tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post1053142058630174232..comments2024-03-28T09:27:28.962-07:00Comments on creative savv: See a penny pick it up, and all day you'll have good luckLilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-16297759951413171992012-05-26T18:17:42.752-07:002012-05-26T18:17:42.752-07:00Grace, I forgot to add, if the coin is just sittin...Grace, I forgot to add, if the coin is just sitting there, and you have no idea who it could belong to, and it is in a public place, (if you find a coin at a friends house, then obviously it belongs to someone who lives in that household), then yes, its ethical to keep it, IMO.Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-5880763094952728102012-05-26T18:06:39.343-07:002012-05-26T18:06:39.343-07:00Hmmm. . .is it ethical to collect change that some...Hmmm. . .is it ethical to collect change that someone else has left behind or lost? There are some things that "frugal" people do in the name of being frugal, that I find (and most people would agree) just isn't right. <br />Going to McDonalds, buying one order of fries, but taking enough packets of ketchup to last you a year. Now that's abusing the system, whether or not you think McDonalds is one big huge corporation selling food that's not the best, nutrition-wise to an unsuspecting public. Pilfering ketchup doesn't convince a large corporation to put the public's interests first. <br />"Borrowing" your neighbor's newspaper every Sunday morning, before they're up, reading it, then putting it back, without ever having their permission, this isn't just tacky, but very unethical.<br />Back to the question of, is it ethical to collect someone's change that has been left behind or dropped. If you know or even suspect you know who the money belongs to, it is your duty as another human being to offer it back. Meaning, if you're in line at the bakery, you see/hear someone drop a coin. It's only fair to pick it up and give it back to them. We treat people as we wish to be treated ourselves. The Golden Rule.Lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292553654219380455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4055690688282230469.post-16061386221432683052012-05-26T17:41:19.619-07:002012-05-26T17:41:19.619-07:00I agree; it is a great way to pass the time in the...I agree; it is a great way to pass the time in the airport. Another good place to find pennies is at the phone booths (which, due to the advent of cell phones, are now sinking into obscurity): people sometimes forget to pick up their change after they're done with their call, and one can sometimes find up to thirty cents--maybe even fifty--in the slot where the change falls. I do doubt if this is really ethical, though, and I feel a qualm sometimes when I retrieve the money through this means.Grace (Lili's daughter)noreply@blogger.com