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People watching, Entertainment for the cost of a Quarter

Dancer

Well-known member
Wife and I check things out while sitting having a ice cream or my favorite beer. Especially on a outside table near a sidewalk. Once in a while I'll drop a Quarter that I've rescued from the Deeps somewhere. So the quarter's laying in plain sight, here come a gang walking along texting. No way they see anything around them. Sometimes youngsters skipping along will snag it up. Sharp eyed mothers are pretty good at spotting them. You can tell when someone spots the coin but is too embarrassed to pick it up. Our favorite was the guy around 50, well dressed, seen it and walked by. Turns out he knows change adds up and came back. So he stoops as if to tie his shoe and palms the Quarter. That ones hard to beat. Anyway that coin was retrieved from the Florida Gulf, and is now traveling along to who knows where.
 
I am an old retired type and I will snatch up a coin if and when I spot it. My last job the break room had pennies all over the place. They Youngsters were not interested in them. A Mature lady put an empty two liter coke bottle in the break room with half dozen pennies in it. When the kids filled it up with their unwanted pennies she took the pennies to the coin counting machine and cashed them in. She then put the green money from the worthless pennies in her pocket.
 
I'm superstitious and only pick up coins that are heads up, an old boss of mine was shot in the back picking up a penny face down. Probably had more to do with the neighborhood he was in LOL
 
Sounds like an interesting afternoon, even though being in public anywhere where I could watch people would be nice these days. Safely anyway.
 
Reminded me of a neighborhood where I walked to get in my miles. One day I noticed that there were three quarters on the side walk and four boys watching me carefully. I just scuffed my foot over the coins and kept walking as they had glued the quarters to the sidewalk. I think they were disappointed that I did try to pick them up.
 
I went into a Indian Casino around Sacramento Ca. I seen a couple of coins on the ground and stopped to pick them up. One of the Security in the Casino came over and told me that any money that is laying on the ground is the Casinos. That if I picked it up I could be escorted off the property and told not to come back for a while or Arrested for theft.
I told him that I had dropped some of change and wanted it back. He told me that they would review it on the tape.
 
I went into a Indian Casino around Sacramento Ca. I seen a couple of coins on the ground and stopped to pick them up. One of the Security in the Casino came over and told me that any money that is laying on the ground is the Casinos. That if I picked it up I could be escorted off the property and told not to come back for a while or Arrested for theft.
I told him that I had dropped some of change and wanted it back. He told me that they would review it on the tape.
That almost sounded like "Render unto Ceasar which is Ceasar's".
 
I went into a Walmart the other day ,, was at the checkout line,, saw a girl at the coin cashing machine,, thought I'd go by it on the way out and see of it had any goodies in the reject slot. I got to the machine,, trying to act inconspicuous,, set my bags down,, scratched my leg while readjusting my bags ,, looking around in the process ,, glanced in the reject slot ,, seen about 6 coins in the slot , and a dime on the floor. Also saw about 3 or 4 employees watching me ,, I felt like a crook with all them eyes on me. So I picked up my bags , and walked out ,, leaving my riches behind. I even saw a dime on the floor on the way out the door ,, and I didnt even touch it. Am I to honest ,, or an idiot ???
 
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