Poll: Coins Dropped at Drive Throughs

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Dougmeister, Aug 17, 2016.

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Should you pick them up?

  1. Absolutely. "Finders Keepers" and all that.

    72.2%
  2. No. Legally, they're not yours (and besides that, they're disgusting)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Legally? No. Practially and morally? Yes.

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. I don't know

    11.1%
  5. Other (explain in comments)

    16.7%
  1. statequarterguy

    statequarterguy Love Pucks

    Yup, it's the wild west out there.
     
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  3. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    I wonder then if it's legal to pick up dropped French Fries and other food to take home for my mulch pile? LOL. Of course I would rather have Marks goose poop.
     
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    jwitten Well-Known Member

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    statequarterguy Love Pucks

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  6. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Because those "Christian" bakers must be licensed by the government to operate their business , they cannot discriminate against anyone because of religion, color, age, national origin, sexual orientation, etc.
    Businesses can, and do, legally refuse service to anyone they might deem to be damaging, dangerous, criminal, harassing, or pretty much any other reason.
     
  7. MKent

    MKent Well-Known Member

    I don't know about drive throughs but my nephew has always look under vending machines and counters at the registers at Walmart since he was 4. You'd be amazed how much he'd find.
     
  8. Mad Stax

    Mad Stax Well-Known Member

    Haven't read the entire thread, so I dunno if I'm echoing someone else's comment. But even if it were illegal, which it isn't, no court would waste their time and taxpayer money to prosecute someone for picking say, 12 cents up off the ground. And the chance of finding anything but modern clad that way are slim to none. I always check coinstar since you have good chance of finding silver comparative to pocket change, but drive thru change? That's a little much
     
  9. Paul M.

    Paul M. Well-Known Member

    My record is a $20 I found a couple of months ago. :)
     
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  10. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Every time I have had the change dropped at a drive through the cashier has replaced it. I would say that makes the dropped change the property of the restaurant. I have also seen the staff come out and pick up said dropped change. Having said that, when I was younger I used to cruise around on my moped late at night (2 to 4 AM) and swing by the fast food drive thoughs and pick up the abandoned change. I figured if they wanted it they would have picked it up during evening cleanup at closing.
     
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  11. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    One time, (as you'll see, a long time ago) driving thru a toll booth, I looked into the reject bin


    My wife kept say, go will ya!

    Until I started handing her handfuls of dimes & quarters.

    It was about $5 in change.
     
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  12. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank


    Tell him to bite you
     
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  13. Noah Finney

    Noah Finney Well-Known Member

    if there was a gold coin or a morgan dollar I would pick it up
     
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