By Anonymous - 20/10/2018 13:30

Today, my first day at my new job, a guy decided to pay all his parking fines in one go. All £2300 of them. Yes, he did decide to pay it in pennies. Wheelbarrows and buckets full of pennies. That's 230,000 pennies. Guess whose job it was to count them. FML
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skippydoda 32
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Some places have actually said they won't take change. You can only pay in dollars. Perhaps suggest that to your boss.

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Mathalamus 24

That sounds like a funny prank... not for you, of course.

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BurnInDemonFire 33
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There should be a fine for assholes who pay their fines with pocket change.

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sunshineandroses 9
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In the US the have been cases where the asshole was charged for the man hours it took to count it.

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Marissa Pendragon 1
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Pennies stop being legal tender after 20p.

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Mathalamus 24

That sounds like a funny prank... not for you, of course.

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skippydoda 32
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Some places have actually said they won't take change. You can only pay in dollars. Perhaps suggest that to your boss.

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swash984 22
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In the u.s. they’d be forced to take the payment as it’s to pay off a debt.

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Redgy22 26

not true

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Glowworm56 26
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Who the heck does he think he is? Scrooge McDuck?

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onceuponatime456 16

I refuse to believe this one! There are machines for counting coins and there is no way any municipal office would accept such a payment! Nice try, though!

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VisioningGoblin 4

There are videos online of stuff like this happening, check YouTube by searching "Paying fine in pennies" and just look at all the pricks that show up

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RichardPencil 30
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Sounds like a great job -- it's one that can never be outsourced to a foreign country or done by robots. Coinstar? Yes, I've heard of Coinstar. Oooooohhh. Sorry, robot.

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Quasita 26
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They wouldn't use a thing like Coinstar for this though, because Coinstar takes 10 cents on the dollar. However, a typical bank has a change counter. They aren't that hard to come by, you can get them for your house even. Counts and rolls coins for you.

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Dodge4x4Ram 46

Get a bucket, count 100 coins one time & measure the weight. you'll maximize the time.

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Jodiju 4
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If you averaged counting two per second it would still take you nearly 32 hours to count 230,000 pennies. I am dubious.

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Suzi_d16 27
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According to the U.K. coinage act, you do not have to accept more than 20p in 1p or 2p coins if it does not suit you. I researched this specifically so I could use it against customers who came in with bags and bags of them to pay for their groceries.

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