I will pick up a penny off the ground and I am not too proud to admit it.
The other day, I was walking into our bank and I saw a penny on the ground. I asked my teenage daughter if she would like it, and she said, “It’s not worth picking up”.
Well, I picked it up, and then saw more change on the ground near it. In fact, there was a trail of change leading to a man, still in sight, walking away from the bank. I called out to him to let him know that he was dropping change. He waved me off and said, “it’s okay, it’s not worth it.” This was a young able-bodied male. Again, I told him he was dropping money, no big deal was his basic response.
In my eyes, it was a big deal. I bent over and followed the trail, picking up change and putting it in my purse. We then continued with our errands. When I got home and counted the change, it totaled only $1.16. That’s not much on its own, but it took me less than 30 seconds to pick it up.
Was it worth it? Absolutely it was!
I now have another $1.16 in our change bucket to put towards something bigger.
If you made $1.16 in 30 seconds, that makes your hourly rate: $139.20! No shame in that.
Thank you for very much for taking the time to leave a comment, we deeply appreciate it. Yes! if only he would have allowed me to follow him around all day. 🙂 I am shocked to watch people walk by coins lying on the street, see them, and keep on going.