Penny Snobs

Of all the currencies around, the penny & 2pence are the most villified by the consumer within the UK. (There is the Nigerian Kobo, but that's for another blog! You might say most citizens from every nation have a disdain for their version of the penny!) Think about it: whenever the cashier gives out change, and they turn out to be pennies, they normally end up either in the charity box on the counter (How generous!), or make there way to the piggy bank jar. Should the pennies be lucky, they might be bagged and taken to the bank and you just might make a profit of either £10 or more, depending on how long you've been saving.

What really cracks me up most of the time is when people totally disregard a penny or 2pence that's on the floor. Not many people pick up pennies, and I guess most people think pennies on the floor is beneath them. How many times have we just walked past pennies, and then realised that all we needed to make a purchase was with that penny?

Yet, I can assure you, if it were to be a wad of £50/£20's bundled, it wouldn't even hit the floor before it's scooped up.

So, whenever you see a penny on the floor, don't turn the other way. Think about it: if you picked up a penny you saw on the floor nearly every day, you never know what the final amount could add up to.
As the maxim goes that "A dog is for life, and not just for xmas", well there should be one that goes, "A penny is for spending, not just for the floor!"

Word of caution: don't focus your attention on the ground and become human currency detectors. You just might ram into someone.