstar. -Feel Free to Disagree!

I feel nothing wrong in picking up a penny when you saw it. Here also some people say it is a symbol of fortune. What I usally do is I will drop that in temple collection box OR give it to a begger on the toad side.

No i do't. I say to my daughter"see a penny pick it up." She picks it up. It'll go in her bank. Then hand sanitizer that I keep in my purse goes on her hands. lol

I used to when I was younger. But, these days, I don't carry a lot of cash around. I tend to use my debit/visa card more than anything else. Plus, knowing what is on money now, I just have a really hard time handling cash. People are filthy...not all...but most. The disgusting stuff that is on money weirds me out. I really only have cash after a birthday or Christmas. Usually the first few months of the year following Christmas as my Bday was just last Friday. But, once that cash is spent (usually for Starbucks coffe), I don't carry cash and picking up a coin from the ground is just more cash I don't want to touch or carry! I am a little tiny bit of germaphobe. Sort of a new thing for me this year because I get sick so easily that, I just don't want to take anymore chances than I already am taking by being out in public. Nevermind the feces that ends up on money because some people don't wash their hands after using the bathroom. Ugh! I am nauseated just thinking about it! Thanks a lot for making me sick to my stomach with your discussion topic! LOL! Just kidding!

My five year old is always finding pennies...i tell him it is good luck and he's always looking...

I still pick up every penny I find. Not only for the good luck, but for the extra penny. You never know when you will need it. I have been down to almost only a penny (not quite) so I still like to pick it up. It is amazing, to me though, the number of people I see who do not do it.

If the place where the penny is seen is spacious, or I just feel like it, I'd pick it up, dust it off a bit, and then put it in my pocket. I've picked so much quarters though so I guess my coin purse it already bulging with it everytime I put coins in them. It does get heavy though but, it feels kind'a nice to have that much weight in terms of money, even though the denominations are quite little ^_^;

I pick up what ever change/money I find. I think that it helps me collect change for what I need that money for. And even though it is one penny they end up adding up.

If it is one buck or more, I will pick it up. I remember when I was a kid, I used to pick up every penny on the road. Maybe I changed a lot too.

Heck yes! Sure, I believe in the whole "penny saved, penny earned" deal, but really I'll just stoop for anything shiny. I've been called a crow.

Sometimes. It depends, if it is "heads up" and I am not in a hurry already and the penny in question is not gross looking!