Man fined for paying fee in pennies

[TheIncredibleSk]

Jesus, I dont need a freaking english correction. You knew what I meant, geez. I mean I hate McDonalds, so I would never work for them. The dude had a problem with company and he took it out on lady by ****ing up her day in a dickish but legal way. The dude had every right to do this. Im sorry for unlucky women but it happens in life.

 

[TheIncredibleSk]

You're being a tad obtuse, don't you think?

What if the clerk was polite to you, asked you if you could please take the time to put the pennies in rolls, to please be civil. You'd really feel in the right to just dump thousands of pennies on the desk? You think it is their job to get on their hands and knees to pick the many pennies that would end up on the floor?

Because money is money right, regardless of how it is delivered. How about if you paid in hundred dollar bills but decided to wipe your bottom with each bill and cake them in feces, it's still money right, money is money, it is their job to accept it?

That would be disorderly conduct so no its not even the same thing.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

So basically you're a prick and have no class. Good to know.

 

[TheIncredibleSk]

So basically you're a prick and have no class. Good to know.

At the beginning of the thread, I said I hated pennies. I also said during this thread I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't do this because I actually work at information desk at a hospital and somebody could do the same thing to me but I understand why the man did this. You can call me classless or call the dude a dick all you want, doesn't change the fact, he did nothing wrong.

 

[Lantern Venom]

The cops shouldn't have even answered this call. What a waste of taxpayer money. The man paid. End of story...at least it should have been.

 

[Wolfwood]

The guy is a total *******, but I don't see the grounds to fine him here. Instead they should've just told him something like "We don't accept such large quantities of change without it being in rolls." And that would've been that. Either he would've come back with rolls or he would've risked penalties for not paying his bill.

 

[Sentinel X]

You sound like a **** customer if I ever heard of one.
Do you really lack that much class that you'd do that to someone?

Ummm...
That really has nothing to do with it. Its not something I would do but people have the right to do it. Pennies are legal tender and by LAW you cannot reject legal tender for payment of fees, whether at a public or private institution. If the government is not willing to accept pennies then they need to take them off circulation...but since they are, then paying with them is fair game.

This man is lucky. He has a lawsuit in his hands and can potentially end up with a couple thousand bucks.

 

[Warhammer]

So basically you're a prick and have no class. Good to know.

Completely irrelevant.

 

[WildcatNC]

At the beginning of the thread, I said I hated pennies. I also said during this thread I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't do this because I actually work at information desk at a hospital and somebody could do the same thing to me but I understand why the man did this. You can call me classless or call the dude a dick all you want, doesn't change the fact, he did nothing wrong.

Some just aren't getting it at all. Don't know why its so challenging, its basic really.


"Its completely legal currency but he's and *** so he should be jailed or fined" is a ridiculous take on it.

 

[WildcatNC]

The attitude around here still seems to be a resounding "**** 'em".
Must be because I'm Canadian and have lived through being a night clerk that I humanize clerks.

Dude, your arguing with a strawman.

NO ONE has said that the clerk deserved that or the guy is not an ***hole. We agree.

He did absolutely nothing illegal though, and they have no right to fine him for using perfectly legal currency. If we can't use pennies then take them out of circulation. If not then they are fair game. Its really that simple.

If being a *****ebag was illegal then we would have to turn the moon into a prison. Over half the world would be in jail.

 

[Prison Mike]

He should pay the fine in pennies.

 

[Hound55]

That would be disorderly conduct so no its not even the same thing.

Also defacing currency...

 

[StorminNorman]

You mean you work for them. You're part of them. And no, people need a job, pay bills, pay for school, raise their children. It's not some idealistic world where everyone can work for "let's make this our cause of the moment corporation", the way you treat the people that provide service for you shows the type of person you really are.

I've worked my fair share of retail/customer service jobs, and I have had to deal with my fair share of pricks. People who take it out on me because the company over charged them or the customer doesn't like the policy so they yell at me and turn into total d-bags.

I've also had customer's who understand, they are upset, but they show some class. They understand I don't make the policies, I am just there trying to do what I can to help.

