Found twelve cents at the checkout
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52140)
Staten Island, New York
June 18, 2021 1:04pm CST
I was at the supermarket last week and when I was checking out in the self-checkout register I saw 12 cents in the coin dispenser. One of the previous customers probably forgot to take the change. I decided to take it.
I told hubby about it and he was surprised I took it. He told me he saw some coins at another store we were at when he was checking out and he didn't take it. Why not? You are not actually stealing it from someone. It's just there laying around like coins you find on the ground.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jun 21
It's not stealing and there is nothing wrong in picking up.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Jun 21
That's what I think. Now if I saw someone drop the change I might tell them or give it back to them.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jun 21
@lovebuglena Actually there was no one to claim it. If it was not you someone else would have picked it up.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Jun 21
@arunima25 I think so too.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun 21
Some see it as steeling when it's really not. I'm not sure.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Jun 21
If I wouldn't have taken it someone else would have probably done that.
@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
21 Jun 21
@lovebuglena absolutely that's what I said.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Jun 21
Yep. If I would have hesitated and not taken them someone else definitely would have taken them.
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@DaddyEvil (174260)
• United States
18 Jun 21
Pretty's been picking up change we find as we do our morning walks. It's weird how people throw out pennies, nickels and dimes along the street.
@DaddyEvil (174260)
• United States
19 Jun 21
@lovebuglena I've seen people leaving Walmart deliberately throw the change on the ground as they're leaving. I asked one guy why he did that and he said there's nothing you can buy with change. (He told me I could go pick it up if I wanted it. I laughed and walked away.)
@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Jun 21
I've been wondering this... do they accidentally drop them and not hear it or do they do it on purpose? If it's the latter, I don't get why someone would throw out change as it's money.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Jun 21
@DaddyEvil 
I wonder if that guy was rich. And to say "there's nothing you can buy with change" is dumb. Change adds up and turns to dollars. And there is stuff you can buy with change. Like say a banana.
I wonder if that guy was rich. And to say "there's nothing you can buy with change" is dumb. Change adds up and turns to dollars. And there is stuff you can buy with change. Like say a banana.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
19 Jun 21
It's like finding a quarter in the pay phone slot...or is that before your time? I would have taken it too.
@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Jun 21
I know the payphone thing. 
I've found a quarter or two there on more than one occasion. I think I even found a quarter in a parking meter thing once or twice. And back in the day when slots used to spit out real coins I sometimes found a few laying around.
I've found a quarter or two there on more than one occasion. I think I even found a quarter in a parking meter thing once or twice. And back in the day when slots used to spit out real coins I sometimes found a few laying around.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
22 Jun 21
I often find a few pennies, but the other day I found a bunch of quarters in the gully
@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
22 Jun 21
That's awesome. I once found three quarters on a bench at the train station by my house. Weird thing was they were neatly stacked.
@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Jun 21
Put it with all the other change I have at home and then deposit it into the bank when I have a certain amount.
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