Doesn't give a person the right to be a prick.

You aren't given the right to be a prick, you have the right to be a prick. You have to suffer th consequences for that (and if you infringe upon the rights of others while being a prick, you can suffer legal consequences) but everyone has the right to be an ******* if they so chose.

He should pay the fine in pennies.

Boom. This is the winning post. [/Close Thread]

 

[Bubonic]

Most here are treating me like I'm damn near ******ed for not understand that pennies are money or something, and I ****ing understand pennies are money!

That would be disorderly conduct so no its not even the same thing.

This guy deserves a fine not because of the type of money he used but the way he went about using it, it even explains how it is that this incident was disorderly conduct in one of the related articles.

West didn't believe he owed Basin Clinic money, so decided to settle an outstanding bill by dumping 2,500 pennies onto the counter, an action that disrupted clinic routine and caused coins to spill across the counter and floor.

 

[terry78]

I know what he was trying to prove, and I do think it was hilarity, but with every other store having a Coinstar or bank having a coin counting machine.....you already know he was doing it to be a smart ass.

 

[Wolfwood]

If being a *****ebag was illegal then we would have to turn the moon into a prison. Over half the world would be in jail.

That's not a bad idea.

 

[WildcatNC]

That's not a bad idea.

 

[Bubonic]

Being a *****ebag is illegal insofar as the *****ebagness involves disrupting the order of things, as *****ebag behaviour often can.

They fined him $140 for disorderly conduct, which his low brow behaviour was.
I'm sure if he is a real hard-headed idiot he'll try to pay that one in change as well, which will be alright if does it in a civil manner.

 

[Hound55]

If he went in there and through the totl sum in change across the counter so it went everywhere, that's one thing. Dumping the appropriate sum on the counter and having some change spill over uncontrollably is another.

 

[Bubonic]

Depending on which article you read it could be either.
In each case it can still be construed as disorderly conduct though, because he knew it would be disruptive, it was his intent that it would be disruptive, he was pissed about this fine, felt he shouldn't pay it and went out of his way to find the most inconvenient way to pay.

I don't think people are grasping the enormity of two-thousand-five-hundred pennies, anyway you cut this it amounts to a disorderly situation.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Completely irrelevant.

So are 99% of posts on this site. Your point?

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

At the beginning of the thread, I said I hated pennies. I also said during this thread I wouldn't do this. I wouldn't do this because I actually work at information desk at a hospital and somebody could do the same thing to me but I understand why the man did this. You can call me classless or call the dude a dick all you want, doesn't change the fact, he did nothing wrong.

I never said he broke the law, nor did I state I agree with the penalty. It doesn't mean he is a classless prick.

If he was that upset and wanted to get back at the company and not a random person who worked for them that probably had nothing to do with his situation.

Why not call the local news? Try to get them to run a small story on their tv station? Most local news stations have a section for unfair and unjust interactions between companies and individuals.

 

[Hound55]

Depending on which article you read it could be either.

In each case it can still be construed as disorderly conduct though, because he knew it would be disruptive, it was his intent that it would be disruptive, he was pissed about this fine, felt he shouldn't pay it and went out of his way to find the most inconvenient way to pay.

I don't think people are grasping the enormity of two-thousand-five-hundred pennies, anyway you cut this it amounts to a disorderly situation.

Which is why I've been addressing this on the simplest terms; the guy paid a $250 fee that he felt he shouldn't owe in pennies.

The fact that it would disrupt service to count his payment is irrelevant because it's in the process of making payment.

It's not disorderly conduct. Now if he threw the change in the office, that's disturbing the peace, but if change spills over in payment that's not disorderly conduct. It can't be. Think about the precedent that would set.

 

[terry78]

It does kind of suck when you work in customer service or support and someone who is disgruntled at the corporation takes it out on you specifically as opposed to going to a higher up. And the exact reason they do it is because they know you're the only one that they could actually get away with doing it to, the guy on the lowest rung.

 

[TheIncredibleSk]

Whats the difference between him dumping the pennies and me messily throwing coins and dollars down to pay for something. It's still messy and it might slow down the line but you still take my money. No difference here